VLVL The Sisterhood: evil capitalist fascists?
jbor
jbor at bigpond.com
Wed Nov 5 05:08:08 CST 2003
on 4/11/03 12:22 PM, Richard Fiero at rfiero at pophost.com wrote:
>
> Since the Sisterhood doesn't seem to be franchising itself, the
> "ethos" part might be a bit excessive.
They got into the "business" for the "cash flow". They set up "fantasy
marathons" and "Kiddie Ninja Weekends". They run ads in _Psychology Today_
and _Aggro World_. They sucker 'Nam veterans into thinking it's some
bordello full of "Asian dewdrops". (107-8)
Ethos is exactly the right word.
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