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Author: Knight Of The RoadKnight Of The Road Date: Jun 14, 2008 13:58
At least, that's what Shell want the Sheeple to believe.
Do you think Shell are winning the spin war? I suspect they are. They have
much a better PR operation than the striking drivers, who tended to come
across as ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people who don't have a
massive PR operation behind them, just something they are unhappy about and
want to explain..
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Author: FodFod Date: Jun 15, 2008 01:36
On Jun 14, 9:58 pm, "Knight Of The Road" hotmail.com>
wrote:> At least, that's what Shell want the Sheeple to believe.
>
> Do you think Shell are winning the spin war? I suspect they are. They have
> much a better PR operation than the striking drivers, who tended to come
> across as ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people who don't have a
> massive PR operation behind them, just something they are unhappy about and
> want to explain..
I predicted this would happen a while back. The drivers PR was at
best an afterthought and they've been painted into a corner by Shell
and the media.
Mind you they don't overly need the public support to keep doing what
they are doing so possibly a moot point.
Fod
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Date: Jun 15, 2008 01:40
"Knight Of The Road" hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LZSdnTm13t1srcnVnZ2dnUVZ8uKdnZ2d@bt.com...> At least, that's what Shell want the Sheeple to believe.
>
> Do you think Shell are winning the spin war? I suspect they are. They have
> much a better PR operation than the striking drivers, who tended to come
> across as ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people who don't have
> a massive PR operation behind them, just something they are unhappy about
> and want to explain..
>
Well I know that the price of oil hasn't changed to any noticable amount in
the last 2 days , but some of the local garages have put diesel up by 4p a
litre because they think they can get away with it. When asked they said it
was due to panic buying
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Date: Jun 15, 2008 04:13
Knight Of The Road hotmail.com> wrote:
> They have much a better PR operation than the striking drivers, who tended
> to come across as ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people
Trying to be objective about it, Shell have the negative of being "the
big rich company" in most people's minds, and no amount of PR can
overcome that. Also Shell isn't the driver's employer no more than I
employ the post man or the delivery driver who brings me stuff bought
from the electric interweb.
And the drivers I've seen portrayed on TV didn't come across as
"ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people" because they weren't
allowed to say much as a union mouthpiece spouted the usual
MarxoBollocks to camera. Indeed it looked like the union mouthpiece was
one of the same ranting twats to be seem outside Ford, BL and other car
factories in the 1970s or outside coal mines in the 1980s.
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Author: VancomycinVancomycin Date: Jun 15, 2008 10:31
>>much a better PR operation than the striking drivers
Not difficult. Striking drivers are fools.
Protesting against high oil prices is like protesting against bad
weather.
They may aswell be shouting:
"We DEMAND that the world population be halved!"
"We DEMAND that the oil companies discover new giant oil fields in the
desert!"
"We DEMAND that Asia stops its damn economic growth!"
"We DEMAND that oil companies stop acting like companies and start
acting like charities!"
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Date: Jun 15, 2008 11:17
> Knight Of The Road hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> They have much a better PR operation than the striking drivers, who
>> tended
>> to come across as ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people
>
> Trying to be objective about it, Shell have the negative of being "the
> big rich company" in most people's minds, and no amount of PR can
> overcome that. Also Shell isn't the driver's employer no more than I
> employ the post man or the delivery driver who brings me stuff bought
> from the electric interweb.
>
> And the drivers I've seen portrayed on TV didn't come across as
> "ordinary and quietly-spoken working-class people" because they weren't
> allowed to say much as a union mouthpiece spouted the usual
> MarxoBollocks to camera. Indeed it looked like the union mouthpiece was
> one of the same ranting twats to be seem outside Ford, BL and other car
> factories in the 1970s or outside coal mines in the 1980s. ...
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Author: ConorConor Date: Jun 15, 2008 12:04
>>>much a better PR operation than the striking drivers
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> Not difficult. Striking drivers are fools.
>
> Protesting against high oil prices is like protesting against bad
> weather.
>
They're obviously cleverer than you. They're not protesting against
high oil prices, dumbfuck.
--
Conor
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
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Author: ConorConor Date: Jun 15, 2008 12:05
In article registered.motzarella.org>, Dr Zoidberg
says...
> And as far as a lot of the public are concerned , this is just another
> relatively unskilled driving job and £34k sounds like a bloody good wage for
> that already
>
Which is quite funny given what Quentin Willson said when he first got
in an artic for the "Tonight" programme.
--
Conor
I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't
looking good either. - Scott Adams
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Date: Jun 15, 2008 18:23
Vancomycin gmail.com> wrote:
> Not difficult. Striking drivers are fools.
Are they as big a fool as some loon posting via a string of proxies in a
silly attempt to look like more than one person?
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Date: Jun 16, 2008 00:25
> Which is quite funny given what Quentin Willson said when he first got
> in an artic for the "Tonight" programme.
It's certainly more complex than a normal car , but I'd suggest that it's a
lot simpler than a lot of jobs that pay £34k , and anyway public support
*is* based on public perceptions whether they are accurate or not
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