A resort town called Daylesford, in Victoria, Australia, has provoked some controversy in that Advanced Civilization because its ad campaign combines religious with secular-hedonistic imagery. Apparently what happens in Daylesford, stays in Daylesford. This clip shows one version of the commercials:
Philosopher Russell Blackford weighs in on the controversy on his blog, defending the validity of the commercials' appeal to worldly values and their ironic use of Christian imagery towards that end. Yes, many Christians just don't like it when people enjoy bodily pleasures, especially sexual ones.
If I had the benefit of growing up in an Advanced Civilization with the values implicit in this video, instead of in Jesus-haunted Oklahoma, I might not have turned out so screwed up as an adult about certain things.
Daylesford is actually populated by New Age hippies. It's one of the greatest concentrations of woo capitalism in Victoria.
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