It’s always been part of paranoid Leftist fantasy that advertising somehow forces people to buy things they don’t want. It’s a natural conclusion from the Marxist premise that man is just insensient matter pushed around by forces outside his control. Of course, it’s the Leftist’s fondest dream to see himself as the exception and to be the one in control.
There is a supreme irony in their vision of the free market as using compulsion while denying that all their social engineering and economic meddling involves governmental force against innocent people.
But the Lawyers keep telling us that advertising somehow forces us to buy things that we don’t want.
Thus the lawsuit against McDonalds from the obese teenagers.
If the Lawyers tell us that it’s not our fault then we need to believe them. RIGHT?!
Everyone except me needs to spend money they don’t have and borrow more to get the economy moving again. Then when I am the only one left with money I can buy up all the foreclosed real estate and charge you all rent to live in your previous homes. I like the capitalist system when I win, its like Monopoly.
You vandal broke the arms off Venus de Milo and now you would destroy the greatest American Art Form. You sit through 25 minutes of Two and a Half Men to see 5 minutes of great ads. In 30 seconds Gillette has to sell you on dancing razors that their product is best Then Birds Eye has a half a minute to prove they are better than store brand at half the price. Who pays the bill? Do you really think they put more talent into that 25 minute Sit-com than into the 30 second ad? What are you smoking?
Remember Alka-Seltzer and the “Blahs’? Is that word now in your dictionary? How bout their pepperoni pizza talking to the stomach? Now do you remember who was on Ed Sullivan that night? I won’t mention what Madison Avenue pays for a Super Bowl slot. Remember that ad—–
One insurance company has cavemen and lizards, another a bubble head, another an annoying twerp, another a man who could be my father giving me advice.Why can’t Law & Order get writers like these.
When you were a kid, you had to get up when the ad came to change the channel, go to the bathroom, or go to the kitchen. Now you have a remote. Wait, don’t you want to see why all those butterflies are around Mrs Murphy’s laundry?
Lay off the lawyers. We don’t sue because the spirit moves us, but because somebody pays us. I personally am sick and tired of paying taxes for the consequences of people’s bad choices: cigarette smoking, serious obesity, not wearing bike or motorcycle helmets (it’s MY choice whether to become dead or a vegetable or have permanent injuries), not wearing their seat belts and so on. Somethings can and should be legislated like helmets and seat belts. Other issues like fast foods and obesity- well, we can only hope information encourages healthier behavior. My grandkids are in perpetual motion, can only watch tv for a limited amount of time each day and are limited as to what they eat at home and how long they can play video games. What happened to the grown-ups? We are still bigger than most of them.
myming almost 14 years ago
GACK !!! mr. bigbizman, cut my taxes or give me some $ and i’ll spend it into the bank…
pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
It’s always been part of paranoid Leftist fantasy that advertising somehow forces people to buy things they don’t want. It’s a natural conclusion from the Marxist premise that man is just insensient matter pushed around by forces outside his control. Of course, it’s the Leftist’s fondest dream to see himself as the exception and to be the one in control.
There is a supreme irony in their vision of the free market as using compulsion while denying that all their social engineering and economic meddling involves governmental force against innocent people.
Nebulous Premium Member almost 14 years ago
But the Lawyers keep telling us that advertising somehow forces us to buy things that we don’t want. Thus the lawsuit against McDonalds from the obese teenagers.
If the Lawyers tell us that it’s not our fault then we need to believe them. RIGHT?!
pschearer Premium Member almost 14 years ago
I sense that Nebulous was being ironic.
(That was me being ironic.)
napaeric almost 14 years ago
Everyone except me needs to spend money they don’t have and borrow more to get the economy moving again. Then when I am the only one left with money I can buy up all the foreclosed real estate and charge you all rent to live in your previous homes. I like the capitalist system when I win, its like Monopoly.
lewisbower almost 14 years ago
You vandal broke the arms off Venus de Milo and now you would destroy the greatest American Art Form. You sit through 25 minutes of Two and a Half Men to see 5 minutes of great ads. In 30 seconds Gillette has to sell you on dancing razors that their product is best Then Birds Eye has a half a minute to prove they are better than store brand at half the price. Who pays the bill? Do you really think they put more talent into that 25 minute Sit-com than into the 30 second ad? What are you smoking?
Remember Alka-Seltzer and the “Blahs’? Is that word now in your dictionary? How bout their pepperoni pizza talking to the stomach? Now do you remember who was on Ed Sullivan that night? I won’t mention what Madison Avenue pays for a Super Bowl slot. Remember that ad—–
One insurance company has cavemen and lizards, another a bubble head, another an annoying twerp, another a man who could be my father giving me advice.Why can’t Law & Order get writers like these.
When you were a kid, you had to get up when the ad came to change the channel, go to the bathroom, or go to the kitchen. Now you have a remote. Wait, don’t you want to see why all those butterflies are around Mrs Murphy’s laundry?
badmojo over 13 years ago
Lay off the lawyers. We don’t sue because the spirit moves us, but because somebody pays us. I personally am sick and tired of paying taxes for the consequences of people’s bad choices: cigarette smoking, serious obesity, not wearing bike or motorcycle helmets (it’s MY choice whether to become dead or a vegetable or have permanent injuries), not wearing their seat belts and so on. Somethings can and should be legislated like helmets and seat belts. Other issues like fast foods and obesity- well, we can only hope information encourages healthier behavior. My grandkids are in perpetual motion, can only watch tv for a limited amount of time each day and are limited as to what they eat at home and how long they can play video games. What happened to the grown-ups? We are still bigger than most of them.