Comments on: Oz soldiers design own recruitment ads http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:00:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-5371 Stilgherrian Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:42:26 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-5371 Oops! News yesterday that the WWI veteran in the winning advert, <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bigamist-deserter--and-army-poster-boy/2007/04/14/1175971356274.html" rel="nofollow">Harold Katte aka Marcel Caux, was a liar, a bigamist and a deserter</a>. So much for role models... Oops! News yesterday that the WWI veteran in the winning advert, Harold Katte aka Marcel Caux, was a liar, a bigamist and a deserter. So much for role models…

]]> By: Richard http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-5154 Richard Fri, 06 Apr 2007 22:08:40 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-5154 Anything to counter the mainstream media's portrayal of soldiers as a cross between the Waffen-SS and Forrest Gump! Anything to counter the mainstream media’s portrayal of soldiers as a cross between the Waffen-SS and Forrest Gump!

]]> By: jason http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-4952 jason Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:02:32 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-4952 It's a funny thing. While fully ok with honoring past soldiers, using nostalgia to encourage recruitment seems in poor taste (sometimes?). Paticularly given the differences between now and then. A lot of past diggers might recommend you don't enlist in other peoples wars. That attribute list is great. It’s a funny thing. While fully ok with honoring past soldiers, using nostalgia to encourage recruitment seems in poor taste (sometimes?). Paticularly given the differences between now and then. A lot of past diggers might recommend you don’t enlist in other peoples wars.

That attribute list is great.

]]> By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-4933 Snarky Platypus Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:16:10 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/marketing/oz_army_recruitment_ads/#comment-4933 I think the winning design is also quite ugly. That superimposed image clashes with its surroundings. And yes, we have to stop clinging to the Anzac myth like some overused security blanket. I think the winning design is also quite ugly. That superimposed image clashes with its surroundings.

And yes, we have to stop clinging to the Anzac myth like some overused security blanket.

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