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- From: cj@eno.esd.sgi.com (C J Silverio)
- Subject: this season
- Message-ID: <tvfu9k8@zola.esd.sgi.com>
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- Reply-To: cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio)
- Organization: SGI TechPubs
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 92 19:08:02 GMT
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- This is the Christmas of wildly variable gift-giving. It
- is the Christmas of insanely appropriate & excellent gifts
- for five people, and of nothing whatsoever for 10 others.
- It is the Christmas of 2 CDs for them, and 5 CDs for me.
- It is the Christmas of maybe finding a tie for the boyfriend,
- while achieving present perfection for his nephews. It is
- the Christmas of muttering violent imprecations against
- Frank & Bing, Rudolph & Frosty while weeping over "It's a
- Wonderful Life". It is my fourth Christmas, and I suspect
- it will be my last. And not because of any religious wars,
- Christians v Pagans, either. Because the American Christmas
- econonmy is sick. Because advertising nauseates me. Because
- every time I see a manufacturer using Christmas to sell me
- something, I want to machine-gun him, his ad agency, and his
- product.
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- Christmas is meant to produce happy satisfied consuming non-
- revolutionary citizens. It has done the opposite with me.
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- c j silverio
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