[Closed] Cheeky and disrespectful propaganda from the Argies...

Well that is really logical isn't it

Do you know how many died in WW2?

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Oh yeah you're right, we film ourselves limbering up in front of german war memorials dont we.

FFS

All propoganda by the ones in power to take peoples minds off the sad state of the ecconomy and their failure in the local elections.

Eh?

So the ConDems orchestrated a cheeky Argentine Olympics commercial?
How would that work exactly?

What utter piffle. The constant references to the war are jingoistic claptrap and highly disrespectful and cheeky

You seem to have rather missed the point that one is an advert (albeit in somewhat bad taste) from a private company for beer and the other is propaganda from the government. Secondly we were not the aggressors in that war so I'm not sure how you consider the sentiment 'jingoistic'.

GrahamS - Member
Eh?

So the ConDems orchestrated a cheeky Argentine Olympics commercial?
How would that work exactly?

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What utter piffle. The constant references to the war are jingoistic claptrap and highly disrespectful and cheeky

I think youll find that the Spitfire beer ad has been banned so you cant have that as an example..

Besides however you cut it that vid is a piece of propaganda - nothing more nothing less & should be treated as such. Its a piece of tub-thumping, sabre clashing tat (gosh does that sound like someone who has a distaste for colonial attitudes? Methinks not..)

For me it shows just how desperate they are becoming in trying to force the issue. Its cheap & tasteless.

The ads were just, some might say, in bad taste..

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

I think youll find that the Spitfire beer ad has been banned so you cant have that as an example..

You mean [url= http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/spitfire-adverts/ ]the adverts prominently displayed on the spitfire website[/url]? They're all banned are they?

Couldn't care about the falklands or Argentina TBH

Let the Argies settle in the Falklands. But only on the land behind the fences surrounding the unmapped minefields they left behind. And only if they clear the mines by hand.

Happily TJ believes in self determination for the Falkland Islanders and the Scots.

I'd rather you just called us hypocrites rather than quoting some rubbish from the bible.

This debate has been well and truly STWed at this stage, but the threads are a nice reminder of who the tough guys are.

As it was done in secret can we assume that they landed at dawn and managed to get into the heart of Port Stanley. They met no resistance of any sort and descrated a war memorial.

Suprised nobody else thinks this is a more serious attempt at testing our defenses and resolve, or are we just holding our British stiff upper lips till after the Olympics

They're all banned are they?

Yes they were in some areas [url= http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-001432.php ]beer[/url]

Anyway changes nothing the Argie vid is a tasteless peice of propaganda however you slice it.

beats chest, flexes guns and hopes to make it on DD's list

Has [s]anyone[/s] TJ mentioned Diego Garcia yet?

Has [s]anyone[/s] TJ mentioned Diego Garcia yet?

Is that the film from [i]"I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"[/i]? 😉

As it was done in secret can we assume that they landed at dawn and managed to get into the heart of Port Stanley.

I don't believe there are any restrictions on Argentinians visiting the Falklands, so I guess they just turned up the normal way [whatever that is]

It's not unknown for unpolpular governments to misdirect focus of their electorate onto emotive subjects which binds them together against a common foe and evil force................

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/17/argentina-oil

The aspect which frustrates me is that people keep falling for the same tune

The aspect which frustrates me is that people keep falling for the same tune

Next up - video of Kirchner threatening to "jump up and down and thkweam and thkweam until I'm sick" unless we let them [s]have the islands[/s] get their hands on the oil.

Is that the film from "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"?

Argies are training on Argie soil hoping that they will be able do well on english soil.

I'm quoting the ad. 😉

Para competir en suelo inglés,
entranemos en suelo argentino

I believe its the London Olympics, not English nor British.

show off trilingual 😳

Disrespectful?

Was that said whilst making a gun shape with your hand held on it's side, and do you by any chance wear a hoodie, and wear your oversize trousers with no belt and sneakers with no laces like a death row prisoner?

don simon - Member
I'm quoting the ad.
Para competir en suelo inglés,
entranemos en suelo argentino

And for the record, isn't the official title the London Olympics, not British?

I thought it was the British Olympics ... it grates to hear folk say england when they mean britain

It grates hear folk misplace their pedantry. 😉

It grates hear folk misplace their pedantry.

What tires for war memorials?

send in the MACC LADS!!

Koanbunny when someone is corrcetd we become pedants, how about getting the title of the olymipcs wrong and then someone defending it with well its actually in England. Thats really idiotic and quite pathetic. Learn to accept that people can be wrong including you. But to compound it you suggest we are pedants for correcting something an get it wrong that its "all" in England.

You Celts are all so bloody bad-tempered, aren't you?

Ask a simple question like

Are there any events taking place outside England?

and you get a torrent of snot. Bizarre that you short-fused Gaels are so quick to want to correct the use of the term "English Olympics" with the equally-inaccurate "London Olympics" (if an event is not taking place in England then a fortiori it's not taking place in London). Must be that massive chip on your shoulders that's making you see things wonky.

Koanbunny when someone is corrcetd we become pedants, how about getting the title of the olymipcs wrong and then someone defending it with well its actually in England. Thats really idiotic and quite pathetic. Learn to accept that people can be wrong including you. But to compound it you suggest we are pedants for correcting something an get it wrong that its "all" in England.

It grates hear folk misplace their pedantry

Um no chip on the shoulder at all it is what it is, I think you may find that it is actually called the London Olympics. Its a title. Similarly you are Konabunny not bellend. If I were to call you that mistakenly then you would correct me and I would use the correct name.

Simples, rather than spout tripe accept you made a mistake, or do you not make mistakes? As for the short fuse I think you may see I was pointing out the correct name of the London Olympics and did not resort to calling people pedants or getting xenophobic.

I'm not being xenophobic. You should lay off the Brains/Irn Bru/veda, it's giving you a persecution complex.

So how is "London Olympics" more accurate than "English Olympics" if not all the events are taking place in England and even fewer are taking place in London?

Similarly you are Konabunny not bellend. If I were to call you that mistakenly then you would correct me and I would use the correct name.

There's no "K" in my screen name.

I didnt say it was an accurate depiction of the event, I agree in the sentiment that it should be the "host" country as it impacts us all from a cost perspective and the events are held at other locations. However it is titled the London Olympics unfortunately.

Anyway I am glad we can laugh at ourselves, I would much rather have it as the "English Games" as its a lot more inclusive of the whole polpulation, rathere than the powers that be asking us to all get behind the "London Olympics".

It is only a lot more inclusive if you are English I think you will find that the team there is British. therefore british may be an even more inclusive /accurate term..London or England still excludes parts of the country...still should help an independence vote to see your arrogance ..if my fat filled arteries can last that long FFFFFFRRRRRRRREEEEEDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM etc 😆

Valid point Junkyard, but we are made to feel excluded. I love the [s]Scotch[/s] Scots and everyone so certainly not excluded in my mind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

CBA to get involved in the politics but in defence of Brewdog the 'Sink the Bismarck' was a jokey riposte to the guys at Schnorschbrau who took the worlds strongest beer title from them stating (jokingly) in their press release that the title belonged in Germany and not Scotland as 'real men don't dress as women' (eg: kilts).

Spitfires advertising was on the other hand knuckle dragging jingoism and that campaign also featured a dash of homophobia as well ('bandits at six o'clock' with two moustached men) which put me off Shepherd Neame for life.

Gaels

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Well that went well for Christina, didnt it 😉

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9253986/Hockey-player-in-controversial-Falklands-advert-to-miss-London-Olympics.html

Must have missed the Bus 🙂

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