From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!wildman Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: Green Christmas Article-I.D.: rabbit.7748 Posted: Mon Nov 30 13:03:44 1982 Received: Wed Dec 1 08:55:11 1982 References: ihuxt.135 yale-com!bj, aka Harbison at Yale, suggests that we should all throw up our hands and give in to the Christmas advertisments. Furthermore, he suggests that we should stick our heads in the sand if we don't like them. I DISAGREE (I bet you figured out THAT already!) I think that just allowing everyone to offend your sensibilities and invade your privacy is indefensible behavior. If that's the kind of behavior you engage in, you DESERVE to be plagued with offensive, poorly thought out, and socially destructive ad's, kids, and neighbors. I'll say it again: SPEAK OUT! Let the advertisor know what you think of (his/her) ads. Let the merchants know. Let the manufacturers know. Let the networks know. Personally, I don't mind advertisments IN THE MAIL, where I can completely disregard them if I wish, from smaller companies that usually have more original, interesting, and less offensive contents. As far as I can see, Bob Rosin's example fits into that catagory, especially since I'm sure that you would fall off the mailing list if you complained. bj's advice, to stick to PBS, tell everyone not to sell your name, and so on, is not in itself bad advice, but it removes the freedom to do and see what you wish, and constitutes an infringement of freedom that is directly counter to the societal defination, unless, of course, you want to restrict your TV viewing to PBS (Not so bad a thought, actually) and so on. The current state of society came about by following the type of advice that bj offers. Get out of your hole in the sand! Express yourself! Give a DAMN! (I'm mad as HELL, and I won't take it any more ) Criticism does not HAVE to be destructive. Remember that! Get out your pens and WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! Control your own destiny!