Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 25, 2011
July 24, 2011
July 26, 2011
Transcript:
Danae: Daddy...I need some help with a new career plan I'm working on. Joe: Ok... Danae: What exactly is a "half truth"? Joe: A whole lie. Danae: Note to self: Never ask a parent an ethics question when planning a career in advertising.
kreole almost 13 years ago
Good answer, Pop
rayannina almost 13 years ago
He’s got a real future as a Congresswoman … an ad exec … the head football coach at Ohio State …
Destiny23 almost 13 years ago
Don’t worry, Danae, when you go for your MBA, they’ll thoroughly excise any hint of ethics that may be hiding in the depths of your soul…
x_Tech almost 13 years ago
Ethics in advertising… ethics of advertising? Ethics?advertising
Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago
That’s where the truth lies.
weasel_monkey almost 13 years ago
95% of readers found this strip hilarious! (Based on a sample group of 10 people drawn from Wiley Miller’s family)
lewisbower almost 13 years ago
I put forth an idea in undergrad accounting.I was told I would go to jailI put forth the same idea in grad schoolI was told I would be successfulDoes Philo 101 have any place in the REAL world?Is half more or less?Is truth subjective or objective?Will the bottom line be affected.Will she respect mu honesty or her new BMW?Need we ask these questions?
b45 almost 13 years ago
must be summer vacation for wiley, this is a rerun i have it stuck to a bulletin board. still good though
Varnes almost 13 years ago
Oxymoron: Business Ethics……
tripwire45 almost 13 years ago
I see advertising, politics, and human nature have a lot in common.
psychlady almost 13 years ago
Yeah, advertising and politics – very similar!
GROG Premium Member almost 13 years ago
I can’t say I enjoyed my Marketing classes. The clashed with my Business Ethics class. I do not pick up the phone for tele-marketers and I will not watch commercials.
momazilla almost 13 years ago
Business, Politics, and Religion They all tell you lies and then take your money.
daveoverpar almost 13 years ago
So we have an advertising firm in the White House.
rockngolfer almost 13 years ago
Whole lie= chain email subject.
yyyguy almost 13 years ago
some are born of small detail, and some are purely fiction.
js305 almost 13 years ago
Re: the poll95%?? From 10 people? I guess one of them found it “half” funny…
manchesterMike almost 13 years ago
You cant handle the Truth, let alone a half-truth!!
dflak almost 13 years ago
Media types seldom lie, but rarely tell the truth.
Justice22 almost 13 years ago
Two half-truths still equal a big lie.
Dtroutma almost 13 years ago
Advertising is only false if it doesn’t sell?
hippogriff almost 13 years ago
They have Business Ethics classes? I remember my journalism ethics classes could be reduced to “see if they ever wrote a letter to the editor because the Supreme Court ruled that short of producing a memo showing actual malice, anyone who ever ‘sought public notoriety’ could not prevail in suing for liable.”
Thus the Dalla Snooze could claim an on-the-ballot candidate was not running when he was, with total immunity, and the reporter who repeated it after being corrected could still get on the Rachel Maddow show as an expert on Rick Perry.
Hunter7 almost 13 years ago
Problem with half-truths is that you have to remember what you said, much the same with whole lies. So watching some commericals can be fun if from the same company.
Siscosdad almost 13 years ago
When Danae inevitably crashes and burns, daddy will be there to pick up the pieces and give them a decent burial.
bmonk almost 13 years ago
Danae needs to take a more fundamental approach to the problem:Never go into advertising if you are at all concerned about ethics.
runninanreadin almost 13 years ago
…and the truth rears its ugly head…