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September 01, 2006

Overseas Fathers Replaced by "Flat Daddy" Images

We're almost there folks! We are closing in on the time when images may fully supplant real and corporeal objects.

Am I babbling again?

Maybe. But it makes sense to me.

Cardboard-cutouts of American soldiers currently serving abroad are being used to sooth their Stateside children, according to this Boston Globe story (archived here ).

I can't decide if these ersatz family members might really be useful for some kids, or if it simply makes an already sad situation even sadder and more twisted. I can't imagine what happens when daddy gets killed, and all that's left is the cardboard cutout in the living room.

Posted by MJuhre at 10:54 AM | Comments (0)