Comments on: Are you my baby’s daddy? Oops… just kidding!

By: jlsimons

jlsimons — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:46:01 +0000

That’s probably because you developed your sensibilities pre-Watergate. I’ve read about that in the history books: people trusted Walter Cronkite, they believed their Presidents never lied, when E.F. Hutton talked, they listened, and they counted on Social Security to take care of them in retirement. Our generation is much more savvy. We would never get duped by Wall St. (twice – Dot Bomb and Mortgage Meltdown) or fall for empty presidential promises (“Read my lips: No New Taxes”, “I did not have sex with that woman”, etc. etc. etc.).

By: Faithful Reader

Faithful Reader — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:00:54 +0000

Well, yes, I bow to your realistic understanding of the culture of corruption
we have come to take for granted, though, I hope, not accept. Apparently, a 70-something can still be naive.

F.R.

By: jlsimons

jlsimons — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:33:36 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Faithful Reader, but I have to take you to task on one thing you said: “enough dishonesty in the world without any government adding to the supply.” I don’t know what country you live in, but after the last 16 years of history here in the US, and the most recent political corruption scandals in each of the three states of the tr-state area where I live, I would have to say that the government is a leading supplier of dishonesty in the world. And that’s a bi-partisan comment, so feel free to agree with me whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican.

By: Faithful Reader

Faithful Reader — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:11:20 +0000

Good post, Jeff. Why they chose this ad is beyond me. I can’t imagine how they could think the idea clever, cute, imaginative or anything else. Furthermore, there’s more than enough dishonesty in the world without any government adding to the supply. And while the ad might not keep me from visiting Denmark, it wouldn’t encourage me to do so, making it ineffective.

F.R.