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Thursday 4 October 2007, 8:33 am

The Editor

Categories: Australia Decides '07, Blogosphere, The internet

Tags: advertising, campaign, election, IainHall, stalking

I’d consider myself a political junkie — I actively seek out political news from a range of sources constantly throughout the day. But even I have had trouble getting into politics this week because the neverending false campaign is killing me. If I’m feeling twinges of disengagement just imagine what Joe Voter out in Voterland is feeling.

I’ve also become aware of the almost wall-to-wall government advertising on TV and in the press and it, excuse the pun, drives me up the wall. One campaign that makes me particularly angry is the online safety series of ads. Talk about whipping up fear and taking advantage of widespread ignorance about the intertubes. But this new version of the government’s “Talking Online can lead to Stalking Online” ad is interesting.

17 Comments

pondie84 (Thursday 4 October 2007, 8:50 am) #

I’ve felt the same way for months now and virtually everyone I know (mostly uninterested in politics) has too. Too me and to them it just seems like constant hysteria from both sides of politics, there are daily scandals and beat-ups, new interventions and election winning policies announced every second day and the non-stop polls supposedly showing a resurgence for the Coalition one week followed by a back-track the following week.

I just want it to all be over. I can’t imagine anything will change my mind or the minds of those I know in the next few weeks, without a campaign to firm minds, so why not just have the election and just be over with it. To the people expecting a long election campaign? We’ve been in the midst of a campaign all year!
Jeremy (Thursday 4 October 2007, 9:01 am) #

Finally those ads make sense.
The Happy Revolutionary (Thursday 4 October 2007, 9:43 am) #

Hilarious!

Apparently, the above actor was rejected from the pro-Workchoices, anti-union ads, on the grounds that he looked ‘deranged and unrealistic’, according to producers, who instead were forced to hire from common criminals.
Bridgit Gread (Thursday 4 October 2007, 5:13 pm) #

Obviously fake (there’s no way Iain Hall has an LCD screen).
Doreen Virtue (Thursday 4 October 2007, 9:43 pm) #

Just checking if my gravatar [that is not airbrushed] works. This Iain Hall you speak of sounds like an interesting creature. I wonder if he needs any angel cards to guide him on his journey?
The Editor (Thursday 4 October 2007, 9:44 pm) #

Make sure you clear your cache to see your new Gravater, Doreen.

Iain; Hall is compelling… like a car smash.
The Editor (Thursday 4 October 2007, 9:45 pm) #

Just wondering if anybody’s seen my awesomely photoshopped semicolon yet.
The Editor (Friday 5 October 2007, 9:07 am) #

Also, Iain seems to have developed some liddle man-boobs.
Bridgit Gread (Friday 5 October 2007, 1:34 pm) #

And, more worryingly, a dolly or a stuffed toy on his bed.
J, The (Friday 5 October 2007, 4:46 pm) #

Did you hear, about a month ago, a Melbourne teenager cracked the government’s $84 million Net Alert porn filter software in 30 minutes? http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/teenager-cracks-government-porn-filter/2007/08/25/1187462562878.html

I guess as a result they have reverted to the far more effective strategy of a government advertising campaign.
The Editor (Friday 5 October 2007, 4:51 pm) #

This is worth checking out as well, J,The.
Bridgit Gread (Friday 5 October 2007, 8:31 pm) #

I got John’s U-Beaut Guide to Internet Safety in the mail earlier this week. Bit late for me though, I’ve already been cyber-stalked. I feel so… soiled.
charlotte howlett (Saturday 24 November 2007, 12:06 pm) #

OMG HOW DARE YOU THAT IS ME IN THAT ADVERT I AM THAT GIRL AND I JUST WANTED TO FIND ONE PICTURE ON THE INTERNET OF ME IN MY ADVERT AND THE ONLY ONE I FOUND IS SOMEONE MAKING FUN OF IT SERIOUSLY DONT CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME THE ORIGINAL COPY OF MY ADVERT!

thankyou :)
cahrlotte ( the girl behind the computer)
John Surname (Saturday 24 November 2007, 2:21 pm) #

GEE I DON’T KNOW YOU KEEP SHOUTING AT ME AND NOW I AM DEAF. I’M FREAKING OUT!
The Editor (Sunday 25 November 2007, 9:18 pm) #

Um… right.
charlotte howlett (Sunday 25 November 2007, 9:49 pm) #

ok sorry haha

but can you please?
Bruce (Sunday 25 November 2007, 11:17 pm) #

Charlotte,

You are really Iain ;;;; Hall .?