> >> You could say the same thing about advertizing (I mean, think how many
> >> billions are wasted!) ...
> >
> > I do.
> >
> >> ... -- and be just as wrong.
> >
> > Just because you don't agree with me doesn't mean that I'm wrong.
> 
> Marketing and advertizing serve an important function in a free market:
they
> connect sellers with buyers. A capitalist economy cannot function without
> advertizing -- I hope you're not going to argue the opposite?
> 
> Next, in a free market, the market forces determine just how much
> advertizing is "enough". Spending too much on advertizing hurts a
company's
> bottom line, so the process is self-correcting.


And when the economy tanks, you should start sending your customers TWO bags
of microwave popcorn.

Tony

(actually, microwave popcorn is horrible stuff - it smells like I'd imagine
Satan's rear end does after a meal of beans, I assume the taste is worse.
FWIW, I prefer little bags of red frogs) 

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