----- Original Message ----- From: "joanna" <123hop at comcast.net>
I was talking about shopping. SHOPPING.
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I know. But is it really the guiding metaphor for everything that everyone does and the rationalizations for why they do it in the US? I'm really skeptical simply based on my experiences talking about consumption with others and on inductive 'grounds'...........
Methinks you believe too much in the power of advertising :-) even if it's in a 'negative' sense.
Ian