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["Tony Spencer" <tony AT tonyspencer.com>]

side note:

i'm jealous.  i didn't have a TV for a period of time and it was great.  i
read more books and discovered more music.    

> -----Original Message-----
> From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf 
> Of David R.Matusiak
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:09 PM
> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] fury over WTC ads
> 
> just for reference, i don't have television service (of any 
> sort), nor do i participate in most major studio media 
> (movies, Britney, etc).  
> this does place me at a disadvantage as far as critiquing 
> these ads, but also i did not have any family members perish 
> in the 9/11 tragedy.  
> i think a little sensitivity towards their grieving is in 
> order.  or is that too old fashioned?
> 
> as a Compassionate Conservative, i am actually a bit shocked 
> that he would stoop to this level.  and not much shocks me 
> anymore.  but i do like to bitch about the media and its abuses, tho.
> 
> On Mar 5, 2004, at 1:26 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:
> 
> > so we are just supposed to pretend that it didn't happen and wasn't 
> > the core focus of this president's agenda? the image shown is also 
> > brief and nothing horrific.  i really can't see the problem 
> in this.  
> > if you haven't seen the ads you really should take a look.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ian Meyer
> >> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:18 PM
> >> To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> >> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] fury over WTC ads
> >>
> >> the content is of no importance, the fact that the images of those 
> >> attacks are being used for political gain is heinous and i 
> would bash 
> >> ANY canidate that used them.
> >>
> >> its unexcusable.
> >>
> >> On Mar 5, 2004, at 1:10 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:
> >>
> >>> have you watched the ads?  they actually are about the 
> economy and 
> >>> jobs.  ridiculous.  the ads are nothing more than uplifting.
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: David R. Matusiak
> >>>> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:00 PM
> >>>> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> >>>> Subject: [internetworkers] fury over WTC ads
> >>>>
> >>>> well, he certainly can't make commercials about improving the 
> >>>> economy, creating jobs for Americans, or helping the 
> environment or 
> >>>> senior citizens.  whaddya expect him to focus on??  FEAR!!  You 
> >>>> must all live in FEAR!!
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/
> >>>> 20040305/ELECTIONADS05/TPInternational/Americas
> >>>>
> >>>> "I find it offensive that he has used 9/11 as a pretext for the 
> >>>> election," said Colleen Kelly, whose brother, Bill Kelly 
> Jr., died 
> >>>> in the World Trade Center and who has become a leader of the 
> >>>> victims'
> >>>> movement. For her, "9/11 was a failure of this President to act."
> >>>>
> >>>> Ron Willett of Walnut Shade, Mo., was quoted by Reuters 
> as saying 
> >>>> he was disgusted when he saw the ads. Mr. Willett, whose 
> >>>> 29-year-old son John Charles was killed, said he is now 
> so upset, 
> >>>> "I would vote for Saddam Hussein before I would vote for Bush."
> 
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