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Offline Gixer

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« Reply #30 on: September 17, 2004, 04:35:13 AM »
Bad Taste.



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Offline DieAz

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« Reply #31 on: September 17, 2004, 08:21:36 AM »
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The slogan? It's just "Lots of things can happen in one day, Imagine all that can happen in three months" (they are giving away 3 months of subscription for free).
 can't find anything wrong with the slogan.

Daniel



It is a language thing.

in American English language. it can be seen as implying something different, than what you might see in the wording.
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Offline Stringer

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« Reply #32 on: September 17, 2004, 08:30:04 AM »
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The slogan? It's just "Lots of things can happen in one day, Imagine all that can happen in three months" (they are giving away 3 months of subscription for free).

Sorry but while the topic/image chosen is still a sensitive one, can't find anything wrong with the slogan.

Daniel


True Daniel, but wouldn't it have been a more relevent add to it's intended buying audience if it had shown the frames from the Train Station bombing?
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Offline Muckmaw1

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« Reply #33 on: September 17, 2004, 08:35:09 AM »
Inflammatory
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« Reply #34 on: September 17, 2004, 09:12:37 AM »
I agree... it would have been much more relevant to the readership to show the train station frames...

Unless of course... what happens in spain  is considered less important thatn what hnppens in the U.S.  .... even to it's citizens.

lazs
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« Reply #35 on: September 17, 2004, 09:24:31 AM »
The train station bombings didn't change the freakin skyline of the city. Can you think of anything else they could have used that had the same VISUAL impact regarding world changes?

If you guys think using the WTC attacks to sell something is in poor taste then you should be insensed at the GOP. Their entire convention was based on this premise.
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« Reply #36 on: September 17, 2004, 09:26:41 AM »
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The train station bombings didn't change the freakin skyline of the city. Can you think of anything else they could have used that had the same VISUAL impact regarding world changes?

If you guys think using the WTC attacks to sell something is in poor taste then you should be insensed at the GOP. Their entire convention was based on this premise.


I'm a Bush supporter...I don't like the fact that he used the WTC in his commercials either....but to sell a newspaper for profit? Unforgivable
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« Reply #37 on: September 17, 2004, 09:29:45 AM »
Sorry but spanish is my native language and the first time I read the text on the ad it read to me:

you can do a lot in one day.


as in, praising what the terrorrists 'achieved' in 1 day.



really, really low of that newspaper.
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« Reply #38 on: September 17, 2004, 09:32:13 AM »
Off topic
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« Reply #39 on: September 17, 2004, 09:36:16 AM »
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« Reply #40 on: September 17, 2004, 09:39:19 AM »
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« Reply #41 on: September 17, 2004, 10:08:17 AM »
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Sorry but spanish is my native language and the first time I read the text on the ad it read to me:

you can do a lot in one day.


as in, praising what the terrorrists 'achieved' in 1 day.



really, really low of that newspaper.


Sorry but your spanish may not be spaniards' spanish. As you very well know, our expressions differ from those found in Central and South America.

No way I would have interpreted that sentence praising the terrorists...

And while the Madrid bombings would have been more relevant, the truth is that the footprint of the attacks isn't that visible.

I repeat my previous reaction to the ad: Bad taste, but not that different from other "sensationalistic" ads.

Daniel
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« Reply #42 on: September 17, 2004, 10:27:16 AM »
MT,
I don't know, those still photos posted here by Grun (I think) were very visually powerful.

In fact it would have made the newspapers point even more.  Instead of how things can change in a day, how about running the series of photos from the train station and say how fast things can change in seconds.  And to an audience that it hit home on in a very direct, personal way.

Daniel,
I know you think it was in bad taste, I'm not at issue with you on that at all.
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