Xref: utzoo misc.consumers:26941 alt.activism:10189 talk.environment:2203 comp.org.eff.talk:1449 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!unido!bnu!hera!seebauer From: seebauer@eos.informatik.uni-bonn.de (Heinrich Seebauer) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.activism,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Advertising is bad Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 09:18:50 GMT References: <992@organpipe.UUCP> Sender: news@bnu.UUCP Organization: Institut fuer Informatik Uni Bonn (BARDE Projekt) Lines: 20 In-reply-to: toad@cellar.UUCP's message of 8 Feb 91 04:01:11 GMT In his article toad@cellar.UUCP (Tony Shepps) writes > "Lack of advertising leaves a weird hole in the urban landscape. You > think, 'What could be uglier than billboards?' But have you ever looked > behind them? In Communist countries you don't get to see the giant pictures > of the cars, boats, and pretty faces that fill people's dreams. You just see > the people and where they live." > - P.J. O'Rourke > from "What Do They Do For Fun in Warsaw?" > an essay in his book _Holidays In Hell_ Whats wrong with that? Just face the reality and wake up from your dreams of civilization. It turns out that (e.g.) New York is as bad as Warsaw, but just more colourful. Heinrich. -- /---S---\ Heinrich Seebauer BARDE---Y-----BARDE Institut fuer Institut Abteilung fuer Informatik IV \---N---/ Roemerstr. 164, 5300 Bonn 1, x228 / 550 223 \---C-/ dataflow - the better way