In this one they are even teaching the lessons of war to a left winger.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKXMxqpPC04[/YOUTUBE]
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In this one they are even teaching the lessons of war to a left winger.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKXMxqpPC04[/YOUTUBE]
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Kinda off topic really.
isn't this just another way of saying "don't underestimate the public's gullibility"? this smacks of the socialist's idea that the people are just children who need to be led and protected by their betters. any moderately intelligent adult has learned to see through the glamorous mask of the advertising industry and no one with a lick of sense makes life altering decisions based on the glossy images of a thirty second commercial. the half truths that mad ave thrives on are even more transparent than the lies of our politicians. we all grew up with this garbage and we should know better than to take any of it at face value. though we might be willing to try out a new soft drink based on the flimsy claims of an "as seen on tv" infomercial, we don't go around throwing away our life savings or our lives just because the announcer says we should. contrary to the beliefs of those who embrace the big brother philosophy, the people are quite capable of making informed decisions for themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.Basher
"we all grew up with this garbage and we should know better than to take any of it at face value."
We should, but you understand a lot of people don't. Precisely the kinda people these adverts are aimed at. They're not just blowing smoke, advertising and propoganda is HUGE, the lecherous fucks that work in the field know exactly what is gonna click with some people.
If you need confirmation, check out the comments on this tube vid: YouTube - Army Strong
Not really.....we have watched these movies since we were kids and it's not a matter where these dudes are dodging bullets and NOT being killed; or playing a game of rock, paper, scissors with the enemy to see who will win the battle. Each one shows the enemy being killed and their friends going down also. Not as graphic as real life but reality all in the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.Basher
When you join the service it's well known in advance that you are being trained to kill and that you might be expected to give your life. ANYONE that joins without that in the back of their mind hasn't evaluated the situation at all! High rise window washers make great cash but I realize that I DO NOT want to hang off the side of a building 30 floors up!
ALL these military recruitment vids have the same thing in them.....people carrying rifles with intent to kill.
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If they were really out to get todays youth they'd be playing War Pigs in the background.....that's if they were the "lecherous fucks" that you state they are.Quote:
Originally Posted by B.Basher
Once again though they show people jumping out of perfectly good aircraft, tanks, etc... Where is the deception?
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"Not really.....we have watched these movies since we were kids and it's not a matter where these dudes are dodging bullets and NOT being killed; or playing a game of rock, paper, scissors with the enemy to see who will win the battle. Each one shows the enemy being killed and their friends going down also. Not as graphic as real life but reality all in the same."
And yet, funnily enough, totally absent from any US army ad campaign.
"When you join the service it's well known in advance that you are being trained to kill and that you might be expected to give your life."
A fact, but not the fact portrayed by any army recruiter, or in any army ad campaign. This is not the side of the army that recruitment campaigns want to express. Instead, they rely on the romanticisation of becoming a 'strong' soldier, being 'the best', having a fucking good time in the army, standing for your country and <insert values here>. Iraq is not mentioned, even though thats where they're all going, fighting is not mentioned, even though that's what they'll be doing. If these campaigns were at all honest, they would address the issues at hand of which require more soldiers to enlist. Naturally they won't, because such issues are not only entriely void of any real values or passionate ideals but the government barely even know what the fuck is going on. They just need more kids.
And I am totally unconvinced the image of a rifle, or any gun for that matter, has any negative connotations in America. I remember seeing an advert for a 'guns and weapons sale' last time I was in the states. It showed happy shoppers fondling pistols, chatting about what to buy and ended on a skimpily clad blonde pumping a shotgun and saying 'come check us out today, bring the family!' It is not an instrument of death, it is a symbol of your freedom and constitutional rights.
"Where is the deception?"
I think your capable of realising the deception. I really shouldn't have to point it out to you.
So in that flick where the tank blasts though the sand that means what.......join the army and have a hell of a time with the ultimate off road vehicle? Come on now!Quote:
Originally Posted by B.Basher
These people that join and are accepted are full grown intelligent adults. They don't need a recruitment film stating that they might have to kill and die with graphic pics illustrating the fact. It's in the movies, on the news every day of the week. It's not like these folks are pre-teen people in need of guidance.
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I havn't done any extensive studies. The success of these adverts is beyond me, but check out the tube link I posted if you need some kind of confirmation. Again, I am talking about the nature of these ads. They advertise joining the army in reality, yet the piece is strung together with slow motion shots, epic music, people smiling and having the time of their lives. It's a fucking movie trailer and so far from the reality it boggles the mind. Without meaning to sound elitist, UK army ad campaigns make emphasis on the different areas you can join. There is even one for becoming a chef, as well as a technician, communications expert, engineer. Most of all though, they don't glamourise it, they present it as a career option for all kinds of people, one that doesn't necessarily mean you need to get your head blown off. US Army Strong is nothing but romantic propoganda for impressionable young people, barely informative, just something to get you all riled up and punching the air; like power rangers on a saturday morning.
You can stop pretending i'm making a statement about every soldier that joins.