Voting Question: Is the brand Obama sold us overall good or bad for USA?

I read an article about Obama in the Guardian talking about Brands and this person Naomi Klein went on to say both Bush had run the position of president like a Hollow Corporation, whereas Obama somewhat changed this. A quote from the long piece. This preference for symbols over substance, and this unwillingness to stick to a morally clear if unpopular course, is where Obama decisively parts ways with the transformative political movements from which he has borrowed so much (the pop-art posters from Che, his cadence from King, his "Yes We Can!" slogan from the migrant farmworkers – si se puede). These movements made unequivocal demands of existing power structures: for land distribution, higher wages, ambitious social programmes. Because of those high-cost demands, these movements had not only committed followers but serious enemies. Obama, in sharp contrast not just to social movements but to transformative presidents such as FDR, follows the logic of marketing: create an appealing canvas on which all are invited to project their deepest desires but stay vague enough not to lose anyone but the committed wing nuts (which, granted, constitute a not inconsequential demographic in the United States). Advertising Age had it right when it gushed that the Obama brand is "big enough to be anything to anyone yet had an intimate enough feel to inspire advocacy". And then their highest compliment: "Mr Obama somehow managed to be both Coke and Honest Tea, both the megabrand with the global awareness and distribution network and the dark-horse, upstart niche player." http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/16/naomi-klein-branding-obama-america If ya got time should read it. If not, then just answer question to best of ya ability. more

Resolved Question: ramadan : saying of ameer-ul- momineen Ali (as) ?

One who develops the trait of greediness and avarice invites degradation; one who keeps on advertising his poverty and ill-luck will always be humiliated; one who has no control over his tongue will often have to face embarrassment and discomfort. # When few blessings come your way, do not drive them away through thanklessness. #One who takes account of his shortcomings will always gain by it; one who is unmindful of them will always suffer. One who is afraid of the Day of Judgment is safe from the wrath of Allah; one who takes lessons from the happenings of life obtains vision, one who acquires vision becomes wise, and one who attains wisdom achieves knowledge. # If you get an opportunity and power over your enemy, then, in thankfulness to Allah for this: forgive him. #He is very unfortunate who cannot in his lifetime gain even a few sincere friends and sympathizers and even more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and lost them (through his deeds). #Happy is the man who always kept the afterlife in his view, who remembers the Day of Reckoning through his deeds, who led a contented life and who was happy with the lot that Allah hath destined for him. # There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance, no greater heritage than culture and no greater helpmate than consultation. # He is the wisest and the most knowing man who advises people not to lose hope and confidence in the Mercy of Allah and not to be too sure and over-confident of immunity from His wrath and punishment. # When a community is composed of really honest, sober and virtuous people then your forming a bad opinion about any one of its members when nothing wicked has been seen of him is a great injustice to him; on the contrary, in a corrupt society, to form a good opinion of anyone out of those people and to trust him is doing harm to yourself. # If you understand the majesty of the Lord then you will not attach any importance to the universe and its marvels. # Remember that there are three kinds of people, one kind is of those learned people who are highly versed in the ethics of truth and philosophy of religion, second is the kind of those who are acquiring the above knowledge, and the third is that class of people who are uneducated. They follow every pretender and accept every slogan, they have neither acquired any knowledge nor have they secured the support of firm and rational convictions. # If you find that somebody is not grateful for all that you have done for him then do not get disappointed because often you will find that someone else feels under your obligation though you have done nothing for him and thus your good deeds will be compensated, and Allah will reward you for your goodness. # The sin that makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. more

Resolved Question: Have you let society castrate you?

I don't know but the retarded feminist movement has done a number on both sexes and now the feminists who were dyed in the wool are reeling over their decisions of isolation, unfortunately too proud to admit their errors. Egalitarian culture is definitely the way to go (I hate imperialism/fascism, as you'll see presently) but this doesn't mean that being a hermaphrodite is healthy. I mean what the hell is happening, we supposedly "elected" a president with a totally socialist slogan, and a communist-bloc-messiah advertising scheme and the people ate him up because he was supposedly the "opposite" of Bush. Was Stalin the opposite of Hitler ("Communist"->"Fascist")? Hell no. Think about it, he says sardonically "Yes WE can," when in reality the economic collapse is the fault of the government and corporations, I mean 10% of the population in the USA owns 70% of the wealth (these statistics are from 05' and globally it's 10%-85%), this is unnatural, it unbalances the system, but supposedly it's our fault. Rahm Emanuel, one of his advisors even admits "you never want to let a good crisis go to waste, because it can be an opportunity for you to do things that you thought that you wouldn't have been able to do before" -> find the video on youtube, it's there, and once again, this is the exact same thing that Bush's buddies in PNAC said (Wolfowitz etc). Greenspan says that the FED is above the law (youtube), and the wonderful pantheon of celebrities that everybody worships on late-night sitcoms basically tell us through their actions that men (one of the greatest mobilizing forces of ANY country) are bad and stupid to further divide the sexes - this is a joke. Are we making our own decisions now, or are we letting the all knowing "gurus in the TV/books/schools" (wizard of OZ) decide for us? Anyway my point is pretty simple, in a communist culture they try to "equalize" everybody, usually saying that it's for peace (like weapon control, all major dictators have done it predating ancient china), or it's for a "people's revolution." This equalizing prerogative ultimately works on a sexual level too, and all I'm saying is that this is really creepy... I mean... do YOU want to be a hermaphrodite (if not physically, then in demeanor)? Do you believe that your sexuality is bad... because it's not. Do you think that socialist suppression/"regulation" is compatible at all with a REAL Egalitarian society (true civil rights for everybody)? Sex is awesome. It's why we're all here. And it feels good too. It's ok to think for yourself. PS - Don't criticize me over my references unless you look them up, because they're all real. more

Resolved Question: Edward Bernays & Howard Zinn Help me understand this!! Please!!?

Edward Bernays: Universal literacy was supposed to educate the common man to control his environment. Once he could read and write he would have a mind fit to rule. So ran the democratic doctrine. But instead of a mind, universal literacy has given him rubber stamps, rubber stamps inked with advertising slogans, with editorials, with published scientific data, with the trivialities of the tabloids and the platitudes of history, but quite innocent of original thought. Each man's rubber stamps are the duplicates of millions of others, so that when those millions are exposed to the same stimuli, all receive identical imprints. It may seem an exaggeration to say that the American public gets most of its ideas in this wholesale fashion. The mechanism by which ideas are disseminated on a large scale is propaganda, in the broad sense of an organized effort to spread a particular belief or doctrine. I am aware that the word "propaganda" carries to many minds an unpleasant connotation. Yet whether, in any instance, propaganda is good or bad depends upon the merit of the cause urged, and the correctness of the information published. In itself, the word "propaganda" has certain technical meanings which, like most things in this world, are "neither good nor bad but custom makes them so." Howard Zinn: To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discoverers, and to de-emphasize their genocide, is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves - unwittingly - to justify what was done. My point is not that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia. It is too late for that; it would be a useless scholarly exercise in morality. But the easy acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary price to pay for progress (Hiroshima and Vietnam, to save Western civilization; Kronstadt and Hungary, to save socialism; nuclear proliferation, to save us all) - that is still with us. One reason these atrocities are still with us is that we have learned to bury them in a mass of other facts, as radioactive wastes are buried in containers in the earth. We have learned to give them exactly the same proportion of attention that teachers and writers often give them in the most respectable of classrooms and textbooks. This learned sense of moral proportion, coming from the apparent objectivity of the scholar, is accepted more easily than when it comes from politicians at press conferences. It is therefore more deadly. What do these 2 passages mean? I don't understand please please helpp!! more

Resolved Question: ADVERTISEMENTS for ABORTION!?

I just recently saw an add for an abortion agency. Their slogan was kNOw for sure.Okay, people can try to justify that the baby would have a bad life or it would kill the mother yadda yadda, but ADVERTISING IT and trying to probe people into thinking they need an ABORTION!? To MAKE MORE MONEY OFF OF ABORTIONS!? This is just disgusting! But my question to you is this... How can this be justified?Maybe I wasn't clear enough... How can this be MORALLY justified? more

Resolved Question: Could you fill out this survey? #5?

121.Are they all set on the same time? 122.Have you ever intentionally set a clock ahead or behind the actual time? 123.What do you think about when you first wake up in the morning? 124.Which browser do you use? 125.Do you bite your nails? 126.Would you ever leave little notes to your gf/bf? 127.Ever been to a farm? 128.Tell me about your dream last night. 129.Ever seen a shooting star? 130.Say one thing about yourself you've never told anyone. 131.Do your days fly by or seem to last forever? 132.Have you ever stayed in a fancy high class rich hotel? 133.Have you ever stayed in a rent-by-the-hour motel? 134.What in your opinion is the best advertising slogan out there? 135.When they start sending rockets to the moon for us civilians, will you be on the list to go? 136.How are you feeling right now? 137.Have you ever written anything on your skin? 138.If so what? 139.Which website do you frequent most often? 140.What color is most of your clothes? 141.Do you own any plants? 142.Are things as bad as they seem? 143.Descibe the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you. 144.Ever looked directly at the sun? 145.Have you ever made a pin hole camera to watch the eclipse? 146.What's your favorite cereal? 147.Who do you miss? 148.Name something you just can't forget no matter how hard you try. 149.Describe the worst fight you've ever been in whether physical or verbal. 150.Say something else about yourself you've never told anyone before.Survey part 1: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtEJGjyQIwcD.Q84nKCgONLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090208130335AALZhAs part 2: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ati9A2gKmIVfmGqrfd8NjMnsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090208130417AAzt5mz part 3: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmOnZ4Fn3pJwjLP3prFJuVPsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090208130454AAl1RK3 part 4: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aur__VtBBYLfIV.mLe7HFyrsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090208130547AAhHxcV part 5: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ao9x6vz2nSoDiqZRH4eIkMLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090208130641AAd3oN7 more

Resolved Question: What do you think represents Australian Culture ?

Ok so I have this assignment to do. I have to do a poster advertising Australia, with like pictures and slogans representing Australia as a culture and a country. So wether your an Aussie or not, what do you think represents Australian culture?? (in a good way) And please be a little bit more original than G'day Mate and Kangaroos. Help would be appreciated :) :) :) ( By the way im a Aussie, So no bad mouthing us :) )To philly, Duhh of course i know what Vegiemite is, and dont diss it, its awsum. more

Resolved Question: I am mexican and I speak spanish. I am learning english, can you do the corrections of my speech??? thanks?

Pop Art Is a new artistic concept, is the essence of an extensive cultural movement of the sixties, it have a connection with the state of mind of a period that is a reply to the slogans of the Medias whose histories make history and whose models influence in the people. The popular culture and the way of life linked closely in the sixties. This cultural demonstration is absolutely occidental; USA is the center of this program. The pop art analyzes artistically the fact that the World has been growing by the capitalist and technological conditions of the industrial society. The beginnings of the Pop Art were in New York and in England. The politic and economic stabilization in the postwar period lead to a “revaloracion” of something that in general is designed as popular. The psychologists studied the society consume and created the marketing system to take a commercial advantage of the customers wishes. These getting closer to the consumers and buyers created products of consume demand and the programs of the media, this affected in the ways of the individual behavior and in the interpersonal relationship. Everyone could adore collecting knickknacks, reading comics, eating hot-dogs, drinking Coca-Cola, etc. In this is based Pop Art. The themes of Pop Art are based in everyday life, Pop Art captures the realities of a period and the cultural change, the predisposition of a new generation, and this culture transforms the style and the art. In this period people fell free for expressing themselves in this Cultural Revolution. This lead to new modes and forms of expression tan it was almost ridiculous that the artists, critics and professors let the trivial culture surround them and cram their houses with popular and nostalgic art, with relics, bad taste objects and publicity symbols, playing with banality and enjoy reading comics, science fiction literature, cheap novels and the TV mania. The music and the lyrics of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones translate in the sixties the state of mind, the euphoria, the nerve, the power and the realities of the youth people, that’s why artists like Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton and Andy Warhol designed disc jackets for musical groups like The Beatles and Velvet Underground of course using the Pop Art style. The Pop Art is expressed in painting, sculpture, music, cinema, photography and literature. The Pop Art paintings have many styles, for example some of them are based in comics, other are made by collage and painting combination, some of them are made in different levels. Most of the sculptures are based in thing that we normally see, like typing machine, cigarettes, clothing, toilets, or even tables. My conclusion is that Pop art is an every day item that is drawn in brash and colorful way. It is inspires by comic strips, advertising, and popular entertainment. I like this kind of arte because I think that is an art that don’t follow all the rules and we can see the reality of our world. thanks I am going to give a lot of points <3<3 more

Voting Question: Why is this article a TOS violation? ?

