Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Kelly G. post 2

http://www.posterwire.com/wp-content/images/uncle_sam.jpg

I think this image of Uncle Sam is greatly responsible for increasing the number of citizens in the army. It promotes patriotism, civil service, and the common good. Essentially, Uncle Sam has become the poster boy for the United States recruitment process. This poster has contributed greatly to a positive mentality that citizens have had while fighting in previous wars. I think Plato would support the use of Uncle Sam to promote the good of the state. He’d be in favor of any art that pragmatically helped further the country’s military ability.

http://ronwade.freeservers.com/clintonher.gif

This would be an example of an ad deterring unity. When Bill Clinton had his multiple sexual affairs while in the White House and then proceeded to lie about one of them, he caused the country to lose faith in the government. This ad influences people to harp on Clinton’s errors as a president and as a sex fiend. Plato would agree that this hurt the citizens’ morale and the state of the union.

1 comment:

Aaron Childree said...

I agree with your assessment of the image of Bill Clinton as a negative image. Plato would definitely agree that an attack on the leader of a nation is not a positive whether the accusations were true or not. I also think that it is important to point out that the image has nothing to do with Bill Clinton's ability or inability to run the country, it only has to do with his personal life. Like the cartoon of George Bush I used in my blog, the image you used also doesn't give a solution to the perceived problem and therefore does nothing to move society forward.