On the use of the word 'people'....
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On the use of the word 'people'....
...would you prefer kool-aid drinkers? ^_~
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Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
Somebody else thought along similar lines about that particular statement, on a billboard too. Oopsie!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_ ... onestown_3
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110222/ap_ ... onestown_3
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Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
lol... creepy
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Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
tunnelcat wrote:Oopsie!
Not necessarily. It got people's attention. Even if some of that attention was negative, it was effective marketing. <shrug>
Seems to be a marketing trend lately to do something intentionally provocative. [See: recent Super Bowl commercials]
Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
double-meaning
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Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
It got some attention all right, but tasteless is still tasteless. Do marketers have a soul even? They lie so much..........
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Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
No media is bad media.
As for expressing bad taste, it's just another freedom people need to respect, if not the bad taste itself.
As for expressing bad taste, it's just another freedom people need to respect, if not the bad taste itself.
Re: On the use of the word 'people'....
heh...
bad taste... kool aid...
I see what you did thare >_>
bad taste... kool aid...
I see what you did thare >_>
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