Original Message From: Mark Hedges <hedgesat_private> Subject: Re: [IWAR] MYTH AND LEGEND: way beyond MJ-12 >If anyone's seen the new Camel cigarette ads in Southern California and >perhaps elsewhere, they can see that indeed, psychadelic imagery is quite >useful for psyops. The billboards are totally tripped; it looks like the >illustration team had a budget for LSD along with their graphics >workstations and copies of Photoshop. Each one features the old-style Camel >logo somehow warped into the image at the center. It's effective >subconscious _branding_ of the logo, straight into the hide of the visual >cortex. I noticed these as well. Infact, it wasn't but days after the regulations were put into place that these things popped up.. I was going wow, they can't just come out and display/say what they want anymore, so they are going to mind-bomb us! >Cigarettes are difficult to resist, not only because of the advertising. >They get into a mental space where I think they are evil/nice/good/ >horrid/disgusting/tasty/contenting/maddening all at the same time. It's >self-reinforcing. Because I can't figure out the puzzle, and can't figure >out why, though I know they cause lung cancer, I still smoke them, I think >about them all the more. The more I think about them, the more likely it is >I light one up. Then I get "rational", thinking "oh, well, one or two a day >won't hurt." On and on and on... ack! I have the same problem. Someone close to me recently made the offer, "I will give you fifty dollars if you quit smoking." I replied "I will give you fifty dollars if you GET me to quit smoking!" I hate it anymore, and pretty much just do it to feel normal (avoid nicotine withdrawal.) I have downed myself to about 10 a day and am expected to be completely quit soon. Dan
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Apr 13 2001 - 13:05:30 PDT