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Originally posted by Trisk
I'm sorry Rubyee...I'm not trying to belittle people. It just makes me angry when people try to blame big corperations and the media for stuff like this. Really, all I'm saying is that this is a bad attitude because when people have something aside from themselves to blame, they begin to think that it has nothing to do with them and they can't fix it. Therefore, they never even try.
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I know you didn't mean any harm. No offense taken here
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The problem is not only that people cannot say no to what they see on tv, but what control the media has over aspects other than our choices and preferrences, like price and availability.
If you are trying to eat healthy, then good for you! But you had better have the money to do so. Since the media popularizes what it wants, fast food for example, fast food becomes more prevalant because more people want it more due to the media, which makes it easy to find, and it also forces the prices down.
However, mom and pop organic store down the street has to raise their prices to be able to compete. They could make a commercial, sure, but the media has control over those prices, too, so it would be even harder.
I think that a lot of things in life could be better with no advertising. In fact, lets get rid of the TV, billboards, and any printed material that cannot be proved to be of importance altogether!
Funny, I actually want to go into advertising. I would love to make and direct television commercials.