Next up: the booze.
http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/201.jpg?w=900
I, for one, welcome our new pinch-faced scold overlords:
http://blogofthecourtierdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/carrie.jpg
-- Walt
On 9/14/2012 10:18 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
Political correctness runs amuck, does the paper even realize that
they've given the stamp even more visibility by running the story?
Where does the outrage end, and why does it feel as if Oceania has
always been at war with Eastasia?
On 9/14/2012 4:11 AM, Anthony Farr wrote:
Some of us may remember the
'did-they-or-didn't-they-photoshop-the-ciggy' thread some years ago.
It was about about postage stamp depictions of Bette Davis and Robert
Johnson, and the suspicion that the U.S. Postal Service had censored
their gaspers. It eventuated that they did for Johnson and they didn't
for Davis.
Here's how Australia Post handled a similar problem, and their
rationale:
http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/marlboros-unpaid-plug-20120914-25w4h.html
or TinyURL:
http://tinyurl.com/9zvse8d
The photographic relevance is that the stamp's image was sourced from
a photograph.
My view is that smoking is history, and may it rest in peace. And,
smoking is (a part of) history, and may its harm never be forgotten.
regards, Anthony
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