Warren Ockrassa wrote: > No-class, trash marketing at its worst. > > <http://ncmint.com/uploaded/CNMI_Freedom_Tower.htm> > > "For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver > dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the > new Freedom Tower being erected in its place." > > ... > > "The silver used in each gleaming dollar coin is from Ground Zero! You > see, when the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, a bank vault > full of .999 Pure Silver bars was buried under hundreds of tons of > debris. After months of salvage work, many of the bars were found. > Now, the same silver that was reclaimed from the destruction has been > used to create the magnificent 2004 �Freedom Tower� Silver Dollar." > > ... > > "Issue price has been set at $39 per coin. However, during this > limited special release, the "Freedom Tower" Silver Dollar can be > yours for only $19.95." > > == > > Am I the only one offended right to the core by this? I mean, I'm a > fan of entrepreneurship and free enterprise and all that great stuff > -- but this is beyond any tolerable notion of the pale. It's not even > war profiteering. It's using a national tragedy -- literally blood > money -- to literally mint a profit. > > Someone needs to do a dDOS attack on these jackasses. The only way to > get more classless would be to auction off souvenirs from victims of > crimes, like JonBenet Ramsey's wardrobe or something. The clowns who > conceptualized this should be lined against a wall and shot. (I'd buy > a commemorative coin of THAT event, at least.) > > Grr.
I've seen the commercial several times, but it never occured to me to feel offended. To me it rings of "You can knock us down but we won't stay down. The lemons you hand us will be made into lemonade. The pain you caused us will become determination. The grief you gave us will be made into celebration." I think that people who would buy such a coin felt the tragedy of 911 and would feel some sense of connection by being able to hold a piece of it in their hand. It's kind of ghoulish, but no less true for that. I understand where you are coming from, but aren't funeral homes and cemetaries thriving businesses? Yeah, there is some profit to be made here, but it also sounds like the spirit of defiance. xponent Commercials Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
