From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Mon Jan 25 1999 - 12:00:42 MST
From: mark@unicorn.com
>I'd certainly agree that there are such traditions which many
>people follow, but I think that it's a different issue; people buy
>diamond engagement rings -- if they do, most people I know didn't
>want to spend that kind of money on something that isn't really
>useful -- because they're expected to, not because they see an ad
>on TV and think 'oh, I think I'll buy a diamond engagement ring
>today'. Galbraith's theory seems to be the latter; we see
>an ad on TV and follow the meme to go out and buy a diamond
>engagement ring even though we're not going to get engaged.
How many people are buying a diamond engagement ring worth "2
months salary" since DeBeers started running those ad's.
most.
Brian
Member, Extropy Institute
www.extropy.org
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