I apologize if I read you wrong. I hadn't judged the people in the ad nor felt the ad had judged them. So I thought you were, not relating that you felt the ad itself was judging them.
On Nov 11, 2009 6:12 AM, "phartz...@gmail.com" <phartz...@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:21 AM, mike <xha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you miss the part where anyon... Hey, I live and work way out in the country myself, miles from any urban area!! Maybe that does make me stupid. Anyway, I placed my description of urbanites as being sophisticates in parentheses, as in "sophisticates," thereby indicating the tenuous nature of such a viewpoint. The creators of that ad are the ones who might have a superiority complex, not me. They are the ones who cast the two cowboys who, near the tail end of the ad, approach the ominous pod when one of them says in a hick-like drawl, "What in the world is that?" Again. my main observation is the clear depiction of the United States military subjecting its own populous to some fearful and obviously dangerous thing. What is that about? Are we all supposed to see that ad, finally understand that it is about selling a phone, and then come away with the understanding that this is our military/industrial complex in action? Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscript... ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
