No Publicity Is Bad Publicity?

Some publicists will swear with their souls that there is no such thing as bad publicity. 

Or is there?

If you tune in to the local radio stations, you'd have been one of the many victims (or perhaps, miraculously fans of) the advertisements by MotorImage to promote their "chao Ah-Beng" Subaru cars. 

I mean... what's the rationale behind associating and linking one's company and products with the commonly ill-regarded, lowly neighbourhood lout?

Why continue the services of an uncreative advertising agency hell-bent on milking the Ah Seng character well past its use-by date?

If you factor in the huge costs involved in producing and blasting these ads over the airwaves, you'd really start to wonder if someone in MotorImage ought to lose his/her job. 

For goodness' sake, if you have nothing better to do with your advertising budget, please use it to offset the costs of your cars for potential buyers. That may actually help you get more business than to constantly annoy the rest of us. Or better yet, donate it to some orphanages or the Sichuan earthquake relief fund for some good karma. Geeze... 

I urge as many of you as possible to write in to protest this noise terrorist. Not that I think they care but if they can choose to ignore and antagonise us, I don't see why we shouldn't return the favour.