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Kirbie393 here. I'm not sure if any of you noticed, but lots of scandals have been
taking place in our media lately. Not good ones, but horrible ones, including
the issue of advertising
things to children.
This first came to my attention when I opened my monthly copy of Teen People.
There was a page advertising non-smoking, as usual. But this one was different.
It showed people on a beach looking up at a large billboard painted like an
actual document from a tobacco industry. I believe it was titled "How to recover
from anti-smoking." There were ideas such as, "Make smoking legal to children."
and "Hand out free cigarettes." Another, smaller sign said, "This is an actual
document from a tobacco company. This is what we know. Imagine what we don't."
Since then I've been seeing all sorts of those ads in Teen People.
Did you know that tobacco industries are actually using a different form of
subliminal message? Ever walked into a gas station or something, only to see a
sign that says something like, "It is illegal to sell tobacco to children under
19 years of age." or "Smoking is a choice for adults, not children." Studies
show that tobacco industries only did this as a way to target children,
making them feel like they're written off as 'too young'.
Smoking isn't the only problem. There are also sexual issues. Have you seen one
of the reports on many news stations about children and online sex? I'm sure
you've probably heard of it before, too. And as Jill20 said in her article
Subliminal Messages, Disney is even advertising it. What's happening to our
society?
Kirbie, over and out, urging you to watch for the signs.
Editor's Note: I'm curious what study found some of this
information. The way I understood it, the government required those signs
in the gas stations -- was I mistaken? It's possible that the *result* was
not what they sought, but I don't know if we should believe they did it with
that intention, not without proof.
As for Disney, there was a rumor that the incidents noted by Jill20 in her
article were created by disgruntled artists. You should all research this
so you know for certain.
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