Around the world, atheists hit road to knock down God by Prashant Rao Prashant Rao – Mon Jan 19, 1:07 am ET AFP/File – An artists impression of a London bus with the slogan 'There's probably no God. Stop worrying … LONDON (AFP) – An atheist drive to persuade people that God doesn't exist is catching on in a surprising fashion -- on the sides of buses in a growing number of countries around the world. With the concise message "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," the campaign took to the road in Britain this month, while similar drives are underway or planned in Spain, Italy, Canada and Australia. The British campaign was originally floated by comedy writer Ariane Sherine in a newspaper column in June, and is hoping to reach the majority of the country's population in some fashion or another over the next three weeks. "We could never have imagined it would have gotten this big, and we would have raised quite this amount of cash," campaign co-founder Jon Worth, a political blogger and website designer, told AFP. "It's astounding." Sherine wrote her column after advertisements began appearing on central London buses directing passers-by to a website that told those who did not accept Christianity that they would suffer for eternity in hell. Soon after it was published, Worth contacted her asking if he could set up a pledgebank based on her idea, and shortly thereafter, the Atheist Bus Campaign began taking donations, initially hoping to raise 5,500 pounds (6,200 euros, 8,200 dollars). To date, it has raised upwards of 140,000 pounds, enough to pay for advertisements on 800 buses across Britain -- 200 in central London alone -- along with 1,000 posters in London's Underground trains and two video screens in a popular Tube station, all for a full month ending in early February. Unsurprisingly, the campaign has struck a nerve among God-fearing commuters, prompting around 200 complaints to Britain's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which regulates commercials here. By way of comparison, the most complaints the ASA has ever received over an advert was 1,600. The watchdog needs just one complaint to investigate an advertisement, which are judged on a variety of factors including harm, offence, taste and deceny as well as factual accuracy, but will wait until next week to decide whether or not to probe the Atheist Bus Campaign's ads. "A few religious people have complained to the ASA, which seems rather odd, as if they (the ASA) will be able to make a judgment about the evidence on that sort of issue," said Peter Cave, chair of the Humanist Philosopher's Group, which advises the British Humanist Association. Along with opposition in Britain, attempts to engineer a similar campaign in Australia have run into obstacles, with the country's biggest outdoor advertising agency APN Outdoor deciding to reject a bid by the Atheist Foundation of Australia for ad space. "Any company really has the right to refuse a service to a customer, but in this instance, you have to wonder," foundation president David Nicholls told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Atheists in Italy and Spain, however, have had more success with their attempts. Buses with a similar slogan to the Atheist Bus Campaign's message, translated into Catalan, began appearing on two routes in Barcelona on Monday, with plans to extend the campaign to the rest of the country. In Italy, meanwhile, buses with the slogan "The bad news is that God does not exist. The good news is that we do not need him" will begin traversing the northern Italian city of Genoa on February 4. Here in Britain, apart from opposition from religious groups, some atheists are unhappy with the inclusion of the word "probably", principally added so that it would adhere to British advertising rules. Cave, though not in agreeance with the word's inclusion, noted that the campaign is trying to make a broader point. "I can see no evidence for God just as I can see no evidence for pineapples floating around the moon," he said. "I don't say there probably aren't any pineapples floating around the moon, I just say I know there aren't any pineapples floating around the moon. But, it's a piece of marketing, and I think it's good because it makes people think." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090119/lf_afp/lifestylebritainreligiontransportatheism;_ylt=Aks_7U2DZt1hoo9IABQYcSU7Xs8F more

Resolved Question: Atheist ads are kicked off the buses in Italy.. ?

Do you think they are trying to insult the Vatican or Roman Catholic Church? A plan to put atheist slogans on buses in Italy has been shot down by the Roman Catholic Church. The campaign, which follows a similar one in Britain, had caused controversy in the deeply Catholic country. The ads read 'The bad news is that God doesn't exist. The good news is that you don't need him' (WHAT MAKES THEM THINK THEY KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DON"T OR DO NEED?) and were to have made their first appearance today in the streets of Genoa The city was targeted because it is home to the head of the Italian Catholic Bishops Conference Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, an outspoken opponent of artificial insemination and gay marriage. Cardinal Bagnasco was said to be 'furious' about the plans and had his assistants write to the bus company and the advertising firm in charge of the £13,000 campaign to express their opposition. At the last minute the campaign was cancelled. A source said the cardinal was 'delighted'. A spokesman for The Italian Union of Atheists and Rationalist Agnostics, which organised the campaign, said yesterday: 'It appears that buses can carry campaigns for underwear and holidays with no problem but if you ask for space to say God doesn't exist then you are denied.' In Britain, the £140,000 campaign had posters saying: 'There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your lifehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1121256/Atheist-ads-kicked-buses-Italy.html?ITO=1490 more

Resolved Question: funny slogan translations?

When companies try to sell their products in foreign countries, sometimes their advertising message gets lost in the translation. For example: -PepsiCo ran an ad campaign in Germany featuring the slogan "the come-alive generation". But in the German translation, the slogan means "the arise-from-the-grave generation". German consumers wondered if Pepsi was some kind of zombie drink. -Coca-Cola Co. had to change its name in China in 1986 after it discovered that, when spoken in Chinese, its name meant "bite the wax tadpole" -General Motors Corp. couldn't understand why sales of it's economy car, the Nova, were so bad in Latin America. Finally, GM wised up and realized that in Spanish, "No va" means "no go". i thought these were really funny. does anyone else know of any other slogans that make an odd translation? more

Voting Question: What does Emeril Lagasse have to do with toothpaste?

The famed chef from the Cooking Network is now popping up in a poorly thought out commercial for Crest toothpaste. In it he apparently is one of three judges looking for a new snappy catchphrase for said toothpaste. Guys come in one by one and offer new advertising slogans, after which Emeril offers his stiff poorly acted response. My question is, what does someone who is famous for his cooking skill have in connection with toothpaste? It seems like a bad match. I keep waiting for him to pull out a large pan and hot plate from behind that counter, throw in some ribs and spicy marinade and yell "Bam!!" Help me out, why would Crest choose a TV chef to promote their product, are we supposed to know that that's Emeril Lagasse sitting there, and why was this awful commercial ever made in the first place?But he never *says Bam! during the commercial! It that's the connection, it's too obscure for the average TV viewing American to comprehend. more

Resolved Question: Joke: Advertising Campaigns Gone Bad?

1. The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are you lactating?" 2. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea". 3. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux". 4. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the manure stick". 5. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside, since many people can't read. 6. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine. 7. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa). 10. Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "it takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate". 11. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "it won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you". Instead, the company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant".  more

Resolved Question: For anyone who has been to Provincetown, MA - Do you think the town gives a bad image for gay people?

I went to Provincetown for the first time in summer during a trip to Cape Cod. I enjoyed visiting the town, there was lot's of great shops, but I think the GLBT scene was too much. They have rainbow flags draped all over the place and there are pictures of almost naked people on the street billboards that advertise online sex websites or gay dating sites. There's a house on the hill near the Pilgrim Monument and they had big picture of a naked guy hanging on the balcony and the guys were standing out there half naked. In a store that has a lot of political stickers displayed on the window, there was a small picture of president Bush and a caption said “International Terrorist” (which is used as an anti American slogan at anti USA protests in other countries). I think some people there give the town a gay people a bad image. It was so stereotypical of everything gay that I was turned off. If an open minded straight person went to visit, don’t you think they would be turned off? I would think so and I think that’s disappointing. FYI I’m a liberal bisexual (so no, I’m not a right wing fundie complaining about Ptown). Maybe living in the mostly Republican suburbs of Dallas has gone to my head, but I think they over do it in Ptown.FTW ... lol more

Resolved Question: What do you think is the worse/stupidest advertising campaign/slogan ever?

i think yoplait - "it is so good" more

Resolved Question: deep thoughts do you know any more i can add?

Can a red-green colour-blind person ever truly experience Valentines Day and Saint Patricks day? Is luck a losers excuse for a winners position? Why is a Laundrymat called a Laundrymat and not a Laundry-washing and drying place outside your home that you have to pay for? And why is the Mat added anyway? Is the hardness of the butter proportional to the softness of the bread? If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why areyour waiting? Why is the greatest pleasure in life doing something others tell you that you cannot? When shops have a sign on the door 'Guide dogs only' who is supposed to read it? The dog? Is the lottery a tax on people who are bad at maths? Is gambling the only way of getting nothing for something? Why is the phrase 'It's none of my business' always followed by 'but...'? In hospital, why do they wake you up to give you a sleeping tablet? Where can a man buy a cap for his knee? If builders built buildings the way programmers write programs, would the first woodpecker to come along destroy civilisation? Why don't people on television ever go to the toilet? If time heals all wounds, how come the belly button always stays the same? Can you sit in the shade of the palm of your hand? Why is the best way to get things done to do it yourself? Are unripened oranges called greens? If LSD was to be advertised on T.V., would the slogan be 'LSD melts in your mind, not in your hand'? Can you beat the drum of your ear? Is the only thing that makes God different from us the fact that when he does something cruel he doesn't need to explain himself? Are the rings around Saturn made up of all the luggage that has been lost on the worlds airlines? Is experience what you get when you don't get what you want? When travelling at the speed of sound, can you still hear the radio? Why do teenagers express their burning desires to be different by dressing exactly the same? Even as we approach the 21st century, when central heating has become almost standard, why are there few more inviting prospects ona winter's night than an open log fire? Does it prove that life is hard by the fact that no-body gets out of it alive? Why do shops always discontinue any brand that sells well? Why do important letters that apparently contain no mistakes when sent always seem to develop them in the post? What do they do with all the mint they cut out of the middle of polo's? If you don't know where you're going, how are you supposed to get there? Does the information super-highway have service stations? To be or not to be... Is that a trick question? Why does Queen Elizabeth, who has people to put on her make-up, do her hair, and needs no cash or identification carry a handbag? If life is hard, shouldn't we all be wearing helmets? Is Windows 95 the ultimate triumph of marketing over technology? Doesn't everyone have a photographic memory? more

Resolved Question: Who came up with the slogan Breast is Best???

I am not criticising breastfeeding I am honestly curious. Was it an actual person that coined the phrase or a group like la leche. I sort of feel like although it is catchy; it makes formula feeding moms feel inferior. I guess some people feel that some formula feeding moms are. But did they need a slogan to reenforce this idea? Dont many of the moms that DONT breastfeed for whatever feel bad enough about it already, does it need to be rubbed in? My SIL gets WIC and I went with her the frist time a while ago when her daughter was born. To get the coupons for formula you HAD to talk to the lactation consultant and go through a video about breastfeeding and a whole 20 minutes class about it. And then next to the desk where you picked up the coupons was a huge sign saying 'breast is best'. I breastfed my daughter and that sign made ME feel bad. And I was doing what it advertised. I actually felt kind of embarassed knowing that I was part of a group of women who had created that.Granola-can you read? I was with my sister in law, I just got finished breastfeeding my daughter who will be one in 1 week. She was down to feeding once a day for a short time so I cut her off. If do not have the ability to actualy READ the question then please dont answer it.Also if it makes you feel better everyone in her family and mine pays taxes, so just take it as us paying for her daughters food. AND she CAN NOT breastfeed she got breastcancer when she was 20 and had BOTH breasts radically removed. more

Resolved Question: World's worst advertising campaigns or slogans?

What is the worst or most rediculous advertising campaign or slogan you've ever heard? You don't have to include the name of the company. I heard the following during a comercial on the radio for a local gym: "Looking for an excuse not to execise? We can help!" I'm sure they meant they can motivate you to exercise but it sounded like they could help you come up with excuses not to exercise. more

Resolved Question: What do you think of an "Abercrombie and Fitch" Pediatric Emergency Room??

