Tuesday 22 March 2011

Should images of Japan's flag be used to generate donations to the disaster appeal?

As well as many acres of newsprint being written about the disaster in Japan, we have seen that it is in every other part of the media. Some very clever people have been producing eye-catching graphic images to encourage people to donate to the disaster appeal.You can see some of them here.
Some of them have provoked quite a bit of debate because they have been described as 'inappropriate' or 'tasteless' in their use of the Japanese flag. Perhaps, like the news reports in other parts of the media, they are doing their job too well. Like all other areas of human activity, the quality and sentiments vary; but what is consistent is the desire to keep the subject uppermost in the minds of the public; so that people are more likely to help in some way.

In my own small way, this is why I am writing this.

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