[cm2012]

I didn't recall Hicks saying that people who do bait-and-switch tactics (which i also agree are bad) should kill themselves. I recall him saying all marketers and advertisers should kill themselves.

[rayiner]

Most marketing these days is that kind of pernicious Mad Men style feelings-based marketing.

If ads were informational, like “here is a new product you might like from the makers of this other product you already use,” that would be different.