Re: virus: Tabacco mind virus.
Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 24 Jun 1997 03:45:43 +0100
In message <33A1076A.1B37ADEA@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com>, Drakir
<jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com> writes
>
>English ones say things like "Smoking whilst pregnant harms your baby",
>"Smokers die younger" "Smoking causes cancer" "Tobacco seriously
>damages health" "Smoking Kills". There is a definate difference. The
>US ones are far more "this might happen" whilst the UK ones are "this
>will happen". Do you reckon that it makes a difference, memetically
>speaking?
It does sound like there is a definate difference in the
warnings cultures. I reckon it could be that in america the Tabacco
giants have been winning the memetic war more than in England.
Tony Hindle.