The notion of freedom to advertise has a snappy ring to it. And, when examined further, cracks in the cloister become apparent. For those too young to remember the roadways prior to when the 1965 Highway Beautification Act was signed into law, a review of history would be instructive. Most likely the use of subliminal advertising in movie houses and on TV are outside of your life’s experience too.
In fact, over the last few years advances in technology has brought the ability to target mall shoppers with specific visual and auditory advertising covertly without impacting those around you. Perhaps for the quintessential consumer and/or the occasional entrepreneur this can be seen as a boon. For the rest of us, it is oppressive imposed pollution, pure and simple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard On Dec 7, 4:58 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I see your point. However, I'm not ready to pass laws telling > businesses how to advertise. We do too much of that already in my > opinion. Wells Fargo you say? Wellllll, maybe in their case we, as > tax payers, should dictate how they advertise. And who they loan to > as well. I have a novel suggestion for them. It's based on an > obscure, little known financial factoid. Ready? 'Don't give money to > people that can't afford to pay you back.' That's it. With this > unique business model a bank CAN succeed. According to this article > they seem to have gotten the opposite message from this sage advice. > > http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/09/eveningnews/main4788018.shtml > > I know plenty of people that don't speak English. Half the Mexican > restaurants I frequent and at Canino's farmer's market on Airline. If > they know English they sure don't speak it to me. I would prefer > there was a way to encourage assimilation without making it illegal to > use their language. Spoken or written. The whole idea seems icky to > me. A good start would be to stop having tax payers pick up the tab > for extra signage. A better idea is to stop paying for translators in > the court system. If they aren't here legally then let them pick up > the tab to defend themselves. I think it's stupid to give > non-citizens the same rights and privileges legal citizens have. It > completely removes the incentive to become an actual citizen. It > does, however, make it more likely for them to vote for the person > that supports them. Trust me; plenty of votes come from illegals. At > least here in Houston. Which is the answer to your "Why" questions. > It's all about the vote. > > -Don > > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Overall it is catering to a specific immigrant culture. > > > There is a huge billboard down the highway from me which features a > > Wells Fargo ad entirely in Spanish so I don't see that as being > > encouraging at all to the assimilation process. In fact I personally > > feel that it is telling me that I'm not that important anymore as a > > customer. It's not just in City Offices that this signage issue is > > taking place, it is happening everywhere you go. > > I personally feel the Spanish portion of the signs should be covered > > up with a bumper sticker that reads. "Aprenda Inglese". The > > ridiculous signs are the ones like "telephone/telephono" > > What is the difference between those too words? Are people that > > stupid that they don't know what the word telephone means? > > > I'm certainly not saying they should leave the country as in the link, > > but my issue is that they should take the time to learn the language > > of the country to which they emigrated. Would it make sense for > > millions of English speaking people to emigrate to a foreign country, > > eg; Germany, and have them produce new signage on tax dollars to > > accommodate our refusal to learn the German language? > > >http://www.wciv.com/news/stories/0508/522475.html > > > Does it really take a sign for someone to realize crossing a highway > > is dangerous? Should we change "ALL" the stop signs in the country to > > read "STOP/PARADA? Next thing you know some Iraqi will get killed > > driving through the intersection opening the way for a lawsuit against > > the city for not providing signs in the Arabic language. > > > The bridges are a good idea because they serve "everyone" unlike the > > signs that only serve "Hispanics". That is not fair to all the other > > "non English speaking" immigrants that come here from "other" > > countries. Why special treatment of Hispanics? > > > They move here, live eat and work here, and raise families here. I > > think it is a blatant unwillingness to change. > > >http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=31927 > > > It really seems to me that it is Not a matter of being Politically > > correct but more a matter of insult and discrimination against "ALL" > > other immigrants to this country. Why are we catering to "Only" the > > Hispanic population and why are they unwilling to learn English? > > > Did anyone ever consider how difficult it is getting for everyone else > > to have to deal with this double language issue? I personally don't > > know any Hispanics that don't speak English so if they can do it why > > not the rest? > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > ""Minds Eye"" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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