Re: marketing is evil, why it must be eradicated

2004-08-25 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Aug 24, 2004, at 4:33 PM, Keith Henson wrote: That, to me, is the evil of marketing. And why it should be eradicated. This kind of BS is evil marketing. Actually, Amway is mostly a cult. http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Amway/ Scientology and Amway both redefine ethics. That's an interesting w

Re: marketing is evil, why it must be eradicated

2004-08-24 Thread Keith Henson
At 02:58 AM 24/08/04 -0700, you wrote: On Aug 23, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Isn't it Evil when marketing presents its lies as _imperatives_? Hm. I think it becomes evil the moment it tries to compel anyone to trade any part of his life for something he just doesn't need. Asking so

Re: marketing is evil, why it must be eradicated

2004-08-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Aug 23, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Isn't it Evil when marketing presents its lies as _imperatives_? Hm. I think it becomes evil the moment it tries to compel anyone to trade any part of his life for something he just doesn't need. Asking someone to buy a book, for instance, is O

marketing is evil, why it must be eradicated

2004-08-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Isn't it Evil when marketing presents its lies as _imperatives_? Eat at McDonalds! This should subject them to be sued: why on Earth do they have the right to _order_ us to eat there? Imperatives should only be allowed when there is no other choice: Don't cross the railway when the light is