31-05-2005 15:04									#1
	Osama helps the advertising business Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

people's money, well spent

	31-05-2005 15:41									#3
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Oi vay

	31-05-2005 15:42									#4
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Comic Sans

	31-05-2005 16:21									#5
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I want have a plan too! But this "Everyone should have a plan" talk is just hypocrisy. The poor oppressed people never get their own plans, it is all just for the rich!

	31-05-2005 16:23									#6
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The scaremongering continues...

	31-05-2005 17:55									#7
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

I've always believed if OBL hadn't gone into terrorism he would have gone into advertising.

	31-05-2005 18:45									#8
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There was a poster at a Berkeley bus stop that used to say "Terrorism gives us a choice: we can be afraid, or we can be ready." Within a week, it had been changed to "Terrorism gives us a choice: we can be afraid, or we can stop ****ing the world."

	31-05-2005 19:29									#10
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Actually... he's not really helping the ad business... at least from a monatary basis...

Ads from the Ad Council are developed pro bono by ad agencies, and the media space is donated by the media companies... Just the advertising/media industry performing a public service

	31-05-2005 19:35									#11
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I remember soon after 9/11, airlines and hotels showed advertisements urging people to stop showing fear to terrorists by shelling out money for airline tickets and hotel rooms.

Talk about tasteless, cold-hearted exploitation of the loss of 2,000+ lives for the sake of recovering business profits.

	31-05-2005 19:58									#12
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So, Ming, what is the insider line on those "The Truth" commercials? Do they really work to stop kids from smoking, or are they subconsciously encouraging kids to get their older brothers to buy them cigarettes?

	31-05-2005 20:48									#13
	Suffering from ads?

quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke So, Ming, what is the insider line on those "The Truth" commercials? Do they really work to stop kids from smoking, or are they subconsciously encouraging kids to get their older brothers to buy them cigarettes?

It is being done with the best intentions... just like the anti drug and anti underage drinking efforts.

	31-05-2005 21:07									#14
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quote: Originally posted by DerSchwarzfalke So, Ming, what is the insider line on those "The Truth" commercials? Do they really work to stop kids from smoking, or are they subconsciously encouraging kids to get their older brothers to buy them cigarettes?

Actually, they are exceedingly successful, which is why it was such a travesty when the State of Florida decided to stop making them and spend the money on other stuff instead.

	31-05-2005 21:15									#15
	Tired of ads?

the "terrorlust" is particularly helpful to companies that provide security (and their governments)

	31-05-2005 21:58									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Ming Actually... he's not really helping the ad business... at least from a monatary basis... Ads from the Ad Council are developed pro bono by ad agencies, and the media space is donated by the media companies... Just the advertising/media industry performing a public service

so Osama just gave a new reason from the advertising/media industry to show a good face to the goverment

	31-05-2005 22:06									#17
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun I remember soon after 9/11, airlines and hotels showed advertisements urging people to stop showing fear to terrorists by shelling out money for airline tickets and hotel rooms. Talk about tasteless, cold-hearted exploitation of the loss of 2,000+ lives for the sake of recovering business profits.

Well, someone needs to make money.

	31-05-2005 23:09									#18
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quote: Originally posted by MarkG so Osama just gave a new reason from the advertising/media industry to show a good face to the goverment

It's for a good cause

	31-05-2005 23:12									#19
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I wasn't being a smartass.

I am not curious about intentions. I know they are being done with good intentions, and I am sure I do not need to point out the various English language aphorisms related to 'good intentions.' I am, however, curious to hear from an insider -- ie, you -- whether the industry has done studies on their effectiveness.

I never smoked for reasons not related to the Ad Council (), but I have noted that they are far less embarassingly bad than most of the drug ones still in circulation.

	01-06-2005 00:21									#20
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quote: Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat Well, someone needs to make money.

You're an evil capitalist.