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SMIDSY advert cheaters

I pour scorn onto your paranoia.

They've been "lying" like this for years. Did you really thing that walls actually had ears? No, of course not. It's a fiction to make a point. Just like the advert you're complaining about.

Here's another example I read about yesterday : what prompted the formation of Shelter? It was a film called "Cathy Come Home". It was fiction. Would you be sitting there whining that it's not real, so it should be ignored?

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No, of course not. So why are you complaining about a fiction in a road safety film?

One of the most common complaints on this group is that speed cameras are a waste of time, and they should be putting more time into eg public information films. So what happens when they do one, just as was asked for? A barrage of petty complaints that it's not accurate. FFS it's an advert, not a documentary.

IMO the basic message is carried across pretty well - ie "look out for bikes". I think the worries expressed by the OP, that people will say 'oh no, it's not a documentary, I shan't look out for them' are unjustified.

("be careful what you wish for, you might just get it")

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