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/621/t/5401/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=23662 Tell Nationwide Children’s Hospital: No Naming Rights For Abercrombie & Fitch Thongs for 10-year-olds that say “eye candy.” Shirts with slogans like “Who needs brains when you have these?” and “Do I make you look fat?” Ads touting group sex to sell clothing to teens and preteens. When it comes to sexualizing children, Abercrombie & Fitch is among the worst corporate offenders. That’s why it’s so egregious that Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio is planning to rename its emergency room The Abercrombie & Fitch Emergency Department and Trauma Center in exchange for a $10 million donation. These naming rights will entwine an institution of healing with a company whose advertising is notorious for undermining children's wellbeing and will promote the exploitive Abercrombie brand to children in a hospital setting. more

Resolved Question: Advertising Report?

Advertising Report 1. Introduction My report is based on advertising and how much it influences our behaviour and actions. Advertising is a type of communication aimed to sell a product, service and/or beliefs, by influencing the desired product to a specific target audience. Advertising is an competetive industry and is one of the top bussinesses around the world, spending over $385 billion dollars each year. Advertising is surrounding our everyday lives, for example, television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, video games, Internet etc. Even the smallest things that wouldn't cross our minds are still adverts, for example behind shopping reciepts, cinema coupons, SMS (short message service), telephone hold messages, side of buses and seats of grocery carts. It gives out messages that try to influence certain types of audiences with catchy headlines and attention grabbing phrases and very attractive men and women. 2.1 Symbolic codes Symbolic codes reflect the type of non-verbal communications we use in everyday life. Also are a way of getting extra attention on adverts. When I surveyed 30 people, 43% of the people said, product is the main thing they look for in an advert, while brand and person both got 16% and others got 23%. 2.1.1 Colours Colours bring out the effect of either older images or even the latest. Some advertising agencies decide to choose black and white colours because its a sign of an old classic touch. Also other agencies like to do bright colours to get more attention, because many people have difficulties in life and would like to see bright colours simply because it brings out very happy and cheerful thoughts that everyone would like to have in their lives. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could tell that it is trying to manipulate the audience by allowing them to think the watch will stay forever and always look classic. 2.1.2 Costumes The style of clothing can tell you more about the historical date or type of character. 2.1.3 Setting The environment can suggest the type of product it will be representing or the type of person representing the product. 2.1.4 Body language In adverts, people try to use the right body language (head tilt, hip shift, bent knee, hand gesture, etc.) to show if someone is sad, happy, in love, angry, etc. and try to represent what the product is about. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could see the ladys face is to the side and looking straight forward, trying to say its a straight forward watch, you will have no problems with it. 2.2 Written codes Any written information on the advert is classified into written codes. 2.2.1 Headings Headings tries to introduce you to the product, whether its the brand name or what the product is used for. For example in the Lux soap advert, the heading tells you how Hollywood stars use it and how they have nice clean skin all the time. 2.2.2 Catchphrases People don't have time to read the whole advert, so catch phrases are very catchy, even for a few seconds. Catchphrases are a way of tricking people on how good the product is, in a glimpse. When people tend to look at the advert they don't realise how bad the product is but always look on the good side of the product. 2.2.3 Product information Product information gives more information about the product. In the earlier days (1950's) people were not as busy as nowadays, they had time to read full length pages but now we are so busy that we tend to flick through the adverts, choosing the catchy and most appealing ones to read quickly. On the Aydes advert you could see how much writing there is and its telling more about the product and what the benefits are. 2.3 Technical Codes Technical codes rely on the technology of image to create meaning. 2.3.1 Shot type and angle Shot type and angle can be used to express point of view or the relationships between people and their environment. Camera angles can also be used to create an emotional meaning. 2.3.2 Lightning Lighting, such as brightness, dim light, or shadow can affect our response to the person in the advert or even the product. 3. A.I.D.A 3.1 Attention Adverts must captures the readers attention if they wish to get a good amount of people to buy the product. Producers must make the advertisement stand out, attention grabbing and unique. On my recent survey, 63% of the people said television was the most looked at advertisement. I believe people don't realize how much of things are actually advertised. 3.2 Interest When adverts have got the audiences attention, they must keep interest by using readers beliefs, values, attitudes and desires to keep them reading. 3.3 Desire To have a successful advert you will need the readers to have a desire, whether its losing weight or becoming more attractive. The main target is to make the audience feel more attractive and sexy with the product, usually trying to show a better life with the product. 3.4 Action Action is trying to get the advert to send some kind of invitation to get the readers by saying phrases like 'hurry last days' or 'stocks won't last', which makes the consumer believe they don't have much time. 4. Stereotypes Stereotypes are a way of grouping people together by the way they look and/or behave. It relies on symbols in order to group these people together. It is also used as a shortcut in communication so that the reader understands quickly about the characters, the advertisers want to portray. 5. Language 5.1 Connotative Connotative means symbols that have meaning, for example, red is a symbol for love, evil, death, blood. 5.2 Emotitive When words or visual images add either a positive or negative meaning to something we see, hear or believe. 5.3 Colloquial Colloquial is very informal, friendly, down to earth language, it includes abbreviations and contractions, use of idioms, most catch phrases and slogans. 5.4 Figuarative Figuarative includes the use of poetic devices, for example metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. 5.5 Neologisms Neologisms are words that sound attractive and catchy are used in adverts because it seems to have been invented because they sound good. 6. Context Context is about the consumer and producer of advertising. 6.1 Producer Producers are the ones who make the adverts. Companies design and make the products which then, the products go to the producer to get pictures taken of and get used for advertisements. To make a successful advert, advertisers must add film language, AIDA, stereotypes, language, deign and layout, repetition and testimonials. 6.2 Consumer The consumer are the people who views or reads the text on an advert. On an average, 89% of the people said they don't think they could be influenced easily. 7. Conclusion Advertising has changed after so many years, people tend to get distracted and buy things that are not needs. Although many people on the surveys said they dont get influenced easy, i think that everyone has a weak point. I believe that people do buy advertised products because they want something new, or want to get success with a particular product. If people didn't buy advertised products, bussinesses would be bankrupt by now, but they make so much profit, it is impossible for them to even think about closing the bussiness down. So you see, advertising isn't about the product anymore, its all about the image and how it set out to look.is it good or bad and how can i improve it also any errors in my writing please more

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Any one want to edit my work, its already been done but a second time... give opinions on how to make it beter Advertising Report 1. Introduction My report is based on advertising and how much it influences our behaviour and actions. Advertising is a type of communication aimed to sell a product, service and/or beliefs, by influencing the desired product to a specific target audience. Advertising is an competetive industry and is one of the top bussinesses around the world, spending over $385 billion dollars each year. Advertising is surrounding our everyday lives, for example, television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, video games, Internet etc. Even the smallest things that wouldn't cross our minds are still adverts, for example behind shopping reciepts, cinema coupons, SMS (short message service), telephone hold messages, side of buses and seats of grocery carts. It gives out messages that try to influence certain types of audiences with catchy headlines and attention grabbing phrases and very attractive men and women. 2.1 Symbolic codes Symbolic codes reflect the type of non-verbal communications we use in everyday life. Also are a way of getting extra attention on adverts. When i surveyed 30 people, 43% of the people said, product is the main thing they look for in an advert, while brand and person both got 16% and others got 23%. 2.1.1 Colours Colours bring out the effect of either older images or even the latest. Some advertising agencies decide to choose black and white colours because its a sign of an old classic touch. Also other agencies like to do bright colours to get more attention, because many people have difficulties in life and would like to see bright colours simply because it brings out very happy and cheerful thoughts that everyone would like to have in their lives. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could tell that it is trying to manipulate the audience by allowing them to think the watch will stay forever and always look classic. 2.1.2 Costumes The style of clothing can tell you more about the historical date or type of character. 2.1.3 Setting The environment can suggest the type of product it will be representing or the type of person representing the product. 2.1.4 Body language In adverts, people try to use the right body language (head tilt, hip shift, bent knee, hand gesture, etc.) to show if someone is sad, happy, in love, angry, etc. and try to represent what the product is about. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could see the ladys face is to the side and looking straight forward, trying to say its a straight forward watch, you will have no problems with it. 2.2 Written codes Any written information on the advert is classified into written codes. 2.2.1 Headings Headings tries to introduce you to the product, whether its the brand name or what the product is used for. For example in the Lux soap advert, the heading tells you how Hollywood stars use it and how they have nice clean skin all the time. 2.2.2 Catchphrases People don't have time to read the whole advert, so catch phrases are very catchy, even for a few seconds. Catchphrases are a way of tricking people on how good the product is, in a glimpse. When people tend to look at the advert they don't realise how bad the product is but always look on the good side of the product. 2.2.3 Product information Product information gives more information about the product. In the earlier days (1950's) people were not as busy as nowadays, they had time to read full length pages but now we are so busy that we tend to flick through the adverts, choosing the catchy and most appealing ones to read quickly. On the Aydes advert you could see how much writing there is and its telling more about the product and what the benefits are. 2.3 Technical Codes Technical codes rely on the technology of image to create meaning. 2.3.1 Shot type and angle Shot type and angle can be used to express point of view or the relationships between people and their environment. Camera angles can also be used to create an emotional meaning. 2.3.2 Lightning Lighting, such as brightness, dim light, or shadow can affect our response to the person in the advert or even the product. 3. A.I.D.A 3.1 Attention Adverts must captures the readers attention if they wish to get a good amount of people to buy the product. Producers must make the advertisement stand out, attention grabbing and unique. On my recent survey, 63% of the people said television was the most looked at advertisement. I believe people don't realise how much of things are actually advertised. 3.2 Interest When adverts have got the audiences attention, they must keep interest by the readers, by using readers beliefs, values, attitudes and desires to keep them reading. 3.3 Desire To have a successful advert you will need the readers to have a desire, whether its losing weight or becoming more attractive. The main target is to make the audience feel more attractive and sexy with the product, usually trying to show a better life with the product. 3.4 Action Action is trying to get the advert to send some kind of invitation to get the readers by saying phrases like 'hurry last days' or 'stocks won't last', which makes the consumer believe they don't have much time. 4. Stereotypes Stereotypes are away of grouping people together by the way they look and/or behave. It relies on symbols in order to group these people together. It is also used as a shortcut in communication so that the reader understands quickly about the characters, the advertisers want to portray. 5. Language 5.1 Connotative Connotative means symbols that have meaning, for example, red is a symbol for love, evil, death, blood. 5.2 Emotitive When words or visual images add either a positive or negative meaning to something we see, hear or believe. 5.3 Colloquial Colloquial is very informal, friendly, down to earth language, it includes abbreviations and contractions, use of idioms, most catch phrases and slogans. 5.4 Figuarative Figuarative includes the use of poetic devices, for example metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. 5.5 Neologisms Neologisms are words that sound attractive and catchy are used in adverts because it seems to have been invented because they sound good. 6. Context Context is about the consumer and producer of advertising. 6.1 Producer Producers are the ones who make the adverts. Companies design and make the products which then, the products go to the producer to get pictures taken of and get used for advertisements. To make a successful advert, advertisers must add film language, AIDA, stereotypes, language, deign and layout, repetition and testimonials. 6.2 Consumer The consumer are the people who views or reads the text on an advert. On an average, 89% of the people said they don't think they could be influenced easily. 7. Conclusion Advertising has changed after so many years, people tend to get distracted and buy things that are not needs. Although many people on the surveys said the dont get influenced easy, i think that everyone has a weakness point. I believe that people do buy advertised products because they want something new, or want to get success with a particular product. If people didn't buy advertised products, bussinesses would be bankrupt by now, but they make so much profit, it is impossible for them to even think about closing the bussiness down. So you see, advertising isn't about the product no more, its all about the image and how it set out to look. more

