RT=?windows-1251?Q?=92S_=93SECOND_OPINION=94_?=ADS TOO PROVOCATIVE FOR UK, REDACTED

[John Dunn]

There is an interesting irony here.  Russians are wont to complain about foreigners who allegedly fail to take into account 'Russian traditional values', but, strange as it may seem, Britain also has its traditional values, one of which is a public reticence about political matters.  This is reflected, inter alia, in a long-standing convention that, with the obvious exception of party political advertising in election campaigns, potentially contentious political issues are not used in advertising.  The other irony, though, is that banning advertisements inevitably rebounds by giving the advertisers more publicity than they would have got had the campaign been allowed to go ahead in the intended form.   

Had it been up to me, I would certainly have rejected the posters – not, however, because of the supposed assault on 'traditional British values' (tempting as it is to give Ms Simon'jan and her boss Dmitrij Kiselev a taste of their own medicine), but for the aesthetic offence caused by the execrable quality of the art work.   

John Dunn.
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] RT’S “SECOND OPINION” ADS TOO PROVOCATIVE FOR UK, REDACTED

Prokhorova, Elena V wrote:

> In case some of us missed it.  Ребята работают с размахом...
>
> *RT’S “SECOND OPINION” ADS TOO PROVOCATIVE FOR UK, REDACTED* ... The
> images and the full campaign story can be viewed at
> <http://secondopinion.rt.com/>.

I was especially impressed by this series of comments at the website:

@RT_PressOffice_ In fact 10 times victims more! An this is not finished yet!

@shaunwalker7 [The Guardian] Fully agree with the sentiment, not sure
about the messenger.

@DDERSS When was the last time Russia has started a war on false
pretense? (Hint: it has never happened). So your sentiment is FALSE.

[end quote]

Hmm, let's see, was it 2013? Doesn't Ukraine count? I recall quite a few
"false pretenses" used to justify that. The most common seem to be the
accusation that Ukraine has been taken over by fascists (what we call
"Nazis") in an illegal coup against the will of the people.

Not to mention Georgia in August 2008, a follow-up to the 1991–92 South
Ossetia war of aggression.

Then of course there was the war on Afghanistan from December 1979 to
February 1989. By now, I've forgotten the excuse for that.

"Never"? I think not.

I'm with @shaunwalker7 -- the Bushies did lie, but the Putinites are no
saints, either.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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