Re:When will they learn (Score 1)

Really, you can't blame the advertisers. They too are simply products of their environment. Our current society rewards those who do well at accumulating money. This has caused corporations to be the dominant species since they have traits that are advantageous in this environment, such as indefinate life spans, multiple intelligences (employees of various expertise) and in some cases better legal protection than most people. It's simple biology and evolution. Corps have found advertising to be an advantageous trait, so those that do it best are rewarded (more money). So you can't blame biology. You could, I suppose, blame people who are unaware of this effect and where it is leading. The only actual way to change this behaviour is to change the environment totally, i.e., one that does not simply reward the greatest accumulation of money. Unfortunately, this is hard to do and still have a stable economy. So far the only people I know of that have solved this is that Technocracy group (http://www.technocracyinc.org).