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Advertising Report 1. Introduction My report is based on advertising and how much it influences our behaviour and actions. Advertising is a type of communication aimed to sell a product, service and/or beliefs, by influencing the desired product to a specific target audience. Advertising is an competetive industry and is one of the top bussinesses around the world, spending over $385 billion dollars each year. Advertising is surrounding our everyday lives, for example, television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, video games, Internet etc. Even the smallest things that wouldn't cross our minds are still adverts, for example behind shopping reciepts, cinema coupons, SMS (short message service), telephone hold messages, side of buses and seats of grocery carts. It gives out messages that try to influence certain types of audiences with catchy headlines and attention grabbing phrases and very attractive men and women. 2.1 Symbolic codes Symbolic codes reflect the type of non-verbal communications we use in everyday life. Also are a way of getting extra attention on adverts. When i surveyed 30 people, 43% of the people said, product is the main thing they look for in an advert, while brand and person both got 16% and others got 23%. 2.1.1 Colours Colours bring out the effect of either older images or even the latest. Some advertising agencies decide to choose black and white colours because its a sign of an old classic touch. Also other agencies like to do bright colours to get more attention, because many people have difficulties in life and would like to see bright colours simply because it brings out very happy and cheerful thoughts that everyone would like to have in their lives. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could tell that it is trying to manipulate the audience by allowing them to think the watch will stay forever and always look classic. 2.1.2 Costumes The style of clothing can tell you more about the historical date or type of character. 2.1.3 Setting The environment can suggest the type of product it will be representing or the type of person representing the product. 2.1.4 Body language In adverts, people try to use the right body language (head tilt, hip shift, bent knee, hand gesture, etc.) to show if someone is sad, happy, in love, angry, etc. and try to represent what the product is about. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could see the ladys face is to the side and looking straight forward, trying to say its a straight forward watch, you will have no problems with it. 2.2 Written codes Any written information on the advert is classified into written codes. 2.2.1 Headings Headings tries to introduce you to the product, whether its the brand name or what the product is used for. For example in the Lux soap advert, the heading tells you how Hollywood stars use it and how they have nice clean skin all the time. 2.2.2 Catchphrases People don't have time to read the whole advert, so catch phrases are very catchy, even for a few seconds. Catchphrases are a way of tricking people on how good the product is, in a glimpse. When people tend to look at the advert they don't realise how bad the product is but always look on the good side of the product. 2.2.3 Product information Product information gives more information about the product. In the earlier days (1950's) people were not as busy as nowadays, they had time to read full length pages but now we are so busy that we tend to flick through the adverts, choosing the catchy and most appealing ones to read quickly. On the Aydes advert you could see how much writing there is and its telling more about the product and what the benefits are. 2.3 Technical Codes Technical codes rely on the technology of image to create meaning. 2.3.1 Shot type and angle Shot type and angle can be used to express point of view or the relationships between people and their environment. Camera angles can also be used to create an emotional meaning. 2.3.2 Lightning Lighting, such as brightness, dim light, or shadow can affect our response to the person in the advert or even the product. 3. A.I.D.A 3.1 Attention Adverts must captures the readers attention if they wish to get a good amount of people to buy the product. Producers must make the advertisement stand out, attention grabbing and unique. On my recent survey, 63% of the people said television was the most looked at advertisement. I believe people don't realise how much of things are actually advertised. 3.2 Interest When adverts have got the audiences attention, they must keep interest by the readers, by using readers beliefs, values, attitudes and desires to keep them reading. 3.3 Desire To have a successful advert you will need the readers to have a desire, whether its losing weight or becoming more attractive. The main target is to make the audience feel more attractive and sexy with the product, usually trying to show a better life with the product. 3.4 Action Action is trying to get the advert to send some kind of invitation to get the readers by saying phrases like 'hurry last days' or 'stocks won't last', which makes the consumer believe they don't have much time. 4. Stereotypes Stereotypes are away of grouping people together by the way they look and/or behave. It relies on symbols in order to group these people together. It is also used as a shortcut in communication so that the reader understands quickly about the characters, the advertisers want to portray. 5. Language 5.1 Connotative Connotative means symbols that have meaning, for example, red is a symbol for love, evil, death, blood. 5.2 Emotitive When words or visual images add either a positive or negative meaning to something we see, hear or believe. 5.3 Colloquial Colloquial is very informal, friendly, down to earth language, it includes abbreviations and contractions, use of idioms, most catch phrases and slogans. 5.4 Figuarative Figuarative includes the use of poetic devices, for example metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. 5.5 Neologisms Neologisms are words that sound attractive and catchy are used in adverts because it seems to have been invented because they sound good. 6. Context Context is about the consumer and producer of advertising. 6.1 Producer Producers are the ones who make the adverts. Companies design and make the products which then, the products go to the producer to get pictures taken of and get used for advertisements. To make a successful advert, advertisers must add film language, AIDA, stereotypes, language, deign and layout, repetition and testimonials. 6.2 Consumer The consumer are the people who views or reads the text on an advert. On an average, 89% of the people said they don't think they could be influenced easily. 7. Conclusion Advertising has changed after so many years, people tend to get distracted and buy things that are not needs. Although many people on the surveys said the dont get influenced easy, i think that everyone has a weakness point. I believe that people do buy advertised products because they want something new, or want to get success with a particular product. If people didn't buy advertised products, bussinesses would be bankrupt by now, but they make so much profit, it is impossible for them to even think about closing the bussiness down. So you see, advertising isn't about the product no more, its all about the image and how it set out to look. more

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please dont leave, read this Advertising Report 1. Introduction My report is based on advertising and how much it influences our behaviour and actions. Advertising is a type of communication aimed to sell a product, service and/or beliefs, by influencing the desired product to a specific target audience. Advertising is an competetive industry and is one of the top bussinesses around the world, spending over $385 billion dollars each year. Advertising is surrounding our everyday lives, for example, television, radio, movies, magazines, newspapers, video games, the Internet, also even the smallest things that wouldn't cross our minds are still adverts, for example behind shopping reciepts, cinema coupons, SMS (short message service), telephone hold messages, side of buses and seats of grocery carts. It gives out messages that try to influence certain types of audiences with catchy headlines and attention grabbing phrases and very attractive men and women. 2.1 Symbolic codes Symbolic codes reflect the type of non-verbal communications we use in everyday life. Also are a way of getting extra attention on adverts. When i surveyed 30 people, 43% of the people said, product is the main thing they look for in an advert, while brand and person both got 16% and others got 23%. 2.1.1 Colours Colours bring out the effect of either older images or even the latest. Some advertising agencies decide to choose black and white colours because its a sign of an old classic touch. Also other agencies like to do bright colours to get more attention, because many people have difficulties in life and would like to see bright colours simply because it brings out very happy and cheerful thoughts that everyone would like to have in their lives. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could tell that it is trying to manipulate the audience by allowing them to think the watch will stay forever and always look classic. 2.1.2 Costumes The style of clothing can tell you more about the historical date or type of character. 2.1.3 Setting The environment can suggest the type of product it will be representing or the type of person representing the product. 2.1.4 Body language In adverts, people try to use the right body language (head tilt, hip shift, bent knee, hand gesture, etc.) to show if someone is sad, happy, in love, angry, etc. and try to represent what the product is about. By looking at the Emporio Armani watch advert, you could see the ladys face is to the side and looking straight forward, trying to say its a straight forward watch, you will have no problems with it. 2.2 Written codes Any written information on the advert is classified into written codes. 2.2.1 Headings Headings tries to introduce you to the product, whether its the brand name or what the product is used for. For example in the Lux soap advert, the heading tells you how Hollywood stars use it and how they have nice clean skin all the time. 2.2.2 Catchphrases People don't have time to read the whole advert, so catch phrases are very catchy, even for a few seconds. Catchphrases are a way of tricking people on how good the product is, in a glimpse. When people tend to look at the advert they don't realise how bad the product is but always look on the good side of the product. 2.2.3 Product information Product information gives more information about the product. In the earlier days (1950's) people were not as busy as nowadays, they had time to read full length pages but now we are so busy that we tend to flick through the adverts, choosing the catchy and most appealing ones to read quickly. On the Aydes advert you could see how much writing there is and its telling more about the product and what the benefits are. 2.3 Technical Codes Technical codes rely on the technology of image to create meaning. 2.3.1 Shot type and angle Shot type and angle can be used to express point of view or the relationships between people and their environment. Camera angles can also be used to create an emotional meaning. 2.3.2 Lightning Lighting, such as brightness, dim light, or shadow can affect our response to the person in the advert or even the product. 3. A.I.D.A 3.1 Attention Adverts must captures the readers attention if they wish to get a good amount of people to buy the product. Producers must make the advertisment stand out, attention grabbing and unique. 3.2 Interest When adverts have got the audiences attention, they must keep interest by the readers, by using readers beliefs, values, attitudes and desires to keep them reading. 3.3 Desire To have a successful advert you will need the readers to have a desire, whether its losing weight or becoming more attractive. The main target is to make the audience feel more attractive and sexy with the product, usually trying to show a better life with the product. 3.4 Action Action is trying to get the advert to send some kind of invitation to get the readers by saying phrases like 'hurry last days', or 'stocks won't last', which makes the consumer believe they don't have much time. 4. Stereotypes Stereotypes are away of grouping people together by the way they look and/or behave. It relies on symbols in order to group these people together. It is also used as a shortcut in communication so that the reader understands quickly about the characters, the advertisers want to portray. 5. Language 5.1 Connotative Connotative means symbols that have meaning, for example, red is a symbol for love, evil, death, blood. 5.2 Emotitive When words or visual images add either a positive or negative meaning to something we see, hear or believe. 5.3 Colloquial Colloquial is very informal, friendly, down to earth language, it includes abbreviations and contractions, use of idioms, most catch phrases and slogans. 5.4 Figuarative Figuarative includes the use of poetic devices, for example metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. 5.5 Neologisms Neologisms are words that sound attractive and catchy are used in adverts because it seems to have been invented because they sound good. 6. Context Context is about the consumer and producer of advertising. 6.1 Producer Producers are the ones who make the adverts. Companies design and make the products which then, the products go to the producer to get pictures taken of and get used for advertisements. To make a successful advert, advertisers must add film language, AIDA, stereotypes, language, deign and layout, repetition and testimonials. 6.2 Consumer The consumer are the people who buy the product, that could be influenced by advertising. On an average, 89% of the people said they don't think they could be influenced easily. 7. Conclusion Advertising has changed after so many years, even though it is not about the product anymore, people tend to get distracted and buy things that are not needs. Although many people on the surveys said the dont get influenced easy, i think that everyone has a weakness point. I believe that people do buy advertised products because they want something new, or want to get success with a particular product. If people didn't buy advertised products, bussinesses would be bankrupt by now, but they make so much profit, it is impossible for them to close it down. So you see, advertising isn't about the product no more, its all about the image and how it sets out to look.for a year 11 student more

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Why did Fox News not allow Ron Paul to speak at the recent debates? I thought Fox New's slogan was "Fair and balanced."? Also, since this is the case can Fox News be sued for false advertising? Seeing that this was a really bad case of NOT being fair and balanced. I am not even a Ron Paul supporter but as an American I believe it is important to hear the message of all candidates if you plan on voting for them or not. more

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paddy was looking for someone to make an advertising board so he rang his mate mick to see if he could make one mick said it would cost £100,000 pounds ok it better be good for that price murphy said so mick made one and stuck it on the motorway with jesus nailed to it with a slogan below stating ..USE MURPHYS NAILS murphy was driving along the motorway the following week and could not believe his eyes WHAT THE F/[[@K so he rang his mate mick and told him to take jesus down as it was bad for buisness mick said it would cost another £50,000 go for it murphy said the following week murphy is driving along the same motorway he saw his sign in the distance but no jesus on it but as he got closer he saw jesus in a heap at the bottom of the sign saying NOW LOOK WHAT YOU GET IF YOU DONT USE MURPHYS NAILS more

