Re: Canadian doctors coming to the US

From: Keith F. Lynch (kfl_at_KeithLynch.net)
Date: 09/16/04


Date: 15 Sep 2004 21:43:09 -0400

Steve Harris sbharris@ROMAN9.netcom.com <sbharris@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> This happens less than you think. French doctors see drug
> advertising, and there is no bright line between product
> information, which any entity which produces a product must produce,
> and do it in as pleasing a way as possible, and "advertising."
> It's advertising even if the general public doesn't see it, just
> a hidden sort.

What's really weird are the ads on the walls of the Pentagon Metro
station. Do generals really select multi-billion-dollar weapon
systems based on ads on subway station walls? If not, what are
those ads there for?

(Are you aware that your email address appears in all your postings
despite your spamblocker?)

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