Growing up. the only family member that I had that pressed a value on me was my grandfather. I am not counting my mother's effort at pushing my saddistic brother and weak child me through the parochial school system, because that was a disaster causing me broken bones and him psychopathic enjoyment. I have some old Life magazines which are snapshots of the times for who the public heros were. On one magazine from January 1963 has the slumped figure of a man wearing a loose sports shirt, black work-out pants and a cheap yellow snap up colligiate jacket. This is a role model, holding a Marlboro cigarette under the title, "Why don't you settle back and have a full-flavored smoke?
Heck...you get a lot to like---- Filter, Flavor, Pack or Box.
I used the product because I liked girls only and so did most of my friends. My parents both smoked with the encouragement of these popular sports icons. They are all dead. Even I was suckered in, but I quit in the sixties when I was called to war. I am not surprised that his pants fell down, but I would like to hear some of these old goats like Hornung respond about their cigarette commercial money and show or post some shame or remorse in what they did.
In a way, when some later pop perverts have done themselves under by drugs or anethesia, I have more understanding for them when they ended the pain they were inficting then those that hurt and went into obscurity. My parents and older brother, RIP.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
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