>I can think of very few things we don't advertise on television: cigarettes,
>formula, condoms...that's about it.
Around here (Texas) they *do* advertise formula on TV. I guess maybe it's
only the toddler formulas and adult ones....but then I don't watch much TV.
Thanks to Penny Piercy for the wonderful analogy of ABM to walking aids -- a
perfect visual image. I'll have to work that into future lectures......