In article <24f973tt2fvvssmc9rklagckcrkfvp2403@4ax.com>,
HMS Victor Victorian <VV@19thCent.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:34:11 GMT, red@vikingland.net wrote:
>
> >It is an irony that the boy is sucking his thumb but holding a cigerette, as
> >is his brother. I find it odd that the editors would hide anatomy but print
> >children smoking; hide the the nature but show un-natural.
> >
> >I liked your stories and the photos to go along with them. Your stories,
> >gave much more meaning to the photos. Thank you
>
> You are certainly welcome. I am gratified to find there is someone
> out there this early in the morning!
>
> Smoking and, in some cultures, taking natural hallucinogens, is
> practised by adults and occassionally the kids get in on it. In these
> so-called primitive cultures, neither habit carries a stigma and
> neither is addictive. Technologically-based cultures, where
> individuals become more or less anonymous and alienated, seem to have
> the greatest problem with an addiction to smoking and drugs. Just a
> thought.
>
> All my best.
Except the ciggies shown here were probably exported by BAT, since they
are factory made. On the subject of air-brushing, I can't find any
examples in my collection of NG - perhaps they did that in export
editions. I had favorite NG issues tucked away in a secret compartment
near my bed, particularly one (a painting) of a young slave carrying his
master's pottery to drying racks - excellent, inviting buns! As for
addiction, it is perverse (to me) that people accept boys lining their
lungs with tar and their blood with nicotine, but get fached when a boy
somehow coats his nether passage with a lubricant, or something equally
impermanent.
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