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Why We Must Ban Fake UFOs
The UFO community in Hong Kong is up in arms about a newspaper flyer that featured a picture of a UFO. The flyer looked like some kind of news feature about a new UFO sighting, but it was actually an advertising insert for a cable TV company. What the UFO community is upset about is that people might have seen the flyer, thought it was a real news story, and then would have been disappointed to learn it was just a fake picture for an ad. A UFO researcher warns that the indiscriminate use of UFO imagery in this way might have dire consequences for public belief in UFOs: "What if there's something real happening in the future? People would still think it was fake... People won't believe in the existence of UFOs any more even if there were a real case in the future." I love that line of reasoning.
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Categories: Extraterrestrial Life Posted by Alex on Wed Mar 16, 2005 |
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Alex: PLEASE STOP! This made me laugh so freakin' hard!
Posted by BugbearSloth in earth, 3rd planet, sol system on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 02:07 AM
It's like the boy who cried wolf! The Hong Kong-ers who cried UFO?
Posted by Katherine on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 02:28 AM
Thats nut's. Now the UFO people are offended. Is there any group out there that doesn't get offended.
Posted by X in McKinney, TX on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 09:33 AM
The story said the paper was given away at MTR stations. If you've ever used Hong Kong's transit system, you'll know that everybody there is in too much of a hurry to pay attention to someone handing out flyers.
The advertisers should be carefull though. Read the two other stories at the top left:
"Phone companies fined over adverts"
"Newspaper fined over ads offering SARS cure"
Posted by Captain Al in Vancouver Island, Canada on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 11:02 AM
The advertisers should be carefull though. Read the two other stories at the top left:
"Phone companies fined over adverts"
"Newspaper fined over ads offering SARS cure"
Excuse me. The story links are at the top right.
Posted by Captain Al in Vancouver Island, Canada on Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 11:04 AM
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Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 10:28 AM
flyer is a name for a high-speed train or aircraft.
flier is the word for a paper advertisement.
(one who flies a plane is an aviator)
Posted by around on Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 02:42 PM
flier is the word for a paper advertisement.
(one who flies a plane is an aviator)
My Collins dictionary says either spelling is correct for both uses. The online Merriam-Webster agrees.
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=flyer
Posted by Captain Al in Vancouver Island, Canada on Thu Mar 17, 2005 at 07:49 PM
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=flyer
Jatropha Curcas Seed exporters in India. Supplying Jatropha Curcas Seeds for cultivation of fuel crop Jatropha.
Posted by David in Coimbatore on Fri Dec 08, 2006 at 12:52 AM
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