spinner opened this issue on Feb 24, 2005 ยท 55 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 25 February 2005 at 11:43 AM
cambert --
Long time, no see.
;-)
Yes, whenever I see a love fest in the making -- I am always tempted to join in. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. But I respond to the spirit of the thing: as Forrest Gump would say -- "love is as love does".
Here in the UK we have a body called the Advertising Standards Authority. It's their job to ensure that advertising in any medium is "Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful". Please don't jump to the conclusion that I'm accusing Renderosity of being dishonest here: I'm not. My point is simply that the ASA is widely recognised as protecting advertisers as well as consumers. When products are sold truthfully, customers get what they expect and are more likely to become return customers. It's instructive that the advert to achieve some of the most successful UK brand recognition of recent years is for a company that makes wood stain and sealant products. Hardly glamorous, but its slogan has become part of the language: "It does exactly what it says on the tin."
Interesting. We are not accusing the PTB of doing anything dishonest -- oh no, not that.
And then we proceed to imply that they are doing something dishonest -- or at least misleading. Perhaps some regulatory body like the ASA should investigate.
BTW - we've got plenty of alphabet soup type governmental agencies on this side of the pond already. In fact, if you like -- I'd be happy to get rid of a couple by passing them on.
As for the rest -- I recommend burying the idea underground.
Well done, Xenophonz, on "spreading the love all around". Way to go.
It's always so rewarding to be appreciated for one's talents.
[[Reference -- see the first part of this post. :-)]]
I'm just having a bit of sport -- at the expense of the nay-sayers.