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Global impact McDonald's has become emblematic of globalization, sometimes referred as the "McDonaldization" of society. The Economist magazine uses the "Big Mac Index": the comparison of a Big Mac's cost in various world currencies can be used to informally judge these currencies' purchasing power parity. Because McDonald's is closely identified with American culture and lifestyle, its international business expansion has been termed[by who?] part of Americanization and American cultural imperialism. McDonald's is a perpetual target of various and often conflicting anti-globalization protests worldwide. The brand is known informally as "Mickey D's" (in the US and Canada), "Macky D's" (in the UK), "McDo" (in France, Quebec, the Philippines, and the Kansai region of Japan), "Maccer's" (in Ireland), "Maccas" (in New Zealand and Australia) or "de Mac" (in the Netherlands). Thomas Friedman once said that no country with a McDonald's had gone to war with another.[8] However, the "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" is not strictly true. Careful historians point to the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, and the 2006 Lebanon War as exceptions. Some observers have suggested that the company should be given credit for increasing the standard of service in markets that it enters. A group of anthropologists in a study entitled Golden Arches East (Stanford University Press, 1998, edited by James L. Watson) looked at the impact McDonald's had on East Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. When it opened in Hong Kong in 1975, McDonald's was the first restaurant to consistently offer clean restrooms, driving customers to demand the same of other restaurants and institutions. In East Asia in particular, McDonald's have become a symbol for the desire to embrace Western cultural norms. McDonald's have recently taken to partnering up with Sinopec, China's second largest oil company, in the People's Republic of China, as it begins to take advantage of China's growing use of personal vehicles by opening numerous drive-thru restaurants. [9] In addition to its effect on business standards, McDonald's has also been instrumental in changing local customs. By popularizing the idea of a quick restaurant meal, Watson's study suggests, McDonald's led to the easing or elimination of various taboos, such as eating while walking in Japan.[dubious – discuss] CriticismPotted plants at a McDonald's. The company has been a target of criticism practically since its inception. Since the mid-1990s this protest has taken the form of an anti-globalization movement as documented in Naomi Klein's manifesto No Logo. McDonald's restaurants have been the targets of protests, peaceful and otherwise, by environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights activists. The company has used a litigious approach to protecting its business interests. This conflict, and the company's approach to resolving it, was epitomized in the early 1990s by what came to be known as the McLibel case. Two British activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, distributed leaflets entitled What's wrong with McDonald's? on the streets of London. McDonald's wrote to Steel and Morris demanding they desist and apologize, and, when they refused, sued them for libel. The trial lasted more than two years. The company's advertising techniques and business practices were scrutinized in the High Court of Justice in London and reported extensively in the press, who saw the case as a David and Goliath battle (under UK law, legal aid could not be granted for a defamation suit, so Steel and Morris did most of their own legal casework while McDonald's was represented by an extensive legal team). In June 1997, the judge ruled in favor of McDonald's, awarding the company £60,000 damages, which was later reduced to £40,000 by the Court of Appeal. The amount was low because the judge ruled that some of the claims made by Morris and Steel had been proved, including that McDonald's exploited children in its advertising, was anti-trade union and indirectly exploited and caused suffering to animals. Steel and Morris announced they had no intention of ever paying, and the company later confirmed it would not be pursuing the money. Steel and Morris later successfully challenged UK libel law in the European Court, arguing that it was an infringement of the right to free speech. The British Government was forced to re-write the legislation as a result. In 2005, a film by Ken Loach was made about the court case. In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation included criticism of McDonald's' business practices. Among the critiques are allegations that McDonald's (along with other companies within the fast-food industry) uses its political influence to increase their own profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers. The book also brings into question McDonald's advertisement techniques where it targets children. While the book does mention other fast-food chains, it focuses primarily on McDonald's. In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting their French fries as vegetarian.[10] Even after the discontinuation of frying the French fries in beef tallow in 1990, the French fries still had beef extract added to them. The French fries sold in the U.S. still contain beef and animal flavoring. McDonald's biscuits also contain beef flavoring along with animal flavoring. Also in 2004, Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Super Size Me said that McDonald's food was contributing to the epidemic of obesity in society, and failing to provide nutritional information about its food for its customers. For 30 days Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's (supersizing whenever asked). He ate everything on the menu at least once and continued to eat after he was full. At the same time he consciously attempted to get little or no exercise. By the end of the month he had gained 24.5 pounds (11.11 kg), was moody and had less interest in sex. Others have disputed Spurlock's claims (see below). After the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, but before its cinematic release, McDonald's stated it was phasing out its Supersize meal option and would begin offering several healthier menu items, though no link to the film was cited in this decision. However, while the healthier menu items have appeared, the Supersize meal option still remains available at some locations. The company also began a practice of putting nutritional information for all menu items in light grey small print on the reverse of their tray liners. It is currently phasing in nutritional labeling in clear black print on the actual packaging of its food items. Anthony Bourdain on his show, No Reservations, has criticised McDonald's among other fast-food restaurants for its culinary blandness. Legal challenge over trans fats In September 2002, McDonald’s announced it was voluntarily reducing the trans fat content of its cooking oil by February 2003. Because of operational problems, the oil was not changed on time. In the ensuing lawsuits, plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s didn't do enough to inform the public that the oil was not changed. The bantransfat.com website contains testimonials from people, one claims she thought the oil was low in trans fat, and she said, "that is why I have been eating there every week..." In a settlement agreement, bantransfat.com said "While there is a difference of opinion regarding whether McDonald’s gave effective notice to its customers that the oil was not changed, McDonald’s deserves recognition and credit for having achieved a reduction in the trans fat levels ... and for working diligently over the last two years to test additional cooking oils." Nevertheless, bantransfat.com demanded monetary damages. Settlement of the lawsuit brought by BanTransFats.com and one private party requires McDonald’s spend up to $1.5 million to publish notices on the status of its trans fat initiative. McDonald’s will also donate $7 million to the American Heart Association for public education about trans fat. [3]. The settlement also requires some money be paid directly to bantransfat.com. The California Superior Court for Marin County has entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement. Supporters of McDonald's point out that the company is successful because it meets the needs of customers and adapts to its customers wants. In response to public pressure, McDonald's has sought to include more healthy choices in its menu and has introduced a new slogan to its recruitment posters: "Not bad for a McJob". (The word McJob, first attested in the mid-1980s[11] and later popularized by Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland in his book Generation X, has become a buzz word for low-paid, unskilled work with few prospects or benefits and little security.) McDonald's disputes the idea that its restaurant jobs have no prospects, noting that its CEO, Jim Skinner, started working at the company as a regular restaurant employee, and that 20 of its top 50 managers began work as regular crew members. [12] In 2007, the company launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Would you like a career with that?" on Irish television, outlining that their jobs have many prospects. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of both coffee beans and milk. UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “British consumers are increasingly interested in the quality, sourcing and ethics of the food and drink they buy". McDonald's coffee is now brewed from beans taken from stocks that have been certified by the conservation group the Rainforest Alliance. Similarly, milk supplies used for its hot drinks and milkshakes have been switched to organic sources which could account for 5% of the UK's organic milk output[13]. In other cases, the firm has shown itself ready to adjust its business practices. When the public became concerned that product packaging was environmentally damaging, McDonald's started a joint project with Friends of the Earth to eliminate the use of polystyrene containers, only in the United States, and to reduce the amount of waste produced. Throughout the McLibel trial, senior representatives of the firm said they were merely trying to protect its image from undue and unfounded attack. With regard to its numerous and often controversial copyright and trademark actions, McDonald's lawyers say they are simply protecting the company's intellectual property. Super Size Me has been characterized as a non-scientific publicity stunt. The subject of the film consumes massive quantities of McDonald's food, to the point of being sickened by it. Eating on an hourly schedule and, as part of his rules, eating additional quantities each time a McDonald's worker says the word "supersize," the subject gains weight. Following the release of the film Super Size Me, some people reported they had experienced no weight gain and suffered no ill effect by eating only at McDonald's for a month, but choosing menu items more judiciously and exercising frequently.Minimize Me Merab Morgan, a North Carolina woman, was even able to lose weight.Woman loses 33 lb on McDonald's diet She claimed that the transparency of nutritional information made it easy to control her daily caloric intake. Global impact McDonald's has become emblematic of globalization, sometimes referred as the "McDonaldization" of society. The Economist magazine uses the "Big Mac Index": the comparison of a Big Mac's cost in various world currencies can be used to informally judge these currencies' purchasing power parity. Because McDonald's is closely identified with American culture and lifestyle, its international business expansion has been termed[by who?] part of Americanization and American cultural imperialism. McDonald's is a perpetual target of various and often conflicting anti-globalization protests worldwide. The brand is known informally as "Mickey D's" (in the US and Canada), "Macky D's" (in the UK), "McDo" (in France, Quebec, the Philippines, and the Kansai region of Japan), "Maccer's" (in Ireland), "Maccas" (in New Zealand and Australia) or "de Mac" (in the Netherlands). Thomas Friedman once said that no country with a McDonald's had gone to war with another.[8] However, the "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" is not strictly true. Careful historians point to the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, and the 2006 Lebanon War as exceptions. Some observers have suggested that the company should be given credit for increasing the standard of service in markets that it enters. A group of anthropologists in a study entitled Golden Arches East (Stanford University Press, 1998, edited by James L. Watson) looked at the impact McDonald's had on East Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. When it opened in Hong Kong in 1975, McDonald's was the first restaurant to consistently offer clean restrooms, driving customers to demand the same of other restaurants and institutions. In East Asia in particular, McDonald's have become a symbol for the desire to embrace Western cultural norms. McDonald's have recently taken to partnering up with Sinopec, China's second largest oil company, in the People's Republic of China, as it begins to take advantage of China's growing use of personal vehicles by opening numerous drive-thru restaurants. [9] In addition to its effect on business standards, McDonald's has also been instrumental in changing local customs. By popularizing the idea of a quick restaurant meal, Watson's study suggests, McDonald's led to the easing or elimination of various taboos, such as eating while walking in Japan.[dubious – discuss] CriticismPotted plants at a McDonald's. The company has been a target of criticism practically since its inception. Since the mid-1990s this protest has taken the form of an anti-globalization movement as documented in Naomi Klein's manifesto No Logo. McDonald's restaurants have been the targets of protests, peaceful and otherwise, by environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights activists. The company has used a litigious approach to protecting its business interests. This conflict, and the company's approach to resolving it, was epitomized in the early 1990s by what came to be known as the McLibel case. Two British activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, distributed leaflets entitled What's wrong with McDonald's? on the streets of London. McDonald's wrote to Steel and Morris demanding they desist and apologize, and, when they refused, sued them for libel. The trial lasted more than two years. The company's advertising techniques and business practices were scrutinized in the High Court of Justice in London and reported extensively in the press, who saw the case as a David and Goliath battle (under UK law, legal aid could not be granted for a defamation suit, so Steel and Morris did most of their own legal casework while McDonald's was represented by an extensive legal team). In June 1997, the judge ruled in favor of McDonald's, awarding the company £60,000 damages, which was later reduced to £40,000 by the Court of Appeal. The amount was low because the judge ruled that some of the claims made by Morris and Steel had been proved, including that McDonald's exploited children in its advertising, was anti-trade union and indirectly exploited and caused suffering to animals. Steel and Morris announced they had no intention of ever paying, and the company later confirmed it would not be pursuing the money. Steel and Morris later successfully challenged UK libel law in the European Court, arguing that it was an infringement of the right to free speech. The British Government was forced to re-write the legislation as a result. In 2005, a film by Ken Loach was made about the court case. In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation included criticism of McDonald's' business practices. Among the critiques are allegations that McDonald's (along with other companies within the fast-food industry) uses its political influence to increase their own profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers. The book also brings into question McDonald's advertisement techniques where it targets children. While the book does mention other fast-food chains, it focuses primarily on McDonald's. In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting their French fries as vegetarian.[10] Even after the discontinuation of frying the French fries in beef tallow in 1990, the French fries still had beef extract added to them. The French fries sold in the U.S. still contain beef and animal flavoring. McDonald's biscuits also contain beef flavoring along with animal flavoring. Also in 2004, Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Super Size Me said that McDonald's food was contributing to the epidemic of obesity in society, and failing to provide nutritional information about its food for its customers. For 30 days Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's (supersizing whenever asked). He ate everything on the menu at least once and continued to eat after he was full. At the same time he consciously attempted to get little or no exercise. By the end of the month he had gained 24.5 pounds (11.11 kg), was moody and had less interest in sex. Others have disputed Spurlock's claims (see below). After the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, but before its cinematic release, McDonald's stated it was phasing out its Supersize meal option and would begin offering several healthier menu items, though no link to the film was cited in this decision. However, while the healthier menu items have appeared, the Supersize meal option still remains available at some locations. The company also began a practice of putting nutritional information for all menu items in light grey small print on the reverse of their tray liners. It is currently phasing in nutritional labeling in clear black print on the actual packaging of its food items. Anthony Bourdain on his show, No Reservations, has criticised McDonald's among other fast-food restaurants for its culinary blandness. Legal challenge over trans fats In September 2002, McDonald’s announced it was voluntarily reducing the trans fat content of its cooking oil by February 2003. Because of operational problems, the oil was not changed on time. In the ensuing lawsuits, plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s didn't do enough to inform the public that the oil was not changed. The bantransfat.com website contains testimonials from people, one claims she thought the oil was low in trans fat, and she said, "that is why I have been eating there every week..." In a settlement agreement, bantransfat.com said "While there is a difference of opinion regarding whether McDonald’s gave effective notice to its customers that the oil was not changed, McDonald’s deserves recognition and credit for having achieved a reduction in the trans fat levels ... and for working diligently over the last two years to test additional cooking oils." Nevertheless, bantransfat.com demanded monetary damages. Settlement of the lawsuit brought by BanTransFats.com and one private party requires McDonald’s spend up to $1.5 million to publish notices on the status of its trans fat initiative. McDonald’s will also donate $7 million to the American Heart Association for public education about trans fat. [3]. The settlement also requires some money be paid directly to bantransfat.com. The California Superior Court for Marin County has entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement. Supporters of McDonald's point out that the company is successful because it meets the needs of customers and adapts to its customers wants. In response to public pressure, McDonald's has sought to include more healthy choices in its menu and has introduced a new slogan to its recruitment posters: "Not bad for a McJob". (The word McJob, first attested in the mid-1980s[11] and later popularized by Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland in his book Generation X, has become a buzz word for low-paid, unskilled work with few prospects or benefits and little security.) McDonald's disputes the idea that its restaurant jobs have no prospects, noting that its CEO, Jim Skinner, started working at the company as a regular restaurant employee, and that 20 of its top 50 managers began work as regular crew members. [12] In 2007, the company launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Would you like a career with that?" on Irish television, outlining that their jobs have many prospects. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of both coffee beans and milk. UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “British consumers are increasingly interested in the quality, sourcing and ethics of the food and drink they buy". McDonald's coffee is now brewed from beans taken from stocks that have been certified by the conservation group the Rainforest Alliance. Similarly, milk supplies used for its hot drinks and milkshakes have been switched to organic sources which could account for 5% of the UK's organic milk output[13]. In other cases, the firm has shown itself ready to adjust its business practices. When the public became concerned that product packaging was environmentally damaging, McDonald's started a joint project with Friends of the Earth to eliminate the use of polystyrene containers, only in the United States, and to reduce the amount of waste produced. Throughout the McLibel trial, senior representatives of the firm said they were merely trying to protect its image from undue and unfounded attack. With regard to its numerous and often controversial copyright and trademark actions, McDonald's lawyers say they are simply protecting the company's intellectual property. Super Size Me has been characterized as a non-scientific publicity stunt. The subject of the film consumes massive quantities of McDonald's food, to the point of being sickened by it. Eating on an hourly schedule and, as part of his rules, eating additional quantities each time a McDonald's worker says the word "supersize," the subject gains weight. Following the release of the film Super Size Me, some people reported they had experienced no weight gain and suffered no ill effect by eating only at McDonald's for a month, but choosing menu items more judiciously and exercising frequently.Minimize Me Merab Morgan, a North Carolina woman, was even able to lose weight.Woman loses 33 lb on McDonald's diet She claimed that the transparency of nutritional information made it easy to control her daily caloric intake. Global impact McDonald's has become emblematic of globalization, sometimes referred as the "McDonaldization" of society. The Economist magazine uses the "Big Mac Index": the comparison of a Big Mac's cost in various world currencies can be used to informally judge these currencies' purchasing power parity. Because McDonald's is closely identified with American culture and lifestyle, its international business expansion has been termed[by who?] part of Americanization and American cultural imperialism. McDonald's is a perpetual target of various and often conflicting anti-globalization protests worldwide. The brand is known informally as "Mickey D's" (in the US and Canada), "Macky D's" (in the UK), "McDo" (in France, Quebec, the Philippines, and the Kansai region of Japan), "Maccer's" (in Ireland), "Maccas" (in New Zealand and Australia) or "de Mac" (in the Netherlands). Thomas Friedman once said that no country with a McDonald's had gone to war with another.[8] However, the "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" is not strictly true. Careful historians point to the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, and the 2006 Lebanon War as exceptions. Some observers have suggested that the company should be given credit for increasing the standard of service in markets that it enters. A group of anthropologists in a study entitled Golden Arches East (Stanford University Press, 1998, edited by James L. Watson) looked at the impact McDonald's had on East Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. When it opened in Hong Kong in 1975, McDonald's was the first restaurant to consistently offer clean restrooms, driving customers to demand the same of other restaurants and institutions. In East Asia in particular, McDonald's have become a symbol for the desire to embrace Western cultural norms. McDonald's have recently taken to partnering up with Sinopec, China's second largest oil company, in the People's Republic of China, as it begins to take advantage of China's growing use of personal vehicles by opening numerous drive-thru restaurants. [9] In addition to its effect on business standards, McDonald's has also been instrumental in changing local customs. By popularizing the idea of a quick restaurant meal, Watson's study suggests, McDonald's led to the easing or elimination of various taboos, such as eating while walking in Japan.[dubious – discuss] CriticismPotted plants at a McDonald's. The company has been a target of criticism practically since its inception. Since the mid-1990s this protest has taken the form of an anti-globalization movement as documented in Naomi Klein's manifesto No Logo. McDonald's restaurants have been the targets of protests, peaceful and otherwise, by environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights activists. The company has used a litigious approach to protecting its business interests. This conflict, and the company's approach to resolving it, was epitomized in the early 1990s by what came to be known as the McLibel case. Two British activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, distributed leaflets entitled What's wrong with McDonald's? on the streets of London. McDonald's wrote to Steel and Morris demanding they desist and apologize, and, when they refused, sued them for libel. The trial lasted more than two years. The company's advertising techniques and business practices were scrutinized in the High Court of Justice in London and reported extensively in the press, who saw the case as a David and Goliath battle (under UK law, legal aid could not be granted for a defamation suit, so Steel and Morris did most of their own legal casework while McDonald's was represented by an extensive legal team). In June 1997, the judge ruled in favor of McDonald's, awarding the company £60,000 damages, which was later reduced to £40,000 by the Court of Appeal. The amount was low because the judge ruled that some of the claims made by Morris and Steel had been proved, including that McDonald's exploited children in its advertising, was anti-trade union and indirectly exploited and caused suffering to animals. Steel and Morris announced they had no intention of ever paying, and the company later confirmed it would not be pursuing the money. Steel and Morris later successfully challenged UK libel law in the European Court, arguing that it was an infringement of the right to free speech. The British Government was forced to re-write the legislation as a result. In 2005, a film by Ken Loach was made about the court case. In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation included criticism of McDonald's' business practices. Among the critiques are allegations that McDonald's (along with other companies within the fast-food industry) uses its political influence to increase their own profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers. The book also brings into question McDonald's advertisement techniques where it targets children. While the book does mention other fast-food chains, it focuses primarily on McDonald's. In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting their French fries as vegetarian.