tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post3523051599754679412..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Truth in advertisingJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-51925758304491178302014-06-20T10:39:40.563-04:002014-06-20T10:39:40.563-04:00Glen --
Fort Bragg was established in 1918; that d...Glen --<br />Fort Bragg was established in 1918; that definitely predates the sign. And sporting goods stores like Cabela's can be wholesome places, but the gun stores I saw in Fayetteville, especially in proximity to all those pawn shops, did not give that impression. Fort Bragg is the headquarters for the Special Forces, so I don't think these gun stores catered to criminals looking for Saturday Night Specials to mug someone with. But I don't think the majority of guys who bought guns there were thinking in terms of skeet, either. <br /><br />And yes, the definition of a family has changed, but I don't think the Fayetteville town fathers were thinking interns of any new definition; they were simply trying to counteract reality.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-66472351326116504952014-06-20T10:15:21.000-04:002014-06-20T10:15:21.000-04:00Oh I dunno John. Every second kid these days has a...Oh I dunno John. Every second kid these days has a sleeve tattoo. And gun stores? I consider the shooting sports healthy and wholesome. Trap and skeet are truly gentlemen's sports and a number of fine ladies are getting into it as well. I don't see anything 'anti-family' about used car lots myself.<br />One could argue that family values are being socially re-engineered. Yesterday's whore is today's 'sex trade' worker. Yesterday's family had (at a minimum) a mother, a father and at least one child. Today families have multiple mothers, common law parents, and everything in between to care for the children. I'm not saying I agree with all this...but family values may not be what we old farts think they are. That sign may simply have gone up in better times, put there by better people.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-78382834435972529312014-06-20T09:45:42.433-04:002014-06-20T09:45:42.433-04:00Steven --
Ha! (How can one tell by sight that blue...Steven --<br />Ha! (How can one tell by sight that blueberries are tastier? I've never been able to select good peaches or oranges by sight.) John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-83911451790733097732014-06-20T07:39:19.956-04:002014-06-20T07:39:19.956-04:00I ate some blueberries the other day. It said on t...I ate some blueberries the other day. It said on the plastic tray something like 'hand selected for intense flavour'. These blueberries were notable for their watery lack of intense flavour. But at least I could be happy somebody bothered to select them by hand.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.com