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Are you against newspapers in general? I'm not sure we would be better off without newspapers entirely because the internet can be so revisionistic, plus, the internet ultimately is a constant drain of electricity that just grows by the day.

However, I think it would be interesting if newspapers could be "forced" to not pack their classifieds into each and every edition.

In all the years I have read newspapers I doubt if I have ever looked at the classifieds more than 10 times. I've purchased a fuel efficient car two times in the past 25 years, both were used, both are still running on their original engines, so I have had no need to ever look at all of the car ads for all of these years. (did you know it takes 50,000 pounds of materials to make a 3000 pound car!). All the real estate ads in my newspaper have also been unnecessary. It's sad that I don't have a choice and I MUST have the additional clutter and paper wasting that the classifieds, car ads, and real estate ads bring when I have no desire to read them.

Yes, I'd be willing to pay more for a much more streamlined newspaper, but could the delivery person keep the two styles of newspapers straight?

So did it work?

Yes, so far I have not received any more junk papers on my lawn.

Tom Swiss - proprietor, unreasonable.org

I got them to stop for a while. My first guess is that the driver employees turn over often and don't keep notes. I would also expect that someone making a buck by driving around delivering these newspapers wouldn't be the most thorough and careful for their job.

I'll use your threat. I'll also follow through with my own.

I threatened that I would contact one of their advertisers every time I get one of their newspapers. I will tell them about how the "impressive circulation" of this "newspaper" is based on littering and dumping them - not on subscribers.

My first follow through comes today. I'll start with the front page and CC the advertisement department.