Is commercialization a sin?

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When I say commercialization, I mean the exploitation for profit at the expense of quality. In short, making money without providing quality service.
 
It depends. Many companies tell LIES to get the buyer’s attention.

Example: “Buy our toilet paper, it’s extra absorbent!” What?:confused:
Than another guy comes over and says: " Our Toilet paper can absorb 10X than the regular ‘leading brand’".
Than when you get them you realize IT’S THE SAME THING!

But if they just advertise for profit and gain, and the buyer is left with a piece of junk than yes it is a sin. It is in the field of stealing.
 
Stealing? Hardly.

You paid for a product, you got a product. You didn’t pay for a table and get a box of tissues. If you don’t like the product’s quality, blame the system that makes it impossible for a company to make a decent product and pay decent wages due to extortion in the way of protection money (taxes).

Human gullibility is partly to blame. But making a profit is not the same as stealing or telling lies.

We are Catholics, not communists.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Stealing? Hardly.

You paid for a product, you got a product. You didn’t pay for a table and get a box of tissues. If you don’t like the product’s quality, blame the system that makes it impossible for a company to make a decent product and pay decent wages due to extortion in the way of protection money (taxes).

Human gullibility is partly to blame. But making a profit is not the same as stealing or telling lies.

We are Catholics, not communists.
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How about selling a bottle of beer to a minor?
 
Absolutely, and has nothing to do with the thread title.
 
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Stealing? Hardly.

You paid for a product, you got a product. You didn’t pay for a table and get a box of tissues. If you don’t like the product’s quality, blame the system that makes it impossible for a company to make a decent product and pay decent wages due to extortion in the way of protection money (taxes).

Human gullibility is partly to blame. But making a profit is not the same as stealing or telling lies.

We are Catholics, not communists.
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Selling a product and telling lies as to its features is a half the story, the other half is that the customer received it.

By the way, “lie” is a sin.
thistle said:
Thats simply a crime committed by an individual. It has nothing to do with commercialisation.
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I am interested in learning why vendor should sell beers to a minor.
Sailor_Kenshin said:
Absolutely, and has nothing to do with the thread title.
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But it has as to the definition of “commercialization” provided by the OP.
 
sinnerdexter said:
Selling a product and telling lies as to its features is a half the story, the other half is that the customer received it.

By the way, “lie” is a sin.

I am interested in learning why vendor should sell beers to a minor.

But it has as to the definition of “commercialization” provided by the OP.
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I repeat:

If you paid for a table and got toilet paper, that’s a lie. If you paid for toilet paper and you got toilet paper, and you don’t like it, your own gullibility is at fault. Buy another brand and thank GOD you live in a country where you can do so.

The beer-to-minors thing is out of left field and has nothing to do with anything.

Catholics really need to stop acting and voting like communists. Class envy is also sinful. It’s in the Catechism.
 
sinnerdexter said:
I am interested in learning why vendor should sell beers to a minor.
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The state (local government) and its corporate sponsors took advantage of our religious feast. They sell a bottle of beer to a minor in the middle of the night, in the middle of the street, in the middle of the solemn religious fest. In the current way of celebrating religious festivities, there is less and less of the devotion and more and more of commercialization.
Sailor_Kenshin said:
The beer-to-minors thing is out of left field and has nothing to do with anything.

Catholics really need to stop acting and voting like communists. Class envy is also sinful. It’s in the Catechism.
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:dts:
 
You seem to be confusing lies and sins with human gullibility, and you are also using personal anecdotes without evidence.

Do you truly believe that people should not be responsible for their own gullibility? If so, there we part company.

The case of selling beer to a minor, IF TRUE, is not a lie (look up the definition of ‘lie’), and may not even be a sin (look that up as well).

It may be a felony or a misdemeanor or simply a case of poor judgment OR even quite innocent if the seller did not realize the purchaser was a minor.

And there is still much class envy and bitterness against free enterprise shown here, which is communist in nature and against Catholic teachings.

If anyone had actually met refugees from communism, he would understand completely the corruption of that system, and thank God that he does not live under said system.

Exercise caution when you buy stuff and stop whining about the vast prosperity that allows you the simple miracle of walking into a store and buying what you want, any time, anywhere.
 
alitaptap said:
The state (local government) and its corporate sponsors took advantage of our religious feast. They sell a bottle of beer to a minor in the middle of the night, in the middle of the street, in the middle of the solemn religious fest. In the current way of celebrating religious festivities, there is less and less of the devotion and more and more of commercialization.
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This will run counter to the sacredness of the religious feast. For every aid is a trade. When companies give money to the local gov., it means sales where they can recover their costs and earn profit.
 
sinnerdexter said:
This will run counter to the sacredness of the religious feast. For every aid is a trade. When companies give money to the local gov., it means sales where they can recover their costs and earn profit.
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Let me name few alcohol-sponsored activities:
San Miguel Beer Plaza
Redhorse MuzikLaban
Ginebra Night
Grand Matador Bull Ride
Ginebra Videoke Challenge
San Miguel Grand Street Party

There is a clear violation of ethics when the government receives money from these companies. There is a conflict of interest here.
 
alitaptap said:
Let me name few alcohol-sponsored activities:
San Miguel Beer Plaza
Redhorse MuzikLaban
Ginebra Night
Grand Matador Bull Ride
Ginebra Videoke Challenge
San Miguel Grand Street Party

There is a clear violation of ethics when the government receives money from these companies. There is a conflict of interest here.
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Cite proof, please, and provide links.

Why is this a conflict of interest?
 
It’s called business. This isn’t the Dark Ages, anymore. People will make money regardless of what “moral rules” religious fanatics say that they are breaking.
 
eonNEXUS said:
It’s called business. This isn’t the Dark Ages, anymore. People will make money regardless of what “moral rules” religious fanatics say that they are breaking.
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The so-called ‘Dark Ages’ were saved by those religious fanatics you seem to look down upon.
 
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