Logical Antithesis

The Quandary of Industry-biased Assertions (permalink)

Published on September 16, 2008

To understand why I labeled this the way I did, you must remember the inherent dishonesty of marketing. Marketing is a corporate department that wishes to promote a product or service in any way possible. Note that I made no mention of ethics or of acceptability: only people have notions like these, and corporations adopt them only when it is convenient.

My grandmother died due to the reasons in the below video. Because of the spin of the industry she is dead, and yours may die the same way. Or worse, a husband or wife, a mother or a father, or perhaps even a child if they are unhealthy enough.

I was shocked at the subject matter, but not the truth of it—I’ve see that first hand in my grandmother’s sudden cardiac arrest.

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