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EverythingIsACon 4 - 24 Feb 2008 - Main.AdamCarlis
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In examples such as the “mountain-fresh” Dasani water, I don’t feel so much that it’s a con as an advertising strategy. Nearly every producer purports that their product is the best on the market and will do this and that and change your life (whether it is true or not)... I think most people are aware that this is common to all advertised products and that each consumer must decide according to their own ideals what they will buy. I agree that this persuasion in advertising is likely to target certain people or certain peoples’ sweet spots, but I think that considering this strategy to be a con makes nearly everything a con. Doesn’t it?
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 -- EbenMoglen - 21 Feb 2008
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>		That is why Leff argues that all cons are sales, but not all sales are cons. I think mucking around in the middle, trying to determine what is just a sale and what is a con and a sale, clouds the issue a bit. I think it is more important to identify why the sale works. For example, Scientology has some of the attributes of a godcon, some of a pyramid scheme, and still others of a squaresville. Tom Cruise and I could argue over its classification but whether we call it a con or not seems secondary to understanding why it works so that, if we choose, we can defend ourselves against its enticements. Another example is the Restless Leg Syndrome industry. Identifying how the sale works would go a long way in determining whether or not "treatment" is the best way to spend your money.

-- AdamCarlis - 24 Feb 2008

 
Wow... first hit on google shows that Tap water is held to much higher standards (EPA) than bottled water (FDA). http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/table1.html

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