[lbo-talk] Re: Corporate Porn to Kids

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Mar 23 15:14:18 PST 2004


John Gulick wrote:


>Brain rot, dissipation of the critical faculties, vicariously
>identifying with conspicuous consumption of Moet and Benzes as the
>end-all and be-all of life, getting sucked into the fantasy that
>sporting nipple rings and tats makes you some kind of "cultural
>rebel" (yeah, nipple rings and tats brandishes by Texas A&M's
>starting offensive line). Jeezus, I thought you admired Tom Frank.

I do, and he's a friend of mine as well, but how much does what you list have to do with sex on TV? Why couldn't people just enjoy Janet Jackson's tit? Why did it have to become such a goddam scandal?

Doug



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