I can imagine this conversation is getting old. I tried to post something a couple days ago but everything I post in the last 6 months has been refused, so I am trying again... [Moderator's note: Did you get any mesages back from the server? We should figure out what happened. BIG] Basically, I just wanted to congratulate June Franke, whoever this individual is, for pointing out that the Verizon commercial was just that, a commercial. By definition they are only trying to get you to buy something. The only way to respond to this commercial then is to not buy the product. Or, cancel if you already have. Anyway I seem to recall this list finding the Budweiser ferret extremely funny, even though that guy was actively encouraging young adults across the nation to "party-hardy" with a fairly nasting tasty beer, responsibility be damned. So, are you saying you would rather have a commercial depict ferrets positively DESPITE the CONTENT of the commercial over one that uses an inaccurate portrait of a ferret to sell a fairly "value-neutral" product? Hmmm. 'Course, my vote would be to simply not have any commercials. But, alas, that is not an option beyond PBS, which actually does have commercials disguised as acknowledgements to corporate sponsors... Minta & ferrets [Posted in FML issue 3874]