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Re:Fred Rogers wouldn't have wanted to appear in a Google ad by chongli on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:41PM (#18377689)
Oppressive? Did I say we should ban perfume or perfume manufacturers? No. Just because I think they're unethical doesn't mean I think they should be illegal.
Re:Fred Rogers wouldn't have wanted to appear in a Google ad by chongli on Sunday November 04, 2018 @02:55PM (#18377764)
Replying to myself because chrisseaton deleted his own post:

Nothing of the sort. I didn't say anybody should be banned from doing any sort of marketing. I merely said that I think people don't need perfume and that the sort of marketing in these industries is unethical.

Convincing people they need something they never knew they needed through psychological manipulation is unethical, period. It happens all over society and it's really too bad. But trying to ban it would create a dystopian society which is arguably worse.

There are more than 2 options for dealing with unethical behaviour, apart from "lock them up and throw away the key" and "let them run amok, doing whatever they want", there is the possibility of rational debate. The vast majority of the time, I choose the third option.

If my (hypothetical, future) daughter wanted to buy a bottle of perfume, I wouldn't forbid her from doing so, I'd talk to her about marketing and beauty standards and so on. I'd try to persuade her that she's a perfectly good person without needing a product like that to augment her.

Re:Fred Rogers wouldn't have wanted to appear in a Google ad by brandonmenc on Sunday November 04, 2018 @08:06PM (#18379046)
>If my (hypothetical, future) daughter wanted to buy a bottle of perfume, I wouldn't forbid her from doing so, I'd talk to her about marketing and beauty standards and so on.

Some (most?) of us wear perfume because we like to be enveloped by a pleasant scent - it's for ourselves as much as it's to "impress" others.