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Old 05-07-2008, 22:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
Shek
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Originally Posted by FOG3 View Post
If I have a bunch of doctors and such putting up stuff about how smoking is bad does that mean kids will stop smoking?

Look at how things would be arranged with what al-Libi is talking about. You'd basically just be giving them needed ammo. There's more then one way to skin this cat or do propaganda, Shek.
No, you don't use doctors, you use kids. The recent meth ads in Montana have used images and other kids to persuade kids to not use meth. Extremely effective.



This is exactly what Brachman's article gets at (and what Abu Yahya recommends) - you use folks that don't seem to be connected to the West to provide legitimacy when it comes to pointing out contradictions with Islam. For images, it's not as necessary since pictures often convey messages without the need for a person to be the messenger.
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