Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Reading Response three
I felt genuinely upset about the guy who passed away quicker in part due to the "quaks" pill. I wonder if I were ever THAT desperate if I would try some weirdo's idea of a cure. False advertisement, implying, hidden agendas, this is what our advertisement industry is all about. The politician references in this chapter felt almost trivial to mention. We all know the politicians are corrupt and create angles that imply wrong things on one another during campaign time. Its a cut throat society. The whole story in the begining of the chapter about the guy who tried to beat the taxes system by having his money sent to off shore accounts. In his testimony he said he didn't know it was illegal and the judge said it was obvious the IRS wouldn't allow anyone to do this, and then booked him. Crazy. Its crazy we as Americans have to look out for scammers like these because honestly some of us are that ignorant. However, he didn't ask anyone in a specialized field, like a lawyer, about his idea of how to get around taxes. The chapter ends with a sort of disclaimer. The correct information is out there, we as independent citizens, just have to sort through all the crap to get it. Furthermore, we have to know how and where to get it, and to check our sources.
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Kelly,
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right about the advertising industry. It's all a scam. We as consumers, and as a society, need to look pay better attention to what we buy and what we believe. The story about the "cancer cure" was really upsetting to me as well. To be in that much pain and restort to an herbal supplement must be awful to deal with. I can't say too much about it though, because I never know what I would do until I was put in that situation. I'm glad I found a fellow cynical skeptic, haha!