Oh take that poor bear awaaaaayyy!

[Peggotty]

This may be a 'head in the sand' mentality, but that bear in the wspa ad at the top of the page is doing my head in!! Every ruddy time I log on to have a nosy in MN it pops up making me reeeeaaallly bloody sad!!! Just me....?

there has been a thread about this before. IMO that is a head in the sand mentality and the bear and other animals are suffering whether you want to know about it or not, and an ad might just help them. You wouldn't say it if a starving child was pictured at the top of the page? Of course a child is more important, but it is the same logic. However, I think there are some people who will agree with you, not me.

Ruty, I know that the bear is suffering. I think/worry a fair bit about animal cruelty (and other kinds of cruelty). It's NOT that I don't want to know about it, just not EVERY time I log on here. It seems a bit manipulative to me.... I don't know why, and I can't put my finger on it.

I didn't realise there had been a thread about before, don't get on here as much as I used to.

i cant see a bear?

not getting at you personally pegotty, just don't quite get the argument. I mean all advertising is manipulative at heart! I don't actually notice the bear ad that much i must say, i just go to the threads i want.

Actually, true about all ads being manipulative This one just very emotionally manipulative iykwim. Wasn't taking it personally . It's not always been so prominent I think.

am i blind! what bear!?

Sometimes it's a dog 7swans. It's right at the top of the page, banner ad for wspa. It's not always there, changes as you change page. I've got orange mobile one now. Don't worry, you're not in a parrallel universe or anything

phew, thought i was going barmy

it's the dog right now...also thought I was going nuts or whatever as I could not see the bear...mind you must admit, I do not take anynotice about ads on the side of the webpages....I only noticed there was an ad after looking around this page, looking for a dog or bear...