Re: [acornlive] Back From Babylon
Liam Ronan (acornlive@dublinwriters.org)
Sat, 27 May 2000 14:12:01 +0100
I do understand that. Honestly I do. America was built on hustle as much as
hucksterism. However, it strikes me that commercial manipulation of the
general public in the States crosses the line and has become markedly
Pavlovian or Skinnerian or whatever. Humming the background tune of one's
favorite TV advertisement while on the way to buy "gotta have" brand jeans,
trainers, etc. is...well...some evidence for brain washing. As I said, it is
merely my opinion, but I still insist that there are light years of
difference between straightforward advertising of a product and
psychologically manipulating the audience to install a virtual craving for
the thing.
Regards,
Liam
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [acornlive] Back From Babylon
> what you call crass manipulation, liam, for all its crassness, is the
reason
> why you can communicate today through the internet.
>
> in america we learn to take the bad with the good, my friend, or we don't
> take the good.
>
> george wallace
>
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