On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:56:55 GMT, the non <myaddress@server.co> wrote:
>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.
Really? I'm astounded. Can you post copies of said images, if at all
possible? I'd love to see the Waura issue from 1968--the cover story
was on Saudi Arabia, if I recall correctly, but I can't name the
specific issue. I'd be ever so grateful.
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