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Fighting the good fight By Debbie Warrier
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oung people have been called to join the campaign against ‘sex sells’ advertising and lend their voice to the issue first reported in The Record last week. Campaign leader Jing Ping Wong is wanting to hear from young people, especially those targeted by fashion labels such as the LIVE Clothing company, but says that all support is welcome. Far from being discouraged by the negative response of LIVE Clothing company, Jing Ping and his growing group of supporters against sexually provocative advertising have just begun to fight. Now he wants even greater numbers to join the cause. Jing Ping is hoping to organise a large gathering of young people to discuss the campaign and form a strong united stand against the “negative sales approach”. Ultimately, he would like to persuade the media to join in his vision and recognise that many young people are rejecting the ‘sex sells’ message. He wants to present the media and advertising outlets with healthier ways to reach the youth market, on behalf of all young people. Jing Ping’s campaign has already attracted the attention of secular media outlets. He had a live interview with 6PR’s station Nightline host Graham Maybury, on October 29. During the hour
there were eight calls from people in their twenties, mostly supportive of Jing Ping’s view. Jing Ping said the dismissive email from LIVE Clothing representative Bradley Caswell had not been a setback.
“It’s not about targeting one company. LIVE Clothing’s response was important, but it’s only one grain of sand in the desert.” “The vision that I have for this is a greater vision that encompasses all people and the media,” he said. “It’s not about targeting one company. LIVE Clothing’s response was important, but it’s only one grain of sand in the desert.” Jing Ping believes the response may have helped his cause. “I appreciated his response. It has helped us clarify and strengthen our own response to this issue,” he said. He adds he had no intention of making a personal attack on either of the models depicted in the LIVE Clothing catalogue and has called on the young models to join with the campaign’s pursuit of more fulfiling ideals. “In our action we are not attacking the models Gemma or David.
Jing Ping with a copy of The Record which highlighted his campaign last week We disagree with the underlying intentions of the ‘sex sells’ approach and we disagree with models allowing themselves to be portrayed that way,” he said. From the number of responses he’s received, Jing Ping said he got the feeling this was something many young people were already fired up about. They wel-
comed the opportunity to express their concerns about the media’s influence on their personal lives and their families. “We want to be facilitators to other people on this issue. A group they can relate to, feel safe with and join with to speak out against ‘sex sells’ advertising and media,” he said Jing Ping said the responses were
from a wide age range, predominantly young people. Not unexpectedly, grandparents and parents wrote in to express their support. One parent said she was forced to take her children on a different route to avoid sexually explicit billboards or rip similar advertisements out of the news Continued page 2
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for each person who attends Mass in the Archdiocese each weekend. “It is a useful reminder that when the Catholic Church works together it does fantastic work for others, many of whom are not Catholics,” he said. “This is true locally and around the world,” he added, The liturgical launch at the Redemptorist retreat house in North Perth attracted 101 parish priests and parish LifeLink appeal representatives who undertake to promote LifeLink in their parishes.
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Commissioning them for their work, Bishop Sproxton urged them to make the appeal widely known, to challenge people to give generously to this oncea-year appeal in the parishes, and to ask the whole community to pray for the success of the appeal. A letter from Archbishop Hickey will be circulated in the parishes this weekend to give people a sense of the importance of the work of the LifeLink agencies at a personal level. Continued page 2
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he Archbishop’s Christmas appeal for Lifelink will be launched in all parishes next weekend, November 15-16, with a target of at least $350,000. Lifelink funds the 12 major welfare organisations run by the Archdiocese. They help more than 55,000 Western Australian families and individuals each year. Bishop Don Sproxton pointed out at the liturgical launch of the appeal on Wednesday evening last week, this figure represents one person helped