http://www.liminalworlds.com/adbusters-review.html Whatever is liminal, or emerging --arts, culture, society, spirituality Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:47:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.liminalworlds.com/adbusters-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-303 steve jaubert Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:39:13 +0000 http://www.liminalworlds.com/?p=29#comment-303 I was originally attracted to this magazine for attempts to expose capitalist exploitation especially in marketing our way of life. I agree with you in that I don't see much that is offered to change anything in a practical way except maybe yourself but that is good. I feel it is generally successful in that way with me and perhaps with perceptive readers who don't want to fit the society norms 'just because'. I am bothered however by what seems to be to me subtle preachiness regarding the mideast conflict between israelites and palestinians and other conflicts worldwide. It seems a little divergent from talking about ads and icons and more like trying to influence my 'choosing sides'. The magazine seems to be involved with showing you how to 'see through' the guises and let you presumably think as a reasonable person might so I say let me choose my own sides. The magazine comes across as cult like when they start to expound specifically from the more generalized overview. Of course there are lots of specific points that anyone can make about right and wrong but to me that is politics. There is too much of that sort of thing in the magazine so I quit buying it. If that's what they want to do then call the magazine something else like War Mongering World Journal or Corporate Times and at least invite comments from all sides but don't get me interested in the ad theme and then try to sidewind me with attempts to influence me politically. That's what the typical magazines all do. Its there right of course to go that route and mine of course to buy or not. I would say to them to be a little more trusting of the reader to think for themselves. Steve Jaubert I was originally attracted to this magazine for attempts to expose capitalist exploitation especially in marketing our way of life. I agree with you in that I don’t see much that is offered to change anything in a practical way except maybe yourself but that is good. I feel it is generally successful in that way with me and perhaps with perceptive readers who don’t want to fit the society norms ‘just because’. I am bothered however by what seems to be to me subtle preachiness regarding the mideast conflict between israelites and palestinians and other conflicts worldwide. It seems a little divergent from talking about ads and icons and more like trying to influence my ‘choosing sides’. The magazine seems to be involved with showing you how to ‘see through’ the guises and let you presumably think as a reasonable person might so I say let me choose my own sides. The magazine comes across as cult like when they start to expound specifically from the more generalized overview. Of course there are lots of specific points that anyone can make about right and wrong but to me that is politics. There is too much of that sort of thing in the magazine so I quit buying it. If that’s what they want to do then call the magazine something else like War Mongering World Journal or Corporate Times and at least invite comments from all sides but don’t get me interested in the ad theme and then try to sidewind me with attempts to influence me politically. That’s what the typical magazines all do. Its there right of course to go that route and mine of course to buy or not. I would say to them to be a little more trusting of the reader to think for themselves. Steve Jaubert

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