On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > I'm glad the subject of "1984" finally came up in the context of > advertising. When I read Orwell's book in early high school it had a deep > and lasting influence over me. >
The experience of 'reading' books in school scarred me. I'd be finished with it in a day or so, and weeks on, the class would still be dissecting it. > Even since I have been very sensitive to propaganda, double-speak, weasel > words and varieties of fallacious argument techniques; and the primary > sources of these things are politics and advertising. So for me: > > Assert.IsTrue(advertising == propaganda); > Yes, mostly. Adsense is like the 'classifieds' of advertising - brief and succinct. TV ads, OTOH, are pushing a lot more at you, potentially without you being aware of it. > > Encrypted advertising?! Now there's a challenging idea. Ignorance is > strength. > > 10 + 10 = 100 (1984 would say 101) -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
