Score one for the Fest. Case closed.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@...> wrote: > > > > If I were to cobble together an image of you kissing Sal Sunshine, or Barry Wright, would you find that "cute," too? > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > I think you have an odd idea of "cute," but that is your > > > business. > > > > There's something inherently cute about people puckering > > up for a smooch, as far as I'm concerned. > > > > > I don't see this as having a "positive message" embedded in > > > it all. It's deliberately, cynically designed to be offensive. > > > > If the campaign were deliberately designed to be offensive, > > it wouldn't be a very good one, because many if not most of > > the people in Benneton's market aren't going to be offended > > by it. > > > > I could understand how, if the photos showed sexy kisses, > > folks who were uncomfortable with homosexuality would be > > offended (except for the one with Merkel and Sarkozy, > > obviously). But they aren't sexy kisses. > > > > The only remotely legitimate basis for offense, as far as > > I can see, would be political, in that the notion of a > > positive rapprochement between the two leaders would be > > viewed by one or the other or both parties as unthinkable. > > > > But that's the positive message, to suggest that it's maybe > > not so unthinkable after all that world leaders could > > overcome their mutual antipathies. > > > > The earlier "United Colors of Benneton" campaign had some > > photos that were genuinely offensive and/or upsetting. > > This campaign is PG compared to that one. > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't think the pictures are disgusting at all. They're > > > > just *smooches*, for pete's sake, not passionate soul-kisses. > > > > They might as well be air-kisses for all the sexuality they > > > > convey. > > > > > > > > And if the world leaders and their flacks find the photos > > > > offensive, that's kind of their problem. I think they're cute. > > > > > > > > As to whether the campaign is solely for sales purposes, sure > > > > it is, but it's fine by me to embed a positive message within > > > > it. Most sales campaigns don't bother. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" <feste37@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > It's a disgusting picture and the Vatican is right to sue. Benetton has no message of "unhate" at all; it is just trying to get attention for itself so it can sell more of its stuff. All the pictures are disgusting, but most people have been brainwashed by the liberals into thinking that to protest against them would be homophobic. But it's really a matter of decency and fairness. Doctoring photos of world leaders in a way that is deliberately designed to be offensive is not fair use of the photo. > > >
