Re: another Money Store ad
jay.thal (jay.thal@TCS.WAP.ORG)
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:51:33 -0400
Steve Cobb wrote (in part):
> Subject: another Money Store ad
>
> I just saw a new, at least to me, Money Store ad that features a family of
> three with dad and son in full Boy Scout uniforms.
>
<snip>
> This is not a proper use of the uniform to me. If national allows the use of
> the uniformed Scouts in ads of this business I feel that the Scouts should
> be portrayed in a "natural" way. Just standing there is a full blown
> endorsement of the business's services with no background story.
It's not just the Money Store. There is, also, a Georgia-Pacific ad
which has a voiceover of a leader(?) talking about preservation and
history with Scouts tramping through the woods, interspersed with scenes
of Civil War soldiers.
We're focusing in on the ad sponsors. Perhaps we should also go one
layer deeper - is the Ad agency the same? Have they sold the ad concept
to these companies (and/or others)? Maybe it's the Ad agency that needs
to be stopped, and to get better legal counsel.
> Is it true that cannibals won't eat clowns
> because they taste funny?
Perhaps they wouldn't if they greasepaint were washed off befor
cooking/consumption. ;-)
YiWWSWd,
Jay