[10] Even after the discontinuation of frying the French fries in beef tallow in 1990, the French fries still had beef extract added to them. The French fries sold in the U.S. still contain beef and animal flavoring. McDonald's biscuits also contain beef flavoring along with animal flavoring. Also in 2004, Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Super Size Me said that McDonald's food was contributing to the epidemic of obesity in society, and failing to provide nutritional information about its food for its customers. For 30 days Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's (supersizing whenever asked). He ate everything on the menu at least once and continued to eat after he was full. At the same time he consciously attempted to get little or no exercise. By the end of the month he had gained 24.5 pounds (11.11 kg), was moody and had less interest in sex. Others have disputed Spurlock's claims (see below). After the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, but before its cinematic release, McDonald's stated it was phasing out its Supersize meal option and would begin offering several healthier menu items, though no link to the film was cited in this decision. However, while the healthier menu items have appeared, the Supersize meal option still remains available at some locations. The company also began a practice of putting nutritional information for all menu items in light grey small print on the reverse of their tray liners. It is currently phasing in nutritional labeling in clear black print on the actual packaging of its food items. Anthony Bourdain on his show, No Reservations, has criticised McDonald's among other fast-food restaurants for its culinary blandness. Legal challenge over trans fats In September 2002, McDonald’s announced it was voluntarily reducing the trans fat content of its cooking oil by February 2003. Because of operational problems, the oil was not changed on time. In the ensuing lawsuits, plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s didn't do enough to inform the public that the oil was not changed. The bantransfat.com website contains testimonials from people, one claims she thought the oil was low in trans fat, and she said, "that is why I have been eating there every week..." In a settlement agreement, bantransfat.com said "While there is a difference of opinion regarding whether McDonald’s gave effective notice to its customers that the oil was not changed, McDonald’s deserves recognition and credit for having achieved a reduction in the trans fat levels ... and for working diligently over the last two years to test additional cooking oils." Nevertheless, bantransfat.com demanded monetary damages. Settlement of the lawsuit brought by BanTransFats.com and one private party requires McDonald’s spend up to $1.5 million to publish notices on the status of its trans fat initiative. McDonald’s will also donate $7 million to the American Heart Association for public education about trans fat. [3]. The settlement also requires some money be paid directly to bantransfat.com. The California Superior Court for Marin County has entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement. Supporters of McDonald's point out that the company is successful because it meets the needs of customers and adapts to its customers wants. In response to public pressure, McDonald's has sought to include more healthy choices in its menu and has introduced a new slogan to its recruitment posters: "Not bad for a McJob". (The word McJob, first attested in the mid-1980s[11] and later popularized by Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland in his book Generation X, has become a buzz word for low-paid, unskilled work with few prospects or benefits and little security.) McDonald's disputes the idea that its restaurant jobs have no prospects, noting that its CEO, Jim Skinner, started working at the company as a regular restaurant employee, and that 20 of its top 50 managers began work as regular crew members. [12] In 2007, the company launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Would you like a career with that?" on Irish television, outlining that their jobs have many prospects. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of both coffee beans and milk. UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “British consumers are increasingly interested in the quality, sourcing and ethics of the food and drink they buy". McDonald's coffee is now brewed from beans taken from stocks that have been certified by the conservation group the Rainforest Alliance. Similarly, milk supplies used for its hot drinks and milkshakes have been switched to organic sources which could account for 5% of the UK's organic milk output[13]. In other cases, the firm has shown itself ready to adjust its business practices. When the public became concerned that product packaging was environmentally damaging, McDonald's started a joint project with Friends of the Earth to eliminate the use of polystyrene containers, only in the United States, and to reduce the amount of waste produced. Throughout the McLibel trial, senior representatives of the firm said they were merely trying to protect its image from undue and unfounded attack. With regard to its numerous and often controversial copyright and trademark actions, McDonald's lawyers say they are simply protecting the company's intellectual property. Super Size Me has been characterized as a non-scientific publicity stunt. The subject of the film consumes massive quantities of McDonald's food, to the point of being sickened by it. Eating on an hourly schedule and, as part of his rules, eating additional quantities each time a McDonald's worker says the word "supersize," the subject gains weight. Following the release of the film Super Size Me, some people reported they had experienced no weight gain and suffered no ill effect by eating only at McDonald's for a month, but choosing menu items more judiciously and exercising frequently.Minimize Me Merab Morgan, a North Carolina woman, was even able to lose weight.Woman loses 33 lb on McDonald's diet She claimed that the transparency of nutritional information made it easy to control her daily caloric intake. Global impact McDonald's has become emblematic of globalization, sometimes referred as the "McDonaldization" of society. The Economist magazine uses the "Big Mac Index": the comparison of a Big Mac's cost in various world currencies can be used to informally judge these currencies' purchasing power parity. Because McDonald's is closely identified with American culture and lifestyle, its international business expansion has been termed[by who?] part of Americanization and American cultural imperialism. McDonald's is a perpetual target of various and often conflicting anti-globalization protests worldwide. The brand is known informally as "Mickey D's" (in the US and Canada), "Macky D's" (in the UK), "McDo" (in France, Quebec, the Philippines, and the Kansai region of Japan), "Maccer's" (in Ireland), "Maccas" (in New Zealand and Australia) or "de Mac" (in the Netherlands). Thomas Friedman once said that no country with a McDonald's had gone to war with another.[8] However, the "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" is not strictly true. Careful historians point to the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, and the 2006 Lebanon War as exceptions. Some observers have suggested that the company should be given credit for increasing the standard of service in markets that it enters. A group of anthropologists in a study entitled Golden Arches East (Stanford University Press, 1998, edited by James L. Watson) looked at the impact McDonald's had on East Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. When it opened in Hong Kong in 1975, McDonald's was the first restaurant to consistently offer clean restrooms, driving customers to demand the same of other restaurants and institutions. In East Asia in particular, McDonald's have become a symbol for the desire to embrace Western cultural norms. McDonald's have recently taken to partnering up with Sinopec, China's second largest oil company, in the People's Republic of China, as it begins to take advantage of China's growing use of personal vehicles by opening numerous drive-thru restaurants. [9] In addition to its effect on business standards, McDonald's has also been instrumental in changing local customs. By popularizing the idea of a quick restaurant meal, Watson's study suggests, McDonald's led to the easing or elimination of various taboos, such as eating while walking in Japan.[dubious – discuss] CriticismPotted plants at a McDonald's. The company has been a target of criticism practically since its inception. Since the mid-1990s this protest has taken the form of an anti-globalization movement as documented in Naomi Klein's manifesto No Logo. McDonald's restaurants have been the targets of protests, peaceful and otherwise, by environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights activists. The company has used a litigious approach to protecting its business interests. This conflict, and the company's approach to resolving it, was epitomized in the early 1990s by what came to be known as the McLibel case. Two British activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, distributed leaflets entitled What's wrong with McDonald's? on the streets of London. McDonald's wrote to Steel and Morris demanding they desist and apologize, and, when they refused, sued them for libel. The trial lasted more than two years. The company's advertising techniques and business practices were scrutinized in the High Court of Justice in London and reported extensively in the press, who saw the case as a David and Goliath battle (under UK law, legal aid could not be granted for a defamation suit, so Steel and Morris did most of their own legal casework while McDonald's was represented by an extensive legal team). In June 1997, the judge ruled in favor of McDonald's, awarding the company £60,000 damages, which was later reduced to £40,000 by the Court of Appeal. The amount was low because the judge ruled that some of the claims made by Morris and Steel had been proved, including that McDonald's exploited children in its advertising, was anti-trade union and indirectly exploited and caused suffering to animals. Steel and Morris announced they had no intention of ever paying, and the company later confirmed it would not be pursuing the money. Steel and Morris later successfully challenged UK libel law in the European Court, arguing that it was an infringement of the right to free speech. The British Government was forced to re-write the legislation as a result. In 2005, a film by Ken Loach was made about the court case. In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation included criticism of McDonald's' business practices. Among the critiques are allegations that McDonald's (along with other companies within the fast-food industry) uses its political influence to increase their own profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers. The book also brings into question McDonald's advertisement techniques where it targets children. While the book does mention other fast-food chains, it focuses primarily on McDonald's. In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting their French fries as vegetarian.[10] Even after the discontinuation of frying the French fries in beef tallow in 1990, the French fries still had beef extract added to them. The French fries sold in the U.S. still contain beef and animal flavoring. McDonald's biscuits also contain beef flavoring along with animal flavoring. Also in 2004, Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Super Size Me said that McDonald's food was contributing to the epidemic of obesity in society, and failing to provide nutritional information about its food for its customers. For 30 days Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's (supersizing whenever asked). He ate everything on the menu at least once and continued to eat after he was full. At the same time he consciously attempted to get little or no exercise. By the end of the month he had gained 24.5 pounds (11.11 kg), was moody and had less interest in sex. Others have disputed Spurlock's claims (see below). After the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, but before its cinematic release, McDonald's stated it was phasing out its Supersize meal option and would begin offering several healthier menu items, though no link to the film was cited in this decision. However, while the healthier menu items have appeared, the Supersize meal option still remains available at some locations. The company also began a practice of putting nutritional information for all menu items in light grey small print on the reverse of their tray liners. It is currently phasing in nutritional labeling in clear black print on the actual packaging of its food items. Anthony Bourdain on his show, No Reservations, has criticised McDonald's among other fast-food restaurants for its culinary blandness. Legal challenge over trans fats In September 2002, McDonald’s announced it was voluntarily reducing the trans fat content of its cooking oil by February 2003. Because of operational problems, the oil was not changed on time. In the ensuing lawsuits, plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s didn't do enough to inform the public that the oil was not changed. The bantransfat.com website contains testimonials from people, one claims she thought the oil was low in trans fat, and she said, "that is why I have been eating there every week..." In a settlement agreement, bantransfat.com said "While there is a difference of opinion regarding whether McDonald’s gave effective notice to its customers that the oil was not changed, McDonald’s deserves recognition and credit for having achieved a reduction in the trans fat levels ... and for working diligently over the last two years to test additional cooking oils." Nevertheless, bantransfat.com demanded monetary damages. Settlement of the lawsuit brought by BanTransFats.com and one private party requires McDonald’s spend up to $1.5 million to publish notices on the status of its trans fat initiative. McDonald’s will also donate $7 million to the American Heart Association for public education about trans fat. [3]. The settlement also requires some money be paid directly to bantransfat.com. The California Superior Court for Marin County has entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement. Supporters of McDonald's point out that the company is successful because it meets the needs of customers and adapts to its customers wants. In response to public pressure, McDonald's has sought to include more healthy choices in its menu and has introduced a new slogan to its recruitment posters: "Not bad for a McJob". (The word McJob, first attested in the mid-1980s[11] and later popularized by Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland in his book Generation X, has become a buzz word for low-paid, unskilled work with few prospects or benefits and little security.) McDonald's disputes the idea that its restaurant jobs have no prospects, noting that its CEO, Jim Skinner, started working at the company as a regular restaurant employee, and that 20 of its top 50 managers began work as regular crew members. [12] In 2007, the company launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Would you like a career with that?" on Irish television, outlining that their jobs have many prospects. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of both coffee beans and milk. UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “British consumers are increasingly interested in the quality, sourcing and ethics of the food and drink they buy". McDonald's coffee is now brewed from beans taken from stocks that have been certified by the conservation group the Rainforest Alliance. Similarly, milk supplies used for its hot drinks and milkshakes have been switched to organic sources which could account for 5% of the UK's organic milk output[13]. In other cases, the firm has shown itself ready to adjust its business practices. When the public became concerned that product packaging was environmentally damaging, McDonald's started a joint project with Friends of the Earth to eliminate the use of polystyrene containers, only in the United States, and to reduce the amount of waste produced. Throughout the McLibel trial, senior representatives of the firm said they were merely trying to protect its image from undue and unfounded attack. With regard to its numerous and often controversial copyright and trademark actions, McDonald's lawyers say they are simply protecting the company's intellectual property. Super Size Me has been characterized as a non-scientific publicity stunt. The subject of the film consumes massive quantities of McDonald's food, to the point of being sickened by it. Eating on an hourly schedule and, as part of his rules, eating additional quantities each time a McDonald's worker says the word "supersize," the subject gains weight. Following the release of the film Super Size Me, some people reported they had experienced no weight gain and suffered no ill effect by eating only at McDonald's for a month, but choosing menu items more judiciously and exercising frequently.Minimize Me Merab Morgan, a North Carolina woman, was even able to lose weight.Woman loses 33 lb on McDonald's diet She claimed that the transparency of nutritional information made it easy to control her daily caloric intake. Global impact McDonald's has become emblematic of globalization, sometimes referred as the "McDonaldization" of society. The Economist magazine uses the "Big Mac Index": the comparison of a Big Mac's cost in various world currencies can be used to informally judge these currencies' purchasing power parity. Because McDonald's is closely identified with American culture and lifestyle, its international business expansion has been termed[by who?] part of Americanization and American cultural imperialism. McDonald's is a perpetual target of various and often conflicting anti-globalization protests worldwide. The brand is known informally as "Mickey D's" (in the US and Canada), "Macky D's" (in the UK), "McDo" (in France, Quebec, the Philippines, and the Kansai region of Japan), "Maccer's" (in Ireland), "Maccas" (in New Zealand and Australia) or "de Mac" (in the Netherlands). Thomas Friedman once said that no country with a McDonald's had gone to war with another.[8] However, the "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" is not strictly true. Careful historians point to the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999, and the 2006 Lebanon War as exceptions. Some observers have suggested that the company should be given credit for increasing the standard of service in markets that it enters. A group of anthropologists in a study entitled Golden Arches East (Stanford University Press, 1998, edited by James L. Watson) looked at the impact McDonald's had on East Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. When it opened in Hong Kong in 1975, McDonald's was the first restaurant to consistently offer clean restrooms, driving customers to demand the same of other restaurants and institutions. In East Asia in particular, McDonald's have become a symbol for the desire to embrace Western cultural norms. McDonald's have recently taken to partnering up with Sinopec, China's second largest oil company, in the People's Republic of China, as it begins to take advantage of China's growing use of personal vehicles by opening numerous drive-thru restaurants. [9] In addition to its effect on business standards, McDonald's has also been instrumental in changing local customs. By popularizing the idea of a quick restaurant meal, Watson's study suggests, McDonald's led to the easing or elimination of various taboos, such as eating while walking in Japan.[dubious – discuss] CriticismPotted plants at a McDonald's. The company has been a target of criticism practically since its inception. Since the mid-1990s this protest has taken the form of an anti-globalization movement as documented in Naomi Klein's manifesto No Logo. McDonald's restaurants have been the targets of protests, peaceful and otherwise, by environmental, anti-globalization and animal rights activists. The company has used a litigious approach to protecting its business interests. This conflict, and the company's approach to resolving it, was epitomized in the early 1990s by what came to be known as the McLibel case. Two British activists, David Morris and Helen Steel, distributed leaflets entitled What's wrong with McDonald's? on the streets of London. McDonald's wrote to Steel and Morris demanding they desist and apologize, and, when they refused, sued them for libel. The trial lasted more than two years. The company's advertising techniques and business practices were scrutinized in the High Court of Justice in London and reported extensively in the press, who saw the case as a David and Goliath battle (under UK law, legal aid could not be granted for a defamation suit, so Steel and Morris did most of their own legal casework while McDonald's was represented by an extensive legal team). In June 1997, the judge ruled in favor of McDonald's, awarding the company £60,000 damages, which was later reduced to £40,000 by the Court of Appeal. The amount was low because the judge ruled that some of the claims made by Morris and Steel had been proved, including that McDonald's exploited children in its advertising, was anti-trade union and indirectly exploited and caused suffering to animals. Steel and Morris announced they had no intention of ever paying, and the company later confirmed it would not be pursuing the money. Steel and Morris later successfully challenged UK libel law in the European Court, arguing that it was an infringement of the right to free speech. The British Government was forced to re-write the legislation as a result. In 2005, a film by Ken Loach was made about the court case. In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation included criticism of McDonald's' business practices. Among the critiques are allegations that McDonald's (along with other companies within the fast-food industry) uses its political influence to increase their own profits at the expense of people's health and the social conditions of its workers. The book also brings into question McDonald's advertisement techniques where it targets children. While the book does mention other fast-food chains, it focuses primarily on McDonald's. In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting their French fries as vegetarian.[10] Even after the discontinuation of frying the French fries in beef tallow in 1990, the French fries still had beef extract added to them. The French fries sold in the U.S. still contain beef and animal flavoring. McDonald's biscuits also contain beef flavoring along with animal flavoring. Also in 2004, Morgan Spurlock's documentary film Super Size Me said that McDonald's food was contributing to the epidemic of obesity in society, and failing to provide nutritional information about its food for its customers. For 30 days Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's (supersizing whenever asked). He ate everything on the menu at least once and continued to eat after he was full. At the same time he consciously attempted to get little or no exercise. By the end of the month he had gained 24.5 pounds (11.11 kg), was moody and had less interest in sex. Others have disputed Spurlock's claims (see below). After the film was shown at the Sundance Film Festival, but before its cinematic release, McDonald's stated it was phasing out its Supersize meal option and would begin offering several healthier menu items, though no link to the film was cited in this decision. However, while the healthier menu items have appeared, the Supersize meal option still remains available at some locations. The company also began a practice of putting nutritional information for all menu items in light grey small print on the reverse of their tray liners. It is currently phasing in nutritional labeling in clear black print on the actual packaging of its food items. Anthony Bourdain on his show, No Reservations, has criticised McDonald's among other fast-food restaurants for its culinary blandness. Legal challenge over trans fats In September 2002, McDonald’s announced it was voluntarily reducing the trans fat content of its cooking oil by February 2003. Because of operational problems, the oil was not changed on time. In the ensuing lawsuits, plaintiffs claimed that McDonald’s didn't do enough to inform the public that the oil was not changed. The bantransfat.com website contains testimonials from people, one claims she thought the oil was low in trans fat, and she said, "that is why I have been eating there every week..." In a settlement agreement, bantransfat.com said "While there is a difference of opinion regarding whether McDonald’s gave effective notice to its customers that the oil was not changed, McDonald’s deserves recognition and credit for having achieved a reduction in the trans fat levels ... and for working diligently over the last two years to test additional cooking oils." Nevertheless, bantransfat.com demanded monetary damages. Settlement of the lawsuit brought by BanTransFats.com and one private party requires McDonald’s spend up to $1.5 million to publish notices on the status of its trans fat initiative. McDonald’s will also donate $7 million to the American Heart Association for public education about trans fat. [3]. The settlement also requires some money be paid directly to bantransfat.com. The California Superior Court for Marin County has entered an order preliminarily approving the settlement. Supporters of McDonald's point out that the company is successful because it meets the needs of customers and adapts to its customers wants. In response to public pressure, McDonald's has sought to include more healthy choices in its menu and has introduced a new slogan to its recruitment posters: "Not bad for a McJob". (The word McJob, first attested in the mid-1980s[11] and later popularized by Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland in his book Generation X, has become a buzz word for low-paid, unskilled work with few prospects or benefits and little security.) McDonald's disputes the idea that its restaurant jobs have no prospects, noting that its CEO, Jim Skinner, started working at the company as a regular restaurant employee, and that 20 of its top 50 managers began work as regular crew members. [12] In 2007, the company launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Would you like a career with that?" on Irish television, outlining that their jobs have many prospects. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of both coffee beans and milk. UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook said: “British consumers are increasingly interested in the quality, sourcing and ethics of the food and drink they buy". McDonald's coffee is now brewed from beans taken from stocks that have been certified by the conservation group the Rainforest Alliance. Similarly, milk supplies used for its hot drinks and milkshakes have been switched to organic sources which could account for 5% of the UK's organic milk output[13]. In other cases, the firm has shown itself ready to adjust its business practices. When the public became concerned that product packaging was environmentally damaging, McDonald's started a joint project with Friends of the Earth to eliminate the use of polystyrene containers, only in the United States, and to reduce the amount of waste produced. Throughout the McLibel trial, senior representatives of the firm said they were merely trying to protect its image from undue and unfounded attack. With regard to its numerous and often controversial copyright and trademark actions, McDonald's lawyers say they are simply protecting the company's intellectual property. Super Size Me has been characterized as a non-scientific publicity stunt. The subject of the film consumes massive quantities of McDonald's food, to the point of being sickened by it. Eating on an hourly schedule and, as part of his rules, eating additional quantities each time a McDonald's worker says the word "supersize," the subject gains weight. Following the release of the film Super Size Me, some people reported they had experienced no weight gain and suffered no ill effect by eating only at McDonald's for a month, but choosing menu items more judiciously and exercising frequently.Minimize Me Merab Morgan, a North Carolina woman, was even able to lose weight.Woman loses 33 lb on McDonald's diet She claimed that the transparency of nutritional information made it easy to control her daily caloric intake. more

