PULL KOFI, PULL!
The New York Times has recently allowed advertising—mostly from nonprofits—to be placed in the lower right corner of its hallowed Op-Ed spread. The above visual is from an ad for dontshutdowntheUN.org. The copy reads: "Unless leadership is provided to reconcile differences through respectful diplomacy and compromise, there is a risk of a shutdown of certain UN operations and a serious breach in international relations..."Gosh, that sounds deadly serious. What better way to illustrate such a potentially calamitous development then with a doofy-ass tug-of-war stock photo?
posted by copyranter @ 2:50 PM
7 Comments:
I don't know - ropeburn is a crisis in my book.
So stupid. How often can 100 FRIENDS agree on something as stupid as where to have a barbecue picnic?
Now imagine 100+ self-serving, power-drunk cleptos, murderers, empire-builders and old-fashioned politicos 'trying' to build a better world. The UN is doomed.
I think the team on the right will win. They're standing on land and should have better footing.
Just sayin'
What an idiot you are Ano. No explanation needed here as to why because it is very obvious.. and what a stupid posting from jack ass copywrangler. Too bad the UN did not allocate money to an ad agency to design and great ad for the NYtimes...
Why exactly am I an idiot?
Because I am identifying the UN as the League of Nations sequel that it is?
The Cold War was the singular reason the UN functioned at all for its first forty years -- it was essentially a bi-party system. It's since denegrated into a fractured political state resembling post-war Italy: scores of small factions that accomplish nothing other than bickering, in-fighting and showmanship.
Any body that allows Saudi Arabia or Iran to head its human rights committee isn't worth a shit.
The UN is a great idea gone terribly wrong.
also, idiot-calling anon: this is a problem that calls for some gravitas, not a goofy visual. any UN water-pitcher-refiller would know that.
Looking at the picture it appears to present a rift between North and South rather than Near-East and West, which better portrays the New World Order of the 60s/70s than modern day. But maybe that also explains the clothing.
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