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On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:04 pm
by Burlyman
...would you prefer kool-aid drinkers? ^_~

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:02 pm
by Tunnelcat
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

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:56 pm
by Burlyman
lol... creepy

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:54 pm
by Foil
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'....

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:21 pm
by Burlyman
double-meaning

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:38 pm
by Tunnelcat
It got some attention all right, but tasteless is still tasteless. Do marketers have a soul even? They lie so much.......... :roll:

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:17 pm
by SilverFJ
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.

Re: On the use of the word 'people'....

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:24 am
by Burlyman
heh...

bad taste... kool aid...

I see what you did thare >_>