Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] "getting used to it" Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 01:58:25 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong Those ads are being run by a group ( can't remember their URL= right now ) that is bitching for funds because the tobacco settlement money used for the ads is running out . The ads , like the old brain-on-drugs =3D fried-egg commercials really makes me wonder about the logical capacities of the aggressively straight . On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:36:12 -0000, Pamela wrote: >=A0did anyone see the >=A0commercial "for a smoke-free New York", or something like that?= It >=A0showed two men in working clothes, in a seemingly deserted= subway >=A0station. They are talking about how no one uses the subway= system >=A0anymore, since smoking was banned in the stations. As they= finish >=A0their conversation, a voice-over says, it didn't happen then.= and it >=A0won't happen with the restaurants and bars (something like= that)"They >=A0got used to it then, they'll get used to it now." > > >=A0THAT AD'S ALL OVER THE PLACE NOW! After leaving the march on >=A0Sunday, =A0I saw a print form over a subway entrance!!! =A0There's= one >=A0about elevators, too. =A0As many of you know, it took me a while= to >=A0adjust my mindset to the idea that the LP was NOT endorsing >=A0unhealthy behavior, just bringing our attention to one= manifestation >=A0of a much bigger problem. > >=A0But when I think of what we were protesting (the Patriot act,= the war >=A0[some of us]), I'm not holding my breath waiting for a "they'll= get >=A0used to it" commercial concerning the act itself, censorship,= not >=A0finding some of our neighbors of certain= social/racial/religious >=A0backgrounds around, soldiers in the streets, no political= rallies >=A0allowed, etc. > >=A0I HOPE NONE OF US EVER GETS USED TO THAT. =A0Now, that's= unhealthy >=A0behavior!!! --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0Vote against your incumbent . =A0And vote For open primaries . My commentary in the voters guide= : http://nyccfb.info/debates_vg/voter_guides/general_2003/ballot_pr= oposal/statements_3_pro.htm#armstrong Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A010/29/2003 1:50:20 AM