Hehe. Coca Cola (or Pepsi I'm not sure which) sponsor of our national team. They're american products and they say they with our national team... :)
If there's commercial there isn't national feels... Money talks... $-)
>I don't think "buy my product" is the same as "I paid for the time". And since a commercial is always of the "buy my product" genre the spot remains forever a commercial. I don't think "I paid for the time" was their motive at all. But I'm sure they're happy to have people interpret it that way.
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>Nothing that tries to sell me a product, no matter how well disguised it may be, is anything more than an advertisement. The commercial was NOT made to 'salute' any troops, it was made to sell more product.
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>To me viewers' reactions should be along the lines of 'you have no business exploiting our appreciation for the work of our troops for the purpose of selling more beer.".
>It definitely should not be "Gee, isn't that sweet of them beer folk, actually spending their own money to show us how they appreciate the troops too.".
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>>Actually, over the years, Anheiser Busch has done 'commercials' like this where the only mention of the company was at the end to let you know who paid for the time.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUZytHdPqU>>>
>>>It *is* moving.
>>>Too bad it's only a commercial. That definitely is NOT any kind of "tribute" to the troops, but just another attempt to get you to buy a specific product.
>>>But it's interesting to see how commercials are now seen to be real parts of life in general.
