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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 02-18-2003, 10:08 AM

Calm down, chaps and chapesses.

Speaking as a software engineer for a web solutions company, even if the material on that site were 100% accurate it would still fail. The aggressively ultra-patriotic American imagery is quite threatening to someone brought up in the United Kingdom, where it is almost unheard-of to see the national flag plastered over anything so liberally. The site looks amateurish; it has little content and no supporting evidence; and what arguments there are could be annihilated by an average ten-year-old with a copy of The Lord of the Rings.

What we have, then, is a site that is aggressive, ugly, ill-informed, devoid of really meaningful content, and which appears to rely entirely on emotive patriotic imagery to garner support. This campaign would fail against a small rabbit sanctuary, let alone New Line Cinema.

Let them think that they are making a difference and being patriotic. That way it will be more amusing to watch their campaign fizzle out and die.

02-18-2003, 10:08 AM	#15
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Calm down, chaps and chapesses. Speaking as a software engineer for a web solutions company, even if the material on that site were 100% accurate it would still fail. The aggressively ultra-patriotic American imagery is quite threatening to someone brought up in the United Kingdom, where it is almost unheard-of to see the national flag plastered over anything so liberally. The site looks amateurish; it has little content and no supporting evidence; and what arguments there are could be annihilated by an average ten-year-old with a copy of The Lord of the Rings. What we have, then, is a site that is aggressive, ugly, ill-informed, devoid of really meaningful content, and which appears to rely entirely on emotive patriotic imagery to garner support. This campaign would fail against a small rabbit sanctuary, let alone New Line Cinema. Let them think that they are making a difference and being patriotic. That way it will be more amusing to watch their campaign fizzle out and die. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?