Resolved Question: rules of life star if you laugh?

Time-Honored Truths and Universal Laws A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk I have a work station... A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory A closed mouth gathers no foot. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking A day without sunshine is like, night. A fool and his money are soon partying. A little inaccuracy saves a lot of explanation. A penny saved is worthless. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. All things being equal, fat people use more soap. Always remember you are unique, just like everyone else. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. Atheism is a non-prophet organization Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things. Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency. I think you should write . . . A Very Good Doctor. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. Given a 50-50 chance, you will be wrong 90% of the time. He who laughs last thinks slowest. Hermits have no peer pressure. How terrible a movie is, is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it. I believe five out of four people have trouble with fractions. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older then it dawned on me . . . they were cramming for their finals. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: "meetings." If you think there is good in everybody, then you haven't met everybody. Indecision is the key to flexibility. It doesn't matter what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature. Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. No one is listening until you make a mistake Nobody is normal. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. On the other hand, you have different fingers. One nice thing about egotists: They don't talk about other people. One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. One-seventh of our life is spent on Monday. People who feel the need to tell you that they have an excellent sense of humour are telling you that they have no sense of humour. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Remember that half the people you know are below average. Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world. Success always occurs in private and failure in public Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism. The careful application of terror can also be a form of communication. The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required on it The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. The hardness of butter is directly proportional to the softness of the bread The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them. The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip. The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment. The older you get, the better you realize you were. The only substitute for good manners is fast reflexes The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the ability to reach it The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.. Things are more like they are today than they ever were before. To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated but not be able to say it. To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles What a nice night for an evening. Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories... You can observe a lot by just watching. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted and then used against you. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive You should not confuse your career with your life. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason we observe Daylight Saving Time. Your friends love you anyway. The one thing that unites all humans, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above average drivers. At least once per year, some group of scientists will become very excited and announce that: "The universe is even bigger than they thought!" "There are even more subatomic particles than they thought!" " Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong." The value of advertising is that it tells you the exact opposite of what the advertiser actually thinks. For example: If the advertisement says "This is not your father's Oldsmobile," the advertiser is desperately concerned that this Oldsmobile, like all other Oldsmobiles, appeals primarily to old farts like your father. If Coke and Pepsi spend billions to convince you that there are significant differences between these two products, both companies realize that Pepsi and Coke are virtually identical. If the advertisement strongly suggests that Nike shoes enable athletes to perform amazing feats, Nike wants you to disregard the fact that shoe brand is unrelated to athletic ability. If Budweiser runs an elaborate advertising campaign stressing the critical importance of a beer's "born-on" date, Budweiser knows this factor has virtually nothing to do with how good a beer tastes. If an advertisement shows a group of cool, attractive youngsters getting excited and high-fiving each other because the refrigerator contains Sunny Delight, the advertiser knows that any real youngster who reacted in this way to this beverage would be considered by his peers to be the world's biggest dipshit. And so on. On those rare occasions when advertising dares to poke fun at the product - as in the classic Volkswagen Beetle campaign, it's because the advertiser actually thinks the product is pretty good. If a politician ever ran for president under a slogan such as "Harlan Frubert: Basically, He Wants Attention," I would quit my job to work for his campaign. There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that generates concepts for television sitcoms. When TV executives need a new concept, they turn on this computer; after sorting through millions of possible plot premises, it spits out, "THREE QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT," and the executives turn this concept into a show. The next time they need an idea, the computer spits out, "SIX QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." Then the next time, it spits out, "FOUR QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." And so on. We need to locate this computer and destroy it with hammers. They can hold all the peace talks they want, but there will never be peace in the Middle East. Billions of years from now, when Earth is hurtling toward the Sun and there is nothing left alive on the planet except a few micro-organisms, the micro-organisms living in the Middle East will be bitter enemies. When God decides to deliver a message to humanity, he will not use, as his messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. more

