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Old 08-08-06, 10:01 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by CB..
inferring that the generation who lived thru the war were stupid...is hardly what i would call light hearted
NO, no, no, no, no. That is not what I said at all.

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At no time did I draw a comparison between myself today and people back then in terms of sophistication, rather by todays standards I don't believe everything I read in a tabloid (or other) newspaper etc. However, with this last in mind, my question was how much more subtle and insidious is advertising and propoganda now it has come of age, so to speak, than it was then and how much are we influenced by it wheather we are aware of it or not?
I guess I failed to make clear what I was saying
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