Thursday, January 17, 2008

Subliminal Persuasion (if it worked)

If there were a way to keep America's youth from falling into the cycle of teen pregnancy and poverty, subliminal messaging could work. If it worked. Which it doesn't really. But if it did, wouldn't it be great to cast the mall as an outlet for such an endeavor? Millions of teenagers hang out at malls, socialize, shop, and generally spend a good portion of their time there. Why not have an undetectable voice whispering, not booming, over the speaker systems of stores and food courts nationwide, urging everyone to "use a condom or abstain." If only subliminal messaging worked, we could definitely solve a lot of problems.


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