Comments on: Weak Points http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/ Where writers and readers meet Tue, 22 May 2012 05:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59193 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:01:48 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59193 Lee, so I gather from the other comments. As I said to Liz, the advertisers must think it works if it's so wide-spread, but I prefer positive to negative messages. Lee, so I gather from the other comments. As I said to Liz, the advertisers must think it works if it’s so wide-spread, but I prefer positive to negative messages.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59192 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:59:49 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59192 That's what I mean, Zoe. Honesty without the agenda. Give it to me straight, LOL. That’s what I mean, Zoe. Honesty without the agenda. Give it to me straight, LOL.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59191 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:58:54 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59191 Natalie, good luck with your goal. More writers should be in politics, IMHO. :) And you are 100% right about having to shrug it off. That kind of baggage can really weigh you down. Natalie, good luck with your goal. More writers should be in politics, IMHO. :)

And you are 100% right about having to shrug it off. That kind of baggage can really weigh you down.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59190 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:53:02 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59190 LOL, Karin, see my response to Spy. I'll add to that comment by saying that it also seems to me that negative advertising starts a downward negative spiral. To combat an attack, the other party then has to get an ad together either defending their position or attacking the attackers. Was negative advertising something the ad execs of broadcasting corporations came up with, do you think? ;) LOL, Karin, see my response to Spy. I’ll add to that comment by saying that it also seems to me that negative advertising starts a downward negative spiral. To combat an attack, the other party then has to get an ad together either defending their position or attacking the attackers. Was negative advertising something the ad execs of broadcasting corporations came up with, do you think? ;)

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59189 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:51:27 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59189 Wow, LaD, I never realized you were in that RWA session. Good for you for shaking it off and taking the opinions from whence they came. Wow, LaD, I never realized you were in that RWA session. Good for you for shaking it off and taking the opinions from whence they came.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59188 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:49:34 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59188 Spy, in SA there is freedom of speech. If you want to say something in the press, accuse someone of something, write a book that expresses an out-there opinion, you can. But paid advertising, where the person paying has a vested interest in demeaning or undermining a competitor, is not allowed. It walks a fine line between lies and opinion, so all you can do is say how wonderful you are, not how terrible anyone else is. I always thought (and still do) that it is a good law. Spy, in SA there is freedom of speech. If you want to say something in the press, accuse someone of something, write a book that expresses an out-there opinion, you can. But paid advertising, where the person paying has a vested interest in demeaning or undermining a competitor, is not allowed. It walks a fine line between lies and opinion, so all you can do is say how wonderful you are, not how terrible anyone else is. I always thought (and still do) that it is a good law.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59187 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:46:06 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59187 Edie, it was your experience that I had in mind when I was writing this blog. Sounds like it was the perfect marriage of honesty and constructive criticism. Edie, it was your experience that I had in mind when I was writing this blog. Sounds like it was the perfect marriage of honesty and constructive criticism.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59186 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:44:13 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59186 Hehehe, Liz. I called the blog Weak Points, so put some of my favorite weak points up in the pic :) . I have to agree with you that my initial reaction to negative ads is suspicion. So do they really serve a purpose? I suppose if they keep doing them, they must think so. Hehehe, Liz. I called the blog Weak Points, so put some of my favorite weak points up in the pic :) .

I have to agree with you that my initial reaction to negative ads is suspicion. So do they really serve a purpose? I suppose if they keep doing them, they must think so.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59185 Michelle Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:42:26 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59185 Lynne, I've never personally been at one of those sessions, but I did hear part of the 2006 one on tape, and actually ended up not listening past about 10 minutes because of the tone. Honest, straightforward opinion without a hidden agenda (whether ego or anything else) would be good, though. Lynne, I’ve never personally been at one of those sessions, but I did hear part of the 2006 one on tape, and actually ended up not listening past about 10 minutes because of the tone.

Honest, straightforward opinion without a hidden agenda (whether ego or anything else) would be good, though.

]]> By: Lee http://magicalmusings.com/2008/08/20/weak-points/comment-page-1/#comment-59184 Lee Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:02:57 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=2159#comment-59184 You ought to come to the US...What a eye opener that would be. It's a every day occurance. You ought to come to the US…What a eye opener that would be. It’s a every day occurance.

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