{"article":{"id":18962,"heading":"More (imp)Unity\/Whose bloody axis of evil?","author":"Arts Akimbo","created":"2002-09-12 17:13:36","modified":"2005-08-15 01:01:29","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:01:29","article":"<p>Remember:  The greatest threat to democracy is if consumer confidence collapses and citizens drop the shopping.  Be a proud American!  Defend your country by shopping with impunity!    <\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Shortly after 9\/11, this advertising display went up outside Macy&#8217;s at Santa Monica Place mall, and stayed up for several months.  I was never sure if they were using patriotism to sell men&#8217;s shirts and ties, or men&#8217;s shirts and ties to sell patriotism.  Beneath the obvious and rather crude commercial message, I discerned a subtext, a kind of subliminal and perhaps subconscious story hidden behind the advertising burka.  I&#8217;ve tried here to unveil that message.  ","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2002\/09\/moreimpunity2.jpg","filesize":"77.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2002\/09\/18962.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2002\/09\/moreimpunity2.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2002\/09\/moreimpunity2.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2002\/09\/moreimpunity2.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}