Question of the Day, September 30, 2010
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I'm at a loss at how this is supposed to help inform people about poaching. Anyone who should be targeted at this campaign (i.e. people who buy furs) wouldn't be within a mile of this type of advertising, nor would they care anyway. Making people who buy shirts which (I assume) helps support WWF, feel bad about buying it sounds like one of the worst ideas for marketing I've heard. If you want to make people feel bad about supporting your charity, why don't they just go round to every person's house who's supported them and punch them in the face?
They're doing this at clothing boutiques? I don't think a big store like that is going to be too likely to buy poached animal bits for their products. Seems to me there's better places to do this kind of thing, but if someone tried some cheap stunt like that on me I'd buy whatever it was just to piss 'em off.
1) Dunno, seemed 'designer' enough to be trendy really. Then again i haven't been in a clothes shop for years, sewing machine and second hand shops or simply material shops are enough for me.Kross said:
2) Loosing? Don't know. Maybe they will find it funny ? Usually one get's really bored having to browse through 10000 of identical shirts or skirts in such shop. I know that if this was in Poland i would actually go there just to see how it works.
3) Awareness campaign. As you said yourself, the people affected by it are not the ones doing it, and might as well have no idea about such fact. Ask your fellow countrymen about any of the environmental issues and i bet majority will either have no idea or won't care, but when you spread the word about it there is always chance that some of them will actually support you when the time comes.
I don't think it's really controversial... but it's hardly clever either. Just a bit of a novelty. I can't imagine it would make anyone want to donate, but I could be wrong.
I think there should be a sound of breaking glass and a Panda rushes down, kicks them in the stomach and then drops the People's Elbow on them.
[sub]what?
It's the WWE now?[/sub]
But yeah, nice way to promote a charity doing good things, by screwing over legitimate customers while letting the perpetrators go free.
Now...where have I heard that before?
[sub]what?
It's the WWE now?[/sub]
But yeah, nice way to promote a charity doing good things, by screwing over legitimate customers while letting the perpetrators go free.
Now...where have I heard that before?
it isn't like their actually shooting anybody. Have they been linked to any arson cases yet, like PETA though? They'll never make it big without a felony haunting them
I don't understand how this is controversial. The "shooting" only happens in the special mirror, right? So customers aren't actually harmed? In fact, all they get is a little shock when they look in the mirror?
So what's the problem?
So what's the problem?
I really don't see how it is a controversial "stunt". Oh my terrible splatter effects on a mirror oh woe is me. Also I think it is a bit of a pointless campaign, aren't the people who are buying these shirts most likely against poaching anyways. I mean who buys that ugly as hell (imo) shirt from the WWF and is pro hunting down tigers?
It would probably be safe to say that this campaign is one that is "preaching to the choir".
Also, how many people need to try on a t-shirt before they buy it, no one I've ever been shopping with has gone and tried on a t-shirt they want to buy, that's what the size on the damn shirt is for. Sure some shirts are cut a little different but considering how big the differences between shirts are how many people actually pick up a shirt that is marked as their size and it doesn't fit?
It would probably be safe to say that this campaign is one that is "preaching to the choir".
Also, how many people need to try on a t-shirt before they buy it, no one I've ever been shopping with has gone and tried on a t-shirt they want to buy, that's what the size on the damn shirt is for. Sure some shirts are cut a little different but considering how big the differences between shirts are how many people actually pick up a shirt that is marked as their size and it doesn't fit?
You're right they should have been one.Kross said:
OT:This is an incredibly retarded campaign, and I doubt people will learn much from it.
I think we're only seeing a part of the campaign. They said in the video that this was an AWARENESS campaign, which implies that there are other aspects that deal with legislation and/or enforcement that will be undertaken at some point, and they want the support of the public at large.
Ultimately, I suppose you could say this was 'shocking' or 'pointless' or 'dumb' or whatever, but the truth is, it's something drastically different than the same old "stand on a corner and solicit signatures for your cause and raise awareness, and having a success rate of about 1 in 1000 people." New, non-dick tactics (unlike PETA's) that grab people's attention are not only good, they deserve to be complimented.
Ultimately, I suppose you could say this was 'shocking' or 'pointless' or 'dumb' or whatever, but the truth is, it's something drastically different than the same old "stand on a corner and solicit signatures for your cause and raise awareness, and having a success rate of about 1 in 1000 people." New, non-dick tactics (unlike PETA's) that grab people's attention are not only good, they deserve to be complimented.
The fact of the matter is that it's a sad truth that the poaching exists. You can't sugar-coat something which means that animals are being killed just because it might scare people a little bit. Man the fuck up, mankind.
