What Betsy said -- it sounded to me like you were your audience wasn't worth being prepared for.
My apologies ita.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
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Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 7:59:38 pm PST #1589 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:00:55 pm PST #1590 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Oral culture?
Typo Boy - Feb 02, 2003 8:02:48 pm PST #1591 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Zoe, people in Brazil were enraged. But I don't think it was only a matter of national idenity but of unfairness. In other words I think it is primarily unfairness rather than national identity that causes the outrage.
The link below includes the Brazilian flag..
The link below includes the BP logo.
I chose these links because the logos are both small, thus as similar as they are likely to get. In larger sizes they differences are much more obvious. Now is the comparison above really a Ray's Pizza/Ray's orginial case? I mean do they look that bloody similar that you are likely to be confused? Similar color - very different shape. And the Brazilian center is blue vs white for BP. Of course the fact that it is the national flag adds a bit to the feeling of outrage.
[Edited because of posting Brazilian flag twice instead of flag and logo.]
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 8:03:07 pm PST #1592 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Have there been protests or anything in Scotland when new McDonald's restaurants opened? I vaguely recalled the McMunchies case, but until today, I'd never heard anything more than generalized grumbling over the "big corporation stole our name" issue.
P.M. Marc - Feb 02, 2003 8:04:12 pm PST #1593 of 9843
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
To be honest, I see that combination and think BP.
t shrug
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§ ita § - Feb 02, 2003 8:07:24 pm PST #1594 of 9843
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I see the BP combo and I think J'ca, Australia and Brazil and then BP. I find the green/yellow combination very very evocative. But I'm way used to confusing it by now.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:08:25 pm PST #1595 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Have there been protests or anything in Scotland when new McDonald's restaurants opened? I vaguely recalled the McMunchies case, but until today, I'd never heard anything more than generalized grumbling over the "big corporation stole our name" issue.
No nothing so much just a growing feeling of resentment, it might dissapate. People here are feeling less subjugated and more confident since the return of democracy -I think- so are maybe looking less for things to take it out on. I'd be interested to know what MacDonalds accounts look like over the past few years because I think I heard a news story that they are having to close down outlets, people are less interested in eating there these days.
Hil R. - Feb 02, 2003 8:09:22 pm PST #1596 of 9843
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, McDonald's everywhere hasn't been doing too well lately. They posted losses last quarter for the first time ever.
Betsy HP - Feb 02, 2003 8:11:05 pm PST #1597 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
And I for one did a giddy little dance of "take THAT, you tasteless-food-making-bastards!" when the news came out.
Zoe Finch - Feb 02, 2003 8:13:05 pm PST #1598 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Has anyone read "Fast Food Nation" cos I did and now it is difficult to eat fast food. I have the list of ingredients for *Strawberry flavour* on my kitchen door out of some kind of peverse fascination,