HMS Belfast 'omitted' from Olympics posters
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-156736...
Personally, I can see why having a warship in the middle of it isn't perhaps the most picturesque thing for an Olympic poster, and regardless this is still a better effort from those ones released last week
But, how predictable that this immediately becomes OMG INSULT POPPIES AND WAR DEAD
Personally, I can see why having a warship in the middle of it isn't perhaps the most picturesque thing for an Olympic poster, and regardless this is still a better effort from those ones released last week
But, how predictable that this immediately becomes OMG INSULT POPPIES AND WAR DEAD
I think it was right to airbrush it out, you should not have an implement of war as part of your advertising of a sporting event.
You just know that there will be cock ups like the German team having to give press conferences in 'The Spitfire Room' in some hotel, or the Argentinian team being located in a hotel on a street renamed Falklands Road.
In fact, thinking about it, the Falkland Island thing is a bloody great idea. Anyone up for changing street names plates one night next year?
You just know that there will be cock ups like the German team having to give press conferences in 'The Spitfire Room' in some hotel, or the Argentinian team being located in a hotel on a street renamed Falklands Road.
In fact, thinking about it, the Falkland Island thing is a bloody great idea. Anyone up for changing street names plates one night next year?
I think the posters are getting worse, the one in the OP looks like it was knocked up in MSPaint 
Although..... by having a crap promotion before the games, is this a sneaky way of lowering our expectations so that it makes the games themselves seem more impressive? Or is it just a s
tly put together fkup that's doomed to failure?
Although..... by having a crap promotion before the games, is this a sneaky way of lowering our expectations so that it makes the games themselves seem more impressive? Or is it just a s
tly put together fkup that's doomed to failure?tmk2 said:
If their ok with photo-shopping out HMS Belfast could they not shop The Shard to be complete
You'll probably find that they had a whole string of high cost meetings exactly about that and someone eventually decided that as it was funded by the Qataris they didn't want to risk offending the brotherhood. They probably consulted hoards of professional 'diversity' councilors 
essayer said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-156736...
Personally, I can see why having a warship in the middle of it isn't perhaps the most picturesque thing for an Olympic poster, and regardless this is still a better effort from those ones released last week
But, how predictable that this immediately becomes OMG INSULT POPPIES AND WAR DEAD
Theyve left various other 'ghastly' things in the Thames. Along with the half constructed building site that is the Shard, looks like that bloody half finished hotel in North Korea. A right eyesore. Its quite obvious they targeted the ship to be wiped from history. Personally, I can see why having a warship in the middle of it isn't perhaps the most picturesque thing for an Olympic poster, and regardless this is still a better effort from those ones released last week
But, how predictable that this immediately becomes OMG INSULT POPPIES AND WAR DEAD
Why do you give them the benefit of the doubt? These people hate Britain and need to be exposed for the fifth column they are.
bbc said:
A London 2012 spokesman said: "HMS Belfast was unfortunately excluded from one of the seven adverts for the London 2012 Festival.
"We are very sorry about this - it was a simple mistake in the advertising production process, and we apologise if this mistake has caused offence.
"The mistake has been rectified and posters without HMS Belfast in are being removed."
"We are very sorry about this - it was a simple mistake in the advertising production process, and we apologise if this mistake has caused offence.
"The mistake has been rectified and posters without HMS Belfast in are being removed."
They don't even have the decency to say "we shouldn't have done it, sorry", they have to pretend that it was a mistake in a process. Presumably at the point where the process says "check that we haven't accidentally photoshopped out any warships". The whole Olympics thing is a debacle and an embarrassment. We are going about it with all the style, panache and capability of Bolivia.
Zaxxon said:
I think it was right to airbrush it out, you should not have an implement of war as part of your advertising of a sporting event.
IF you take that view, and I certainly don't, then take a picture from an angle where you can't see it. Don't airbrush things out. Too many negative connotations about rewriting history.If it had been a view which didn't show the ship, no-one would have given it another thought.
These people are morons, so tied up in their love of gadgetry and technology that they have lost sight of reality.
ETA - oh, and when you get caught out, don't come up with a pathetic line like "it was a simple mistake in production". No. It was a deliberate decision which took many hours of work. Be honest, FFS.
The Black Flash said:
ETA - oh, and when you get caught out, don't come up with a pathetic line like "it was a simple mistake in production". No. It was a deliberate decision which took many hours of work. Be honest, FFS.
That's arguably the worst bit, believing that we the public are borderline retarded and stupid enough to actually believe that. OK, a fair proportion of the public is retarded but for those of us who aren't it's pretty insulting.carmonk said:
The Black Flash said:
ETA - oh, and when you get caught out, don't come up with a pathetic line like "it was a simple mistake in production". No. It was a deliberate decision which took many hours of work. Be honest, FFS.
That's arguably the worst bit, believing that we the public are borderline retarded and stupid enough to actually believe that. OK, a fair proportion of the public is retarded but for those of us who aren't it's pretty insulting.Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff