the saddest commercial i've ever seen

[DanaC]

I think that depends on whether or not the dead soldier has been identified. So, using their names on t-shirts surely cannot be right unless permission has been given. Flag draped coffins though have a potential anonymity. If what's being shown is a coffin with a flag over it and there's no way anybody could tell whose coffin it is, then it becomes a purely representative picture.

What I really dislike is people using consumers' fears as a means of persuading them to part with their cash.

[innsaneink]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I think that depends on whether or not the dead soldier has been identified. So, using their names on t-shirts surely cannot be right unless permission has been given. Flag draped coffins though have a potential anonymity. If what's being shown is a coffin with a flag over it and there's no way anybody could tell whose coffin it is, then it becomes a purely representative picture.

What I really dislike is people using consumers' fears as a means of persuading them to part with their cash.

If youre persuded by advertising to part with you cash, you deserve to lose the lot of it.
The choice is ultimately YOURS, the advertising is only to get you thinking.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by innsaneink

If youre persuded by advertising to part with you cash, you deserve to lose the lot of it.
The choice is ultimately YOURS, the advertising is only to get you thinking.

Come on, adverts are designed to get you thinking that you will gladly part with your cash, for what ever the reason. It's all about the money.

[innsaneink]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Come on, adverts are designed to get you thinking that you will gladly part with your cash, for what ever the reason. It's all about the money.

Pretty much what I said.....though the adverts themselves arent what ultimatley makes our decisions, its ourselves.
Well in my case personally, anyway.