> Is it such an immoral act to want to share the news that you are selling a new cool product? The goal of advertising is to induce a feeling of dissatisfactio

> Is it such an immoral act to want to share the news that you are selling a new cool product? The goal of advertising is to induce a feeling of dissatisfaction which can be relieved by giving money to the advertiser. Making a profit by encouraging people to experience the suffering of unfulfilled desire does not strike me as an especially virtuous practice. > it's a consenting relationship Not hardly, not most of the time! Perhaps one could argue that I have consented to advertising if I have picked up a trade magazine, but public advertising is intrusive and always unwanted, as far as I'm concerned. I block it when I can, ignore it when I must, avoid it always, and I applaud those who vandalize billboards.