Resolved Question: What's your favorite advertising slogan of all time?

Doctor Pepper what's the worst that can happen? It does what it says on the tin? Beans Meanz Heinz? more

Resolved Question: I love bad/funny translations, like advertising slogans, etc. Did the bible ever have any weird translations?

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Resolved Question: why are people suing for millions for stupid things like those 2...?

this one guy is suing snapple soft drink company for 100 million because its slogan is "made from the best stuff on earth" and snapple claims it's "all natural" this guy reads the label and on indredients it says some kind of syrup and fruit artificial fruit flavored. EVERYBODY knows it's an artificial fake drink its still delicious. he is suing for false advertising and claims he is "protecting" everybody who bought the product in the last 6 years. this guy just woke up one day and said "let me sue somebody i want millions" what an idiot. why do't i go sue some franchise company for a dumb reason as well. ALSO woman in Toys R US living in the worst part of NYC bronx NY and being stopped by security guard to ask for receipt. the woman doesn't want to show receipt and claims the security guard stopped her because she is black. now she is suing tous r us for 200 million. these stupid idiots not nkowing it comes out of tax payers money. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE 2 LAWSUITS?the guy suing the snapple company thinks he is doing everyone a favor by suing them and by him getting the money is also good for everybody else. loloh yea the woman is suing for racial discrimination. more

Resolved Question: how can we change the voters mind who are electing bad leader for our country "i want a slogan for advertise".

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Resolved Question: America's Slogan: 20 million illegal immigrants can't be wrong?

i heard this on a richard jeni HBO comedy special. he was talking about marketing and advertising the U.S. on a international level to help with our world relations and trying to convince other nations that we are not that bad. i laughed my a$$ off, but im just one person, what do you think? more

Resolved Question: 25 Things you will learn in 50 years of living?

. The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it. 2. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe "Daylight Saving Time." 3. People who feel the need to tell you that they have an excellent sense of humor are telling you that they have no sense of humor. 4. The most valuable function performed by the federal government are entertainment. 5. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. 6. A penny saved is worthless. 7. They can hold all the peace talks they want, but there will never be peace in the Middle East. Billions of years from now, when Earth is hurtling toward the Sun and there is nothing left alive on the planet except a few microorganisms, the microorganisms living in the Middle East will be bitter enemies. 8. The most powerful force in the universe is: gossip. 9. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers. 10. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is: age 11. 11. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." 12. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. 13. There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that generates concepts for television sitcoms. When TV executives need a new concept, they turn on this computer; after sorting through millions of possible plot premises, it spits out, "THREE QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT," and the executives turn this concept into a show. The next time they need an idea, the computer spits out, "SIX QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." Then the next time, it spits out, "FOUR QUIRKY BUT ATTRACTIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN AN APARTMENT." And so on. We need to locate this computer and destroy it with hammers. 14. Nobody is normal. 15. At least once per year, some group of scientists will become very excited and announce that: - The universe is even bigger than they thought! - There are even more subatomic particles than they thought! - Whatever they announced last year about global warming is wrong. 16. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be: "meetings." 17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them. 18. The value of advertising is that it tells you the exact opposite of what the advertiser actually thinks. For example: - If the advertisement says "This is not your father's Oldsmobile," the advertiser is desperately concerned that this Oldsmobile, like all other Oldsmobile’s, appeals primarily to your father. - If Coke and Pepsi spend billions of dollars to convince you that there are significant differences between these two products, both companies realize that Pepsi and Coke are virtually identical. - If an advertisement shows a group of cool, attractive youngsters getting excited and high-fiving each other because the refrigerator contains Sunny Delight, the advertiser knows that any real youngster who reacted in this way to this beverage would be considered by his peers to be the world's biggest dip. - And so on those rare occasions when advertising dares to poke fun at the product - as in the classic Volkswagen Beetle campaign - it's because the advertiser actually thinks the product is pretty good. If a politician ever ran for president under a slogan such as "Harlan Frubert: Basically, He Wants Attention," I would quit my job to work for his campaign. 19. If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to deliver a message to humanity, He will not use, as His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle. 20. You should not confuse your career with your life. 21. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. 22. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. 23. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy. 24. Your friends love you anyway. 25. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. more

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Resolved Question: What is the worst advertising slogan?

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