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Subject:Re: advertisements From:Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- ENG -dot- SUN -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 30 Jan 1995 17:33:27 GMT
In article vd3 -at- bubba -dot- ucc -dot- okstate -dot- edu, LITTLE_TOM_H -at- ofvax -dot- lanl -dot- gov writes:
>I know this has been just about beaten to death, but I can't help making a
>philosophical point--
>There seems to be a prevalent attitude that money changing hands is EVIL, in
and
>of itself. Corporations and advertisers are frequent targets of suspicion and
>abuse. Sometimes they deserve it, often they don't.
The basic objection I've seen to advertisements on the net is that they
are posted in inappropriate places, like discussion groups, rather than
groups that are specifically intended for advertisements. Saying there's
a time and place for these ads isn't the same as saying the ads are evil
in and of themselves.
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