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In article <DD19...@cunews.carleton.ca>,
   sk...@chat.carleton.ca (Sean Kaye) wrote:
>Tempest (cw...@wi.leidenuniv.nl) wrote:
>> >If these adult CD ads have their place in CGW, how come we do not see ANY
>> >reviews of adult CD's in this magazine?
>> >
>> >Isn't this a typical case of double standards?
>> >
>> Uhmm...should a computer magazine really review adult CDs on their 
>> 'titillation' value? No...I don't think so, but as adult CDs are intended 
for 
>> ehh computer users...I think they belong in a computer magazine. Sex phone 
>> lines or car ads don't belong in a computer mag. Adult CDs do. Now as long 
as 
>> they don't show any, eh..'crucial' parts...what's wrong with those ads? 
>
>That's the flaw in your logic though... You, on one hand, say that
>these ads belong in a computer magazine because they are aimed at
>computer users, but then on the other hand you do not feel that it is
>right to review these "pieces of entertainment"... So if they are
>unworthy of being reviewed because this may outrage some of the
>readership, why not follow it up with the assumption that these games
>therefore must not appeal to the readership... Because in essence what
>you are saying is, is that the presence of these ads does not alienate
>a majority of the readership, a review of their content however may
>just very well... So doesn't that make these "games" unworthy to be at
>all in the magazine???
Oh I do believe these ads offend people. Actually, the majority of them! A 
magazine could actually review these CDs. But everyone knows already that 
these will get horrible reviews, so why bother. But these ads don't offend me 
because I know about sex, and sex is not bad or evil (I skip these ads because 
I'm not interested in buying adult cds, I can get pornographic material from 
usenet for free anyway). These ads serve a purpose...the mag gets more money 
so that they can hire more writers etc. and increase the number of articles. 
Of course the number of ads will increase too. Now, if the quality of the 
reviews and articles stay the same I wouldn't be too worried. It would be 
a shame (IMHO) if you would null your subscription just because of some ads 
for adult CDs. There are several options concerning sex and kids. You could 
discuss the subject with them...or you could see to it they do not know 
ANYTHING about sex until they're 18! Boy, will they be shocked! Or you could 
let your son's friends do all the talking for you.

Tempest