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Sense of humour? Ridiculous stand?
I'm confused.
This is a badly executed ad, and baffling in its badness. Saying so doesn't constitute a ridiculous stand. And the ads were not meant to be humorous; they were meant to call attention to a serious issue. I mean, does anyone think it's funny when children anywhere can't go to school and therefore have no future?

If, in calling attention to a cause, an ad trivializes that very issue and offends the very population they are purportedly trying to help, they're not good ads.

I never understand why, when it comes to race, folks get defensive when something clearly ill-advised is called out as such. Can't we just accept that it's idiotic and move on?

Posted by: MildredAPierce on August 19, 2007 8:14 AM


 
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