Sentimentality, like pornography, is fragmented emotion; a natural consequence of a high visual gradient in any culture. (Marshall McLuhan)

Sentimentality, like pornography, is fragmented emotion; a natural consequence of a high visual gradient in any culture.

Marshall McLuhan

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