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Joined: Jan 09, 2006
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Sven!
I must admit I absoutely love this quandry of detecting intention in art. It certainly always served Fuzzy Love well! I realize what you are saying about the African Prince eMails, but as I recall there is no detectable irony in them, whereby this thing is just dripping with schmalz.
I very seriously doubt that this appeals to the sensibilities of desperate people truly in search of cheap metaphysical powers. Isn't this more of the kind of thing that such people would truly distrust? I would love to know the truth about this. It's got all the FORM but none of the CONTENT of a traditional rip-off scheme. It makes no attempt to be SERIOUS but is instead consistently playful.
I really wonder what makes you think it is an honest effort to take advantage of truly desperate people.
On the other hand we may also consider that gamblers can be very very playfully superstitious, carrying around all sorts of GOOD LUCK CHARMS hoping to win the next big jackpot -- but these things tend to have a very personal significance and I find it hard to believe this would be more appealing than a penny found on the street....
In any case I can't wait for some PROOF of the SPOOF!!!
Best
JJ
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