The curse of this entire society is the relentless proliferation of marketing...on radio, on TV, in public places, and on the Internet. Such marketing is forced on people by every means possible, and finds its victims among the young, the inexperienced, and the not very smart (I would assume). The only way you can really avoid most of it is by not watching TV and not listening to the radio (and I don't do either of those). The Internet is not so bad, because the user is more in control of what he chooses to look at...but...the situation is slowly getting worse.

Now here's the key to advertising: there is nothing wrong with advertising in itself, PROVIDED that it is not dumped on people against or outside of their will!!! I actively seek out advertising for stuff I am genuinely interested in, for God's sake! Why wouldn't I?

I love model kits, and I am always surfing around and reading model mags in search of info about new stuff that's coming out. Well, duh!

The advertising I object to is the stuff I don't choose to seek out, and never would...when it is forced on me, and wastes my time...as it does if I watch TV or listen to the radio. Because of it I have given up on TV and radio entirely.

Access to advertising should be controlled by the FREE WILL of the consumer who decides to go and LOOK FOR IT...NOT forced on people willy-nilly in spite of their absolute lack of interest in the product.

If this one simple thing were done, you could dispense with a hell of a lot of stupid advertising, and spare another generation of youngsters from being harassed and brainwashed into becoming the most deluded and materialistic population in World history (in my estimation).

- LH