Re: virus: Tabacco mind virus: antivirii
Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 24 Jul 1997 03:08:57 +0100
In message <Pine.SUN.3.96.970722195729.4044D-100000@eskimo.com>, Eva-
Lise Carlstrom <eva-lise@eskimo.com> writes
>
>"Tobacco companies pay millions of dollars to make you want cigarettes
>like a baby wants candy. But you're not a baby anymore."
>
>This seems to me to be a good approach, using the desire to rebel, and the
>desire to appear mature, *against* cigarette use, instead of allowing them
>to argue for it. Somehow the poster doesn't seem quite compelling enough
>to suit me, but that may just be because it stands so much on its own,
>against an onslaught of pro-smoking advertising.
But the memetic war has been making slow gains bearing in mind
the solid scientific evidence at their disposal. I believe it will win
eventually but I have been exploring a potentialy quicker (life saving)
way.
Tony Hindle.