One of the most annoying things in my life is advertising. Necessary up to a point but often taken to extremes. In view of the fact that we are in a recession and many people are finding it difficult to survive or will do financially, wouldn’t you think there would be less advertising where money is involved? Oh, silly me! That is what advertising is all about. We see people short of money so they advertise gambling sites, holidays, financial investments and all sorts of things geared to encourage spending! Spending what? I think that at least during these lean times there should be a curb on high-pressure selling and encouragement to spend. Advertise if you must but take a low profile approach. Simply show what is available without the constant unnecessary added pressure that seems to pervade the advertising industry. The news is replete with stories of hardship, people having to rely on State handouts or support of one form or another. It is symptomatic of a democratic society I suppose though that the poorer among us have to have their faces rubbed in the affluence of those who are financially well off. They could do without watching adverts that promote the sale of vehicles costing £30,000, £40,000 or even more when they cannot even afford the price of bus fare sometimes. There will always be poor people in our societies but it shouldn’t be that way and need not be that way either. We cannot avoid the repercussions of a world-wide recession and we must all endeavour to tighten our belts and try to survive in these worrying times. It just seems to me that the world goes about things in some crazy ways sometimes.
Shirley Anne
