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Monday, October 06, 2008

Cigarettes and Burgers

I am wondering about this; that soon there will be pictures of black lungs on the cover of cigarette cartons around the world. Who is it that is really pushing for this? I imagine there is a lobbying group around somewhere called the 'uptight citizens association' they are one of the few groups who believes that subliminal messages really do alter your perception or that people apparently have no choice about whether to smoke or not (yes its addictive but one can still say no).

Here is my proposal then; when you buy a hamburger at any fast food chain, can we put a photo of a fat person on it? Could this then also be done with cars? When a person buys an SUV and lives in the suburbs can we put a photo of melting glaciers on it? I just don't see these things happening, but for some reason its cool to be aggressive about smoking. Seems like a long time ago, I don't remember when, people knew how to make up their own minds (and thus are responsible).

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