Advertising

　　For:

　　1. Advertising promotes and popularizes new products and give people everywhere the maximum choice of products and choice.

　　2. Some advertisements are of high artistic value, original and well-designed with vivid pictures and witty language, artistic photography and witty slogan ; therefore they add to the beauty of our lives. They are a par indispensable to modern society.

　　3. Advertising brings convenience to people’s lives.

　　4. Advertising plays an important role in our economic life and is indispensable to the consumer society.

　　5. It is a kind of visual enjoyment to look at some witty works of advertising which add beauty to the cityscape .

　　Against:

　　1. Some leaflets and handouts are scattered here and there, polluting the environment. They are regarded as rubbish and a blemish on the landscape of the city. They disfigure our cities,

　　2. Advertisements are not always truthful, and a product is often misrepresented , false and deceptive . Many advertisements are fictitious , exaggerating, misleading and flying in the face of truth.

　　3. Advertisements are an insidious form of brainwashing. Some are mislead and tend to induce people to spend more and create demand for things we do not need.

　　4. It is very disturbing that TV programs are interrupted by advertisements, and mailboxes are stuffed with rubbish. Nuisance to TV viewers: constant interruption spoils the viewing. We can do nothing but accept it passively.