You forget that the people who sued tobacco companies came from a different era where advertising and companies were trusted.
We are more aware of false advertising, unconscionable business avarice and trickery. We have Trading Standards bodies because of legal action people have taken against companies.
I have been aware of the impact of advertisement on myself and my child. At the age of 17 I was walking down the road and it popped into my head that I needed to buy certain items. Then I questioned that thought because I didn't need those items and realised I had just walked past an advertising billboard. It had associated the items with something unrelated and I had subliminally taken on board the information.
I also once had to explain to my child that the advert showing a doll eating food was camera trickery and if I bought her the expensive doll for christmas she would be disappointed. She took some convincing, but when the penny dropped, she was angry, disappointed and upset at the duplicity.
We do get fooled by advertising precisely because it's designed to fool us. Subliminal advertising in the form of single frames inserted in another programme have been banned because they don't afford us the opportunity of conscious reason.
Advertising is a powerful psychological tool. It has a lot of money and research devoted to it. If you think it's simple, it's to do with hypocrisy, or people merely acting like victims, perhaps you have been misled.
A glass is to be savoured whilst tucked up in bed with a good book. I can't injure myself, or anyone else that way. And noone can hear me slurring my words like a drunken lush.
Yes Minister, but then you have to provide opportunities equally, say for example, for people who are too sight impaired to drive. Plus, invest in the infrastructure to accommodate all the extra drivers, deal with pollution issues, fossil fuel limitations, etc.
Are you sure you're going the in the right direction?
I went to my neighbour's funeral about 20 years ago. There was another one after, but it wasn't as funny.
Ted was a master in the art of the typically Welsh dry humour. He was so dry, I often didn't pick up on his gags until 10 minutes after parting ways.
He became ill suddenly and had, but a few days in which to organise his own funeral. About a week afterwards I picked up the order of service which had been sitting on the table and sadly began to read.
During the service, the vicar, who unusually in these parts was a black man, switched to the Welsh language half way through. What I hadn't realised up until that evening was that Ted had chosen to have his send off in...The Babel Chapel.
The man had been dead a week and he was still making me laugh.
I recommend rummaging in charity shops and staying up until one in the morning executing last second bids on eBay to get the good stuff at an affordable price.
Your money will go to a good cause rather than sweatshop owners and child employers.
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RE: What would mostly…put you off…dating a woman?
A fake profile is a fake account.Berry is not on drugs.
If she made a mistake, let it go, eh?
It's not worth anyone getting upset about.