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I believe you've confused "fact" with "opinion", unless you're intentionally trying to deceive anyone reading this.
by nickelcitymario 7y ago
I believe you've confused "fact" with "opinion", unless you're intentionally trying to deceive anyone reading this.
- wpietri 7y agoSorry, it's a fact. At the very best, the great bulk of it is unnecessary: companies advertise because their competitors advertise. If we just stopped, we'd have hundreds of billions to spend on something actually useful. And that's before we get to the harm caused. E.g., the harm documented in the study. Or the millions of people killed due to tobacco advertising.
- nickelcitymario 7y agoThere's an awful lot of things I'd consider a "blight on society" but I never mistake my opinion as fact. When's the last time you saw an ad for tobacco? Is that still a thing in the states? We don't have that in Canada. (Even the packaging is legally required to be generic up here, and they have to be hidden behind a locked door.) There are ads for vaping products, though. I suspect they'll be outlawed soon.