UK anti-terrorist ads
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Unfortunately roper, those ads fail in that in trying to gently and singly put across an idea that the public should be more vigilant, which could ultimately save a few dozen people's lives, they inadvertently carry with them a social subtext that there is a danger far greater than the statically probable few dozen people's deaths would warrant, were those deaths to be from another cause.
For example - worn out treads, or incorrectly inflated motor car tyres will cause significantly more deaths than terrorist actions will over the next 5 years, and certainly there are some ads to encourage people to check their tyres from time to time. But there is not a nationwide campaign to get people to look at everyone else's tyres, all the time and to be mindful every minute of the 'dangers in our midst', of tyre inflation mishaps. Terrorism, and its associated prevention is given far too much airtime, and far too many resources, compared to the extent of the danger, the biggest part of which is the promotion of fear and paranoia amongst the general population.
This ad seems to have been made in a vacuum to that cultural reality - it is from another era, and despite a trendy typeface and some neat staging looks really dated in its conception and leaves a bad taste in the brain.- What the fuck are you babbling about?.chossy
- Oh I don't know, I had some bad news today, Im a bit out of sorts, sorry : /mikotondria3