Press announcement - The president of the Senate, Mr. Mircea Geoană - June 29th, 2011
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011, 16:30 - The president of the Romanian Senate, Mr. Mircea Geoană, will grant an award on behalf of the Romanian Senate to the representative of the McCann Erickson advertising agency for the winning of two grand-prix awards at the Advertising Festival in Cannes. Location: The official salon, of the Senate.
(SOURCE: the website of the Romanian Senate)
Very nice!
The Parliament finally got off its behind and celebrated a Romanian advertising success, that"s real swell ...
Anyway, McCann Erickson received an award in Cannes, in recognition of its courage for risking going to jail over the advertising campaign for the "ROM" chocolate bar, which was contemptuous to the Romanian flag.
Of course, the members of the Jury in Cannes are not aware of the situation back here, where many people despise their own country, and after they succeed in emigrating abroad, they hide their country of origin in shame, meaning that the game of "despise the Flag" is commonplace enough to no longer be perceived by the authorities as a violation of the Criminal Code (which in fact it is), and it therefore is no longer a matter of "courage", but of abjection.
Under these circumstances, the award that Mircea Geoană granted the agency creates a confusing situation, where the president of the Romanian Senate rewards McCann Ericsson for the "international honor" which reflects upon Romania, through the awards earned in Cannes, obtained by disparaging Romania.
Outstanding!
However let"s go over to the "Dâmboviţa method"!
Is there any connection between Mircea Geoană and McCann?
No, none.
But "my love, Mihaela" (as he called his wife when he thought he had actually won the presidential elections) has a public co
