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In article <402jv6$j...@panix2.panix.com> ,   
 Russell Webb <rw...@panix.com>  writes:

: In article <402b12$l...@news.xs4all.nl>, Jojo  <jo...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
: >This world has a BIG attitude problem. War is fun, but sex is filthy.

: No, I think it's more that much of the suburban US is very prudish.
: Look where all the complaints are coming from.  (Though CGW is a US magazine,
: so maybe that's not a fair comment.)

Perhaps.   Some people don't have the time or the inclination to watch
much tv anymore, which is probably as good a gauge as any about sex in
our daily (advertising) life.

: >The sex ads help CGW to raise money. They use this money to make a good 
: >magazine. Take it or leave it.

: I don't even notice a problem.  It's nothing more suggestive than you'd 
: see on freely displayed magazine covers at a street-side newsstand
: or on the Calvin Klein ads on buses and telephone booths.  People who 
: have a problem with CGW ads: do you put blinders on your children when 
: you go outside?  Sexuality is the driving force behind much of 
: advertising--why single out CGW and crucify them for it?

And you wonder what these publishing companies are thinking about the
typical PC-game-mag buyer. If  I were to subscribe it would probably
be PC Gamer, for the obvious reasons.  Although they too have this
type of ad.

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: Russell Webb
: rw...@panix.com

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