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From: mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP (Marcus the Ranum)
Newsgroups: soc.singles,soc.women
Subject: Re: The latest in Playboy controversies
Message-ID: <193@gouldsd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 09:23:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  8 09:23:47 1986
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Organization: Gould Inc, ASDD, Landover, MD
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Keywords: men sporting playboy logos (tacky, tacky, tacky)
Xref: watmath soc.singles:398 soc.women:275
Summary: bunny heads...

> In article <1076@sunybcs.UUCP> ugeileen@gort.UUCP (Eileen McGowan) writes:
> >
> >	I know when I see a man sporting one of those Playboy logos..or
> >  whatever...the picture of the bunny head...I get angry.  I find it hard
> >  to tolerate a man who is proud of viewing women as sex toys.  I am 
> >  tempted to give him a punch in the gut or say something very insulting
> >  to him.  But, I try to avoid doing either.  It probably would only make
> >  him angry at me and want to be a "playboy" even more. 

	I find it's largely a matter of taste in some economic classes. 
Hefner's playboy empire has come to symbolize a lot of things, incl. tons
of sex, wild parties, expensive fast cars, jewelry, etc. It seems to me
that the people who wear the playboy logo are trying to (on some level)
associate themselves (in their wildest dreams) with the rich highflying
jetset. I'd pity them first. They're a lot like the guys who wear cheap
cotton t-shirts with a Gucci-compatible logo on them. It's trying to 
associate with an image that they see as cool and classy. 
	As to whether the Playboy empire is as wonderful as it is cracked
up to be, I am sure there are varying opinions. My disapproval won't make
any difference one way or the other, but certainly some people do have
very different ideas of what constitutes "style".

Live Free
mjr
	
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