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Oh, it's harmful. (Exploitation 101 - some disturbing imagery)

We're living in a sick world. A world where kids are made obese by the time they are 8 and morbidly obese by the time they are 16. Candy and the sugar industry are behind much of the obesity and exploit addictive substances in order to make profits, just like the tobacco industry.

Pseudo-sexual exploitation appeals to both adults and children. The same folks who design candy porn wrappers also design pedophile pseudo sexual imagery for the smoking industry.

Take a look at these anti-smoking images:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/83255599_4a6005c242.jpg


What do you see? I could tell you what you are really seeing, but I doubt if I will have to. The age of the 'child', the messy roach. It's just an example of the 'exploit industries' professional attempt to harm for a buck. This is one of their favorite recurring themes that has gotten them the highest response.
The girl afraid of something being put into her mouth:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/electronic-publications/stay-free/images/17/tobaccoiswhacko.jpg


Asphyxiation, the happy little cigarette and the helplessness of the girl all are key elements. The "if you're a teen" is another challenge. It's saying "Listen up kiddies - you're a teen, your'e not old enough to smoke - or have sex." Look at her hair. Look at the circle her hair makes. It's not the classic 'scared straight up' hair. When you know what to look for you realize - jeez, they've even given the girl sperm and ovum for hair! The human desire to procreate is one of the strongest urges and this 'anti-smoking' ad is a real piece of work - a masterpiece of evil subliminals.

http://www.mrothery.co.uk/module2/images/Image269.gif


It's 'whacko' all right. Every single element in that picture has been crafted as a psycho-sexual appeal to make the viewer subconsciously WANT a cigarette.

And all these anti-smoking ads are designed from scratch with psycho-sexual imagery. They come up with a subliminal message and then cover it up. The results speak for themselves:

Anti-smoking ads make kids smoke MORE.

The very act of putting a cigarette to the lips is psycho-sexual. The tobacco industry knew this almost a hundred years ago. They knew women couldn't wait to put cigarettes in their mouths after they were told it wasn't proper, and that men and women could be controlled by selling cigarettes with psycho-sexual conscious and subconscious appeals. They knew for men it was weaning - it was mother's milk all over again each time they put the cigarette to the mouth for a draw.

Here's another current from the same sicko 'anti-smoking' campaign:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/83255583_286316f0fb.jpg


Why are they using these little kids? Why not adults or teens? This one appeals on yet another level - this one has sadism and reverse gender psycho-sexual stuff thrown into the mix. The red velvet curtain behind the 'dandied' hair kid is a nice touch - what the heck is it doing there? Where is this kid? Where the heck are red velvet curtains? It's a reach into the subconscious, where bordello affiliations linger unruffled by the conscious mind.

The exploit industry are masters at their exploitation. They cover up their tracks so that they don't get called on it. But until one has actually read a report on how to exploit the masses with subliminal messages, psycho-sexual imagery and increase market share, one isn't looking for it.

They know people are embarassed by their thoughts and feelings. They know that kids are especially unable to deal with this stuff and aren't in the least bit on their guard about the REAL messages found in anti-smoking ads, commercials and even candy wrappers. They also knowe that guilt is a powerful tool that can be used as a reinforcement for desires. Yes, by finding an image compelling, yet wrong, they feel guilty and then they attempt to justify their attraction and in doing so reinforce positively the notion of smoking or whatever message the company or government wants them to reinforce. Obama's 'change' posters were carefully crafted and loaded with such manipulative subliminal imagery - in the manner of communist era posters equally loaded.

The dad was right to get all upset about that candy wrapper. Those candy wrappers have already probably contributed to about 100 teen pregnancies and 100,000 more obese kids who are subconsciously equating sugar/candy with sexual gratification.

It's well known that lonely women and men - and teens - eat to compensate for sexual gratification. This fact is not lost on the food makers who exploit this form of compensation. The coke ads have exploited "satisfaction" and "gratification" for over 3/4s of a century and the walking wiener at the drive in was not picked randomly either:

http://www.16mmdrive-infilms.com/pb/wp_6cff7eef/images/img31400496e849e4c32d.jpg


The dog had to jump into the folded bun. Oh sure...that's normal for a snack bar advertisement. I shouldn't need to spell out what that imagery is all about. And when one realizes this stuff was going on back in the fifties, just think how good they have gotten at manipulating people and their actions now?

People are naive & gullible. They are surrounded constantly by things that are NOT what they seem. They are led from place to place and are parted with their money, their health, and their freedom - by relatively simple subliminal and subconscious appeals to their carnal natures.

Your candy wrapper seems positively innocent next to some of the stuff out there. And before someone chimes in and says "this is capitalism at work" - it's not. This is the byproduct of programmed and exploited people. Each generation grows up exploited and learns, in turn, to exploit the next. The same subliminals can be found in communist posters, messages and symbology. The west is probably better at it - because a profit motive increases skills faster and is more motivational. For everyone that works for the tobacco company or others who ask ad firms to produce psycho-sexual appeals - there are those who wouldn't work for them regardless of price.

Just another curtain lifter.

And yes, I am exploited too. I was drinking coke, singing ad jingles, repeating commercials, watching too much television and blind to all the stuff that surrounded me when I was younger. I was 'happily' exploited. But I do wish I could have all that 'wasted' time back.

I'm not on a crusade to stop this stuff - exploition will continue on no matter what. However, I do feel the compulsion to share that different perspective so that people live more free, don't succumb to addictions and BE AWARE that all the stuff around you is trying to CONTROL your life.

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