The snipe dialogue has been interesting, and typical
for our forum, it once again illuminates the lack of
class consciousness on the list.
A few people have said how they like to see bands
advertised or don't mind the lost pet signage, but
when it comes to advertising for jobs or weightloss -
yuck, I want no part of that. Could it be that band
ads and to an extent, lost pet signage, are of more
interest to a working/middle class person. They have
the leisure and income to support the arts and own
pets.
When it comes to advertising for a job, we would
prefer not to think about jobless people, or we would
like to think that people are not so needy, or
"unskilled" as to get a job from a poster on a pole.
The same could be said for the weight loss signage,
where the working & middle class can go to weight
watchers, jenny craig, intellinutrients, the poor
probably do not have the interest or cash to do so.
I think this breakdown of appropriate and
inappropriate snipage is a breakdown between
acknowledging the poor, and not acknowledging the
poor. We of the self-appointed middle (or the trendy
acknowledgement of being working class (for the kids))
do not even want to consider that our neighbors are so
un-savvy that they have no better way to get a job or
diet-plan than to get it off a pole. I think that our
discomfort with these types of snipage is directly
attributable to our discomfort in dealing with the
poor, our perceptions of the poor, and our role in
helping/perpetuating the conditions of poverty.
Jon Kelland
Bryant
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