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In a message dated 10/1/2002 1:48:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


>
> There are also the ads, both on tv, and in print,
> showing happy children in schools, usually involved in
> social activities (talking and laughing in the halls,
> sitting around outside, eating casually around a bench
> or picnic table, that kind of thing.) They are
> usually back to school wardrobe or school supplies
> ads.
>

And what about those horrible back-to-school ads for Staples (or somewhere),
showing the parents wheeling down the aisles singing while the kids drag and
mope about going back to school?

Ugh!

Kelly


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Janet Hamlin

>>>And what about those horrible back-to-school ads for Staples (or
somewhere),
showing the parents wheeling down the aisles singing while the kids drag and
mope about going back to school?

Ugh!>>>

There was one this fall for Gateway computers (I think) where two young
teens are in the back seat of the car, dressed in summer clothes chanting,
"We're going to the water park!" over and over. Then they notice books,
lunches, and backpacks on the floor. The door locks go down, the door
handle breaks off, the windows won't go down, and the kids start screaming,
"NOOOOOOOOOO" with their faces pressed to the glass, realizing they can't
escape. Dad in the front seat has a smile on his face.

Janet

Nanci Kuykendall

>>>And what about those horrible back-to-school ads
for Staples (or somewhere), showing the parents
wheeling down the aisles singing while the kids
drag and mope about going back to school?
Ugh!>>>

>There was one this fall for Gateway computers (I
>think) where two young teens are in the back seat of
>the car, dressed in summer clothes
>chanting, "We're going to the water park!" over and
>over. Then they notice books, lunches, and backpacks
>on the floor. The door locks go down, the door
>handle breaks off, the windows won't go down, and the
>kids start screaming, "NOOOOOOOOOO" with their faces
>pressed to the glass, realizing they can't escape.
>Dad in the front seat has a smile on his face.
>Janet

SHUDDER!! I find it unconsionable that people thought
up, made and ran those ads, and that others probably
enjoy them. I guess I am far enough away from the
mainstream not to even find that remotely funny as
black comedy. It's like making fun of a rape, or a
mugging. It perpetuates and validates the abuse of
children's rights. It wrenches my heart for those
poor kids who live in a world where they have no
voice, no defenses, no choices, no respect. Kids: The
last greatly abused minority.

Nanci K.