In article <5pca7318mgvbhp8qu33ndu897gojm73uek@4ax.com>,
HMS Victor Victorian <VV@19thCent.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:43:59 GMT, the non <myaddress@server.co> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> Oh my sweet Lord ... have I collected
> *gasp*
> AMERICAN EDITIONS!
> NOOOooooooooooo ....
>
> LOL
Other way around, Vic - my U.S. editions aren't air brushed.
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