Thursday, October 18, 2001

The problem is ...

Overheard on NPR. Narrator -- classic BBC accent -- talking about US dropping propaganda leaflets designed by clever ad agency (copywriter = brainy lady behind Gillette razor campaign, I think) to win hearts and minds of Afghanis. A line worthy of “Monty Python”...

ANNOUNCER: The problem is what advertisers call sales resistance or, more accurately, acute hatred.

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