The billboards belong along the side of the road, not on our windshield. In our children's chat room. In our bank account. And generally infiltrating every aspect of modern society.
Anything that is involved with selling of a product is sufficient.
You're fist mistake is assuming Corporations should have been allowed to be ruled as legal persons in the first place and therefore have the right to (abuse) free speech. That was never the intent for free speech. It was for natural persons to engage in an intellectual discussion, provide critical analysis, to criticize the government without being censored, and provide an avenue for civil and civic discourse on a small scale -- not for Comp
On the Information Superhighway (Score:3)
The billboards belong along the side of the road, not on our windshield. In our children's chat room. In our bank account. And generally infiltrating every aspect of modern society.
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> The billboards belong along the side of the road,
No. Ban advertising.
This excessive greed is a blight upon society.
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And what other forms of free speech should be ban?
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Anything that is involved with selling of a product is sufficient.
You're fist mistake is assuming Corporations should have been allowed to be ruled as legal persons in the first place and therefore have the right to (abuse) free speech. That was never the intent for free speech. It was for natural persons to engage in an intellectual discussion, provide critical analysis, to criticize the government without being censored, and provide an avenue for civil and civic discourse on a small scale -- not for Comp
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Blah.
Ironically, that should read:
Your first mistake...
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Just think how much life would improve if all the money spent on advertising was used to make a better product instead!