Look, A Rainbow! 05/08/09
I redesigned. Hated the old look. At least this one is nice and colouful. Feedback welcome and appreciated. :)
Where have I been, and what have I been up to recently? Graduating with upper second class honours (all that palava with getting notes for PMS worked out), and successfully looking for work. I broke my laptop and now need to save up for a new one. The screen fell off. I didn’t pull it or anything. The hinges were gradually snapping, and then all of a sudden when I was typing it just came off. Great. Dells only just outlast their warranty, it seems. Who would’ve thought it?
Response from the ASA and a Nice Weekend 03/03/09
The ASA sent me a letter explaining why they cannot persue complaints againt the Christian Party’s advertisement. So it turns out that clause 12 of the ASA code makes political parties exemt from the rules. Basically, as far as they’re concerned, advertisements to influence voters are allowed regardless and by interfering with this they are interfering with democracy (what democracy?! but that’s a debate for another day…)
12.1 Any advertisement or direct marketing communication, whenever published or distributed, whose principal function is to influence voters in local, regional, national or international elections or referendums is exempt from the Code.
Oh well. You win, Christian Party. Nicely played. The letter explained the reasons why two similar advertisements were allowed to go ahead. One, from the Trinitarian Bible Society, simply contained a bible quote (The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God.
) and the other, from the Russian Orthodox Church, contained the slogan There IS a God, BELIEVE. Don’t worry and enjoy your life.
which was deemed a clear reflection of opinion rather than trying portray something inprovable as fact. Fine by me, I never had a problem with these advertisements.