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- From: panlilio@acs.ucalgary.ca (Victor P. Panlilio)
- Subject: Re: Elle MacPherson causes rape?
- Summary: Rallying the Clear Thinkers
- Message-ID: <92Nov07.165949.20879@acs.ucalgary.ca>
- Sender: Victor
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 92 16:59:49 GMT
- Expires: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 05:00:00 GMT
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- Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta
- Keywords: sense
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- In article <lflbvlINNh6j@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> williamt@athena.Eng.sun.com (Dances with Drums) writes:
-
- >In article 891666t@dragon.acadiau.ca (Trish Turliuk) writes:
- >>The fact is we see *one-type* of women portrayed everywhere as the idealized
- >>women and even this isn't a real type for she is subjected to hours of makeup
-
- > I had to take issue with this. When was the last time you saw
- >a car in a car add anywhere that was dented and/or scratched, paint
- >top torn, etc etc etc... The fact is when advertisers are selling somethink,
- >they want to use 'perfect' models. They don't want to show us anything
- >necessarily realistic. I don't find my car represented or reflected
- >in the media any more than the average woman finds her body represented
- >there. Should I regard this is as some horrible plot directed at me,
- >or does it make more sense to realize that this is 'madison avenue' and
- >should be taken as ignorable.
-
- Heh. First, Catwoman. Now, '-wat-' weighs in with more good
- sense. Could it be possible that some people have developed
- antibodies to the PC virus already? It is to be hoped for...
-
- Concentrate...focus your mind...feel the power within....
-
- Direct your positive energies towards the PC-plotmongers!
-
- *chuckle*
-
- Victor 8^)
- (who, as usual, didn't get enough sleep last night but feels good
- anyway -- gonna see *lotsa* models at a casting call on Sunday)
-