Call me strange, but I don't buy into slander campaigns. While others sit there laughing at the Mac kid making fun of the IBM guy, I merely shake my head. as other stare on in awe of the subway weight loss dude, I ponder the tragedy of selling your soul to fast food in order to battle obesity.
And when one politician bad mouths another, I see that as one more mark against the accusing party. I guess I just don't get the whole slander thing.
When I see one party attacking another, I see it as evidence that the opposition is better, and the accuser knows it. I also am more inclined to side with the accused. When it comes to slander campaigns, I'm the ultimate sypathy vote. While the MAC commercials are amusing, they are the reason why I'll stay with a IBM. While Subway may be the more healthy route (if you get the sandwiches just so) Ithink I'd rather go to one of those "fatty" Restaurants. And when election season comes around, i think i'll vote for the one with the least amount of slander ads.
In the end, I want to do business with a company that has ethics, or at least a little integrity. And when one company tries to insult another inorder to try and get my business, all that they really gain is a spot on my "do not shop" list.
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I know what you mean about the Mac v. IBM commercials. I get a big kick out of them (I'm a sucker for ongoing theme/story commercials. I absolutely loved the cell phone guy who was always interviewing people with cell phone-related problems: "I ordered 1000 oxen and got 10000 dachsunds!") But the Mac/IBM commercials don't make me want to go buy a Mac. They just make me want to invite the IBM guy over for lunch.
Speaking of countering the opposition, I recently had to correct a bunch of argument/persuasion papers, and I did some heavy-duty sighing over the number of times students made assumptions about the opposition and then attacked their own assumptions. When they stuck to issues like school uniforms, they did okay, but as soon as they got into politically charged topics, the ubiquitous "they" cropped up all over the place. I kept writing, "Who are THEY? Who are THEY?" all over the essays. I've decided that next time, I'm going to tell them, "You MUST come up with one nice thing to say about your opponent." Maybe then, they will be forced to actually find out what the opponent thinks!
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