Originally Posted By TomSawyer >>Maybe if they superimposed a charcoal pencil in his hand instead of leaving it in that awkward pose, no one would have given it a second thought.<< Kids shouldn't be encouraged to smoke charcoal pencils.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA My, my, my -- we certainly are a generation of overly protective parents. I saw a news scroll where some government office wants to add a smoking warning to movies where smoking is featured. Would they put that warning on 'Terminator 3'? In other words, you can kill people, blow their faces off with a shot gun, but you need to have a warning about smoking.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA No, I got that Tom Sawyer... Just a general statement -- I notice that smoking has really become a BIG THING lately....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I saw "Goodnight and Good Luck" a few weeks ago. The Towering Inferno had less smoke than that movie. >>In other words, you can kill people, blow their faces off with a shot gun, but you need to have a warning about smoking.<< LOL! Ain't it the truth. TV folks must be real conflicted about Popeye. On the one hand, he promotes a good vegetarian message. On the other, he's violent. Smoking a pipe is probably why you don't see him on TV anymore.
Originally Posted By markcanada Arthur C. Clarke wrote a fictional book about ten or fifteen ago years that had to do with raising the two parts of the Titanic. In the book, a couple of computer programmers build a fortune by a) writing programs that made computers Y2K compliant and b) were able to digitally "scrub" all images of smoking from films, unless they were an integral part of the story (political correctness having gone too far). I don't think a historical photo should ever be altered, unless the subject and the photographer give their permission. Kids are more influenced by their current role models than historical figures.
