On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 00:18:22 -0800 (PST), "Chris.B"
wrote:

Carpet bombing children and civilians is considered a crime against humanity. So why not ban all advertising? It is far more damaging to a far greater number of innocent people.

If we value free expression, there are limits on the degree to which
we can ban advertising. But we could certainly ban it in many public
spaces.