On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Tony B<ton...@gmail.com> wrote: > What the heck are you talking about? Since when is targeted > advertising (which is basically, all good advertising) vicious and > reprehensible?
Do I really have to explain to you what is unacceptable about how that original image of a black man was manipulated to make him appear to have been white? What century are we in? In case you failed to notice, Microsoft seems to think that the manipulation of the image was wrongheaded, has apologized and has pulled the ad. I guess you are going to take the position that in so doing, MS is caving in to the scourge of political correctness. > You do know that ads like this are just make believe? This is not a > real life scene that's been altered because of racism. You are right. It is not a real life scene that's been altered because of racism. It is, however, a fake and posed scene that has been altered because of racism or racist precepts. A distinction without a difference. > Only an advertising idiot would use a clipart scene of a woman in > charge in say, Riyadh. Or a clipart with no white guys in 100% white > Poland. Or is it Poland you find reprehensible for not having more > black people? Perhaps there is nothing at all reprehensible about there being so few black folks in Poland. The lack of black Poles is most likely because they did not ship in black slaves from Africa as was the case in the United States. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
