Comments on: Bad Brand ‘Personality’ http://www.simpleandloveable.com/bad-brand-personality How to make Simple and Loveable businesses Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nat http://www.simpleandloveable.com/bad-brand-personality/comment-page-1#comment-7848 Nat Fri, 28 May 2010 01:58:08 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=1083#comment-7848 It's only a threat if you feel anxiety or fear that you should believe in god as an insurance policy... Which sort of doesn't make you an atheist after all? I feel like we should approach each battle separately. I can happily walk by a religious billboard telling me I have to worry about my post death experience if I don't accept Jesus into my life... But I can't ignore hitting kids. I don't think we should confuse the two and I don't think we should judge every member of an organisation by the actions of others in the organisation (I think maybe because it's Friday and I'm feeling forgiving... Or because these things end badly) I also think that the answer to church member's trying to stop and atheist billboard, is to not then restrict their own freedom of speech. I can clearly see a downward spiral there. Also, given that they DID cause havoc over bus signage, wouldn't Tui have done better to post a counter sign down the road and fight the battle that way? Maybe it's because I don't think the Church in NZ has a huge level of control over us... Maybe I'm underestimating them? It’s only a threat if you feel anxiety or fear that you should believe in god as an insurance policy… Which sort of doesn’t make you an atheist after all?

I feel like we should approach each battle separately. I can happily walk by a religious billboard telling me I have to worry about my post death experience if I don’t accept Jesus into my life… But I can’t ignore hitting kids. I don’t think we should confuse the two and I don’t think we should judge every member of an organisation by the actions of others in the organisation (I think maybe because it’s Friday and I’m feeling forgiving… Or because these things end badly)

I also think that the answer to church member’s trying to stop and atheist billboard, is to not then restrict their own freedom of speech. I can clearly see a downward spiral there.

Also, given that they DID cause havoc over bus signage, wouldn’t Tui have done better to post a counter sign down the road and fight the battle that way?

Maybe it’s because I don’t think the Church in NZ has a huge level of control over us… Maybe I’m underestimating them?

]]> By: David Preece http://www.simpleandloveable.com/bad-brand-personality/comment-page-1#comment-7847 David Preece Fri, 28 May 2010 00:49:21 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=1083#comment-7847 The billboard in question was a thinly veiled threat towards atheists. IIRC the exact wording was: "Atheists have nothing to fear. Yeah, right." Given that the same ... class ... of people had previously blocked the far less offensive 'probably no god' bus campaign and campaigned hard for the right to hit children I think that DB's legal department have done us all a favour. I'll stop there, shall I? The billboard in question was a thinly veiled threat towards atheists. IIRC the exact wording was:

“Atheists have nothing to fear. Yeah, right.”

Given that the same … class … of people had previously blocked the far less offensive ‘probably no god’ bus campaign and campaigned hard for the right to hit children I think that DB’s legal department have done us all a favour.

I’ll stop there, shall I?

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