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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-30-06 06:04 PM
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38. It gets people to pick up the leaflet
Porn and other explicit imagery can be an effective tool of war. The US dropped leaflets to German soldiers in Italy suggesting that the Hitler Youth was nothing but a creche for pedophiles and that if those men wanted to save their kids from being achem... "taken advantage of" by Hiter Youth leaders they should desert and go home to protect their sons. The leaflet featured a sketch of one supposed "abuse", if you get my drift. Definately an attention grabber.

For something a little less perverse, here's an example of a "you're all gonna die" leafet dropped by Germany over Britain intended for US and British air crews:
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