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From: chrisb@hubcap.clemson.edu (Chris Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: SEX! (Now that we've got your attention...)
Message-ID: <9591@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 6 Jul 90 19:55:49 GMT
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In article <4486.2694227d@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>, dhsy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> >>It's a trend that I'd like to see stopped.  (Not by law, but by
> >>taste.)
> > 
> > Hear hear!  I couldn't agree more.

Awe come on... (No pun intended!)
Get real, as long as the entire magazine doesn't turn to smut what do
you care what the cover looks like ???
Remember "You can't judge a book by its cover."

> 
> The editors must have been convinced that sexy covers would not drive
> the real buyers away although some of them may have different taste 
> (it's not porno magzine after all), but would lure some buyers who
> would otherwise not interested in it.
> 
> Would somebody call for a boycott if they keep have the same kind of
> cover design? guess nobody would. The readership would only increase.

I agree. I am not a MacUser reader, but just seeing/hearing about this
new cover concept has me curious. I may not buy a magazine, but I may
find one just to see what the fuss is all about. :-)