tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post4649470841460260887..comments2024-03-24T08:26:00.732+00:00Comments on photopol: In the soupPólóhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-69413126321610459782011-09-09T09:56:37.831+01:002011-09-09T09:56:37.831+01:00Two reflective pieces in today's Indo on this ...Two reflective pieces in today's Indo on this subject.<br /><br />Must say I agree with both <a href="http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/martina-devlin-hunky-dory-ads-have-given-all-women-one-definite-goal-2871370.html" rel="nofollow">Martina Devlin</a> and <a href="http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-most-will-see-hunky-dory-ads-as-good-dirty-fun-in-the-worst-possible-taste-2871364.html" rel="nofollow">Kevin Myers</a> , and they agree with each other, up to a point. Is this the first cuckoo of winter?<br /><br />Martina points to the contradiction in the Hunky Dory ads between indulging in junk food and looking like the models in the ad, and she is correct. But she also advocates a further campaign with the slogan Supporting Irish Jobs, while her approach would put these particular Hunky Dory Irish jobs out of business. Well, you can be right most of the time.<br /><br>Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-62980011678580487712011-09-07T23:49:01.018+01:002011-09-07T23:49:01.018+01:00All the way from Roman Catholic repressive puritan...All the way from Roman Catholic repressive puritanism to sexist 'femme-objet' commercial adds for junk-food... <br />Progress is definitely not a linear process!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-30235979285819649542011-09-07T12:24:19.622+01:002011-09-07T12:24:19.622+01:00Mon Cher P
Mr de Valera was from an era that lay ...Mon Cher P<br /><br />Mr de Valera was from an era that lay between the potato famine and the potato crisp.<br /><br />I doubt he had quite this kind of come in mind when he referred to comely maidens.<br /><br />But, sure that's life for ya.<br /><br><br>Pólóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661092894104384856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19109033.post-66766203415447364392011-09-07T09:14:24.485+01:002011-09-07T09:14:24.485+01:00Ohlala! Ireland sure has evolved since the days of...Ohlala! Ireland sure has evolved since the days of Mr de Valera.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com