[Leica] French to legislate image retouching

[chs2018 at med.cornell.edu (Chris Saganich)]

Public health and safety legislation always seems impossible, seat belts, 
public smoking ban, etc.  There is always a tipping point so there always 
has to be a push for improvement.

At 06:14 PM 3/18/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Chris. Thanks very much for your response. I shall be very interested to
>learn from your posted reference.
>I'm no Ad man. I was not trying to make a case that there was no problem
>with media and body images.
>I just don't see how the French legislating disclosure about retouching for
>print media would achieve anything useful.
>you need to give people some credit for discerning fantasy from reality too,
>in their entertainment choices.

This is a legitimate argument for Adults not for children.  Children are 
not just linearly down sized adults.


>Im not sure how you're being stoned while watching TV fits into your message
>however ! ;-)
>Don't you have legislation prohibiting illegal drugs? How's that working out
>to alter people's attitudes and choices !!! ;-)
>I can see this working now in dark street corners...Psst, wanna buy some
>fashion magazines? They are retouched and there's NO disclosure!!!


That's exactly where it should be.  I wonder who would be buying them then?


>I respectfully disagree with your opinion on my posted retouched image.

You did a good retouch job, too good.



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Chris Saganich MS, CPH
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