Xref: utzoo misc.consumers:27155 alt.activism:10569 talk.environment:2219 comp.org.eff.talk:1511 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!jethro!male!texsun!moxie!sugar!ficc!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.activism,talk.environment,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Advertising is bad Keywords: DMA Suppression junk-mail recycling activism Message-ID: Date: 19 Feb 91 03:43:13 GMT References: <992@organpipe.UUCP> <1991Feb17.001958.20740@alphalpha.com> Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 31 In article <1991Feb17.001958.20740@alphalpha.com>, nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: > In article <6VD1H1K@taronga.hackercorp.com> peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes: [ on billboards ] > >basic vitality of the country... I can't imagine a U.S. city without them. > Move to Maine or some other state which has outlawed them. It's much > prettier. Oh lord, no. I wouldn't want to move there... they have *winter*. I don't approve of winter. Even the diluted form we get here in Houston is worse than I'm used to. And, of course, one might also consider that the vitality that I'm talking about seems in greater abundance in states other than Maine. > >But higher up the Paramatta river a few ads to cover up the shipyards, > >naval facilities, and (let's face it) occasional slums would do wonders > >for the place. > Hiding poverty is never a good idea. How about the shipyards and naval facilities, warehouses and industrial parks? > I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept > responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate > everyone else's. No comment. -- (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com) `-_-' 'U`