Advertising is inherently persuasive, but persuasion need not be deceptive. The Will Rogers quote may be spot on, but even it doesn't evince deception in adver

Advertising is inherently persuasive, but persuasion need not be deceptive. The Will Rogers quote may be spot on, but even it doesn't evince deception in advertising but, again, merely persuasion. We don't, after all, only buy things we strictly need.