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As someone who has been the object of such a crime, and who has worked with rape victims, it's my personal opinion that the pendulum has swung quite, perhaps too, far in that direction.  This is just my opinion, and maybe why I like the ad (that, and I have a positive knee jerk reaction to "blasphemous" iconography).  And I don't really know what this situation is like in Europe; our social attitudes toward sex are so different.  I'm appreciative that the emphasis has been on recognizing rape as a violent crime.  But only discussing it as such has never sat well with me.  It's too antiseptic and while important for legal justice, it does not acknowledge the complexity of the crime. Rape is a violent crime.  Rape is also sex.  It is messy.  It's one reason men (or women, or whomever) who have no history of violence or crime struggle to accept they've committed rape, and why victims are often so psychologically screwed up afterwards.  

Just a personal opinion - I don't speak for anyone else.

Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

by poemless on Fri Nov 14th, 2008 at 04:52:10 PM EST
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Given the sexualisation of the public space in the UK (tho' not as bad as some countries) I would be wary of having that poster here. Fran's comment is spot on, it's too pretty, too clean. She doesn't look like she's been raped, she looks post-consensual sex.

I don't necessarily wnat her to look bloodied, but I want some sense that something sordid and bestial, a violation, has occured. I hate the idea that some bloke can look at her and go "phwoargh, wouldn't mind some of that as well". And they would with that image, believe me. At leasst here they would.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 07:13:16 AM EST
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I agree. The tag line IS powerful, but the image is right out of the 'sex sells' playbook. There is no sense of the humiliation.

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 07:23:46 AM EST
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Is it really going to do much beyond annoying the Catholics?

This looks like something which seemed like a good idea in a design office but has no useful connection to the world most people live in.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 08:13:45 AM EST
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Well, you are just describing a normal day at the agency ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 09:51:57 AM EST
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I was being polite. ;)
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:02:25 PM EST
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'madmen' starts again tonight.

dig that show, gotta tape it to watch after coming back from the hot springs!

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:33:01 PM EST
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Hoping to pick up the DVDs next time in London...

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:34:45 PM EST
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DO IT!!

and let us know what you think...

it starts a bit slow, imo, so give it a chance to warm up yer pixels a bit. the production values (i can see tbg gagging on that phrase, lol), are top notch...almost too much so-

the stylist dept have a strong streak of perfectionism, which makes it mannered as fuck, but... respect for craft where its due.

takes the word 'gloss' to new levels  :)

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. Chinese Proverb.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Nov 15th, 2008 at 09:09:55 PM EST
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I've been on the periphery of the Finnish ad industry for nearly 30 years, so it is a subject to which I am predisposed ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sun Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:43:20 AM EST
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