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Why the Magazine Printed the Sexy Earthquake Photos
Written by Robert Vance on May 21, 2008 – 10:07 pmDon’t get me wrong. I am still greatly disgusted by the actions of The New Travel Weekly in Chongqing which basically used the earthquake rubble as a backdrop for a model shoot. However, within the last 12 hours, it has become more clear to me why the magazine decided to ‘pull’ this outrageous stunt. Since last night, my site has been bombarded with hundreds of hits from people who are looking for the photos that were printed by this ‘disgraced’ magazine. Take a look at a few of the searches that have directed people to my site in the last 12 hours.
1. sexy quake pictures
2. new travel weekly earthquake pictures
3. the new travel weekly earthquake photos
4. chinese magazine sexy earthquake pictures
5. sexy earthquake pics
6. sexy earthquake photos
7. sexy earthquake
8. new travel earthquake models china
And the list goes on. This small magazine probably thought that it could get some much needed attention out of a stunt like this and they were right. You can mix sex with anything and people will buy your magazines and visit your websites in droves. So who really has the guilt in this situation? Is it the magazine that tried to take financial advantage of a tragic situation or the people out there whom the magazine editors knew would flock to the newsstands to buy the irreverent issue?
Stories like this only serve to prove that we live in a pretty dark and decadent world. It is depressing to think how people’s minds work in this day and age. This little magazine in Chongqing may have learned its lesson but the fact that there is even a market out there for this kind of foolishness is very sad.
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“So who really has the guilt in this situation?”
Some random blogger like you who decided to take advantage of such misdirected traffic. Good work you hypocrite.
Right. You’re angry because you didn’t find the pictures on this website. I’m sure you came here looking for some. Sorry, you’ll have to go someplace else to find your precious pictures. Have fun.
Mr. Vance is reporting on a subject he clearly disagrees with, how can you (anon) say he’s taking advantage of the situation? Whats he supposed to do ignore it? Is that the right thing to do?
Whoever committed that shameless activity of using the tragical disaster as a backdrop for model shoots is an ass!!
We won’t ,in the name of god, regard him as an decent Chinese citizen. That title is just too good for him and for whoever wants to , God forbid, take financial or whatever kind of advantage of this massively destructive earthquake.
Lucky for him ,we don’t get to see those photos in China, either because they are deleted from the websites or forever blocked by the Chinese media. One thing is for sure, disasters bring Chinese closer together than anything else in the world. One’s enemy becomes the nation’s enemy automatically. I just wish that SOB run and hide and never get caught . Trust me ,that’s for his own good. Or i swear to god. we are so ready to make the rest of his life miserable /
enough for my comment. Have a good day.
Gill , China…
Gill,
I suppose that too many people are still focused on the earthquake rescue effort to take notice of this story at the moment. I have not heard any of my friends or students mention the pictures this week. While I’m not sure that I agree with the government’s decision to shut the place down (I’m not sure if they should have that right) I hope that the company stays shut down simply because no one will buy their magazine
Robert:
Of course you do. That the company stays shut down because they have disgusted every decent and well-educated Chinese is all we have expected. I am not so familiar with the running systems that take charge of all media operation. But i honestly won’t consider it a big deal if it actually takes the government’s interference to warn those ungrateful , treacherous and treasonous bad eggs of the consequences ahead , should they ever attempt to shamelessly commit similar activities.
In case you don’t notice, an ignorant and ungrateful young woman have published a stupid video of her annoyingly swearing at those poor victims in the quake. But I can’t find it anywhere in any Chinese website. And for now, it’s only available on the Youtube. I guess that’s how Chinese Media protects our people from vicious remarks , and that bastard as well (Pardon my French)…Once people get to see those pics, I can’t imagine what will become of them. ( And that Bitch I mentioned above has, according to someone who claimed to be her father on the internet, undergone lots of pressure and gone on the edge of being mentally -disturbed…Whom to blame???She shouldn’t have done that in the first place…
I don’t mean to sound to brutal and rude. But those kind of behaviours really piss us off !! Hope you’ll have a good day~
Gill ,China