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Billboards are fantastic for some kinds of advertising. Like letting you know a big comedian or musician will be in town. Honestly I like advertising in gener

• lolinder 2y ago
  Billboards are targeted at a very specific demographic: drivers. They're designed to draw attention away from the road and to whatever it is that they're trying to sell. That reason alone is enough to ban billboards: we can't tell drivers they're terrible people for glancing at their phone for a second to get directions while simultaneously allowing corporations to plaster the roadway with ads that are deliberately designed to distract them.
  • dec0dedab0de 2y ago
    nobody is telling drivers they are terrible people for using a GPS
• markdown 2y ago
  If I throw a pamphlet on the ground I have broken some city ordinance or law. If I blow it up so that nobody in the vicinity can avoid seeing it, then I'm all good. Bizarre. Trash is trash whether it's a piece of paper on the ground or blown up to billboard size.
  • dec0dedab0de 2y ago
    that is a silly argument. If you put up a billboard on someone else’s property without permission that would be illegal. If you drop a pamphlet on the ground in your own yard that is perfectly legal. In your perfect billboard free world, would you also ban signs outside of a business saying what is on sale? what about signs outside a private residence? What kinds of property would be allowed to display what kinds of sign? I could see telling government agencies they cant rent billboard space out on the side of the road, but if someone puts a billboard on their roof or the edge of their property I think it would be gross to stop them.