Comments on: Ban the Advertisers? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:19:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-78241 sewing Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:16:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-78241 Vancouver used to have lots of big, interesting, animated neon signs. I remember them from when I was a kid. There were huge, flashing roof-mounted signs, animated restaurant signs, all kinds of neat stuff. Being driven or taking the bus around the city at night when I was a kid was such treat because of the signs. It was very cool. At some point, a sign by-law was passed that gradually phased the signs out on the position that they were eyesores. Now, there are virtually no neon signs left. And apart from neon, signs on the outsides of buildings are very tightly regulated. Vancouver has a lot to offer in terms of natural scenery and urban design, but without the signs, the city's ambience just lacks a certain something. My 200 won. Vancouver used to have lots of big, interesting, animated neon signs. I remember them from when I was a kid. There were huge, flashing roof-mounted signs, animated restaurant signs, all kinds of neat stuff. Being driven or taking the bus around the city at night when I was a kid was such treat because of the signs. It was very cool.

At some point, a sign by-law was passed that gradually phased the signs out on the position that they were eyesores. Now, there are virtually no neon signs left. And apart from neon, signs on the outsides of buildings are very tightly regulated. Vancouver has a lot to offer in terms of natural scenery and urban design, but without the signs, the city’s ambience just lacks a certain something.

My 200 won.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-78026 R. Elgin Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:08:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-78026 <blockquote>. . . The constitutionality of some provision was reviewed on the basis of Freedom of expression in Constitutional court.</blockquote>The debate of law is a good and healthy thing but, hey, if I stuck up a long banner on my apartment window that said, in Korean "F**k You All - 10,000 Won", I wonder just how long my freedom of expression would last. Constitutional haggling over such a point is only demonstrative of a leadership that is uncommitted to improving the city. I've seen that sort of attitude back in the states too. Meanwhile, <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2003666068_chinaecon14.html" rel="nofollow">check out what the Chinese can do</a> with creating housing developments that modeled after the more scenic cities of Europe. It only takes money and the will to do it.

. . . The constitutionality of some provision was reviewed on the basis of Freedom of expression in Constitutional court.

The debate of law is a good and healthy thing but, hey, if I stuck up a long banner on my apartment window that said, in Korean “F**k You All - 10,000 Won”, I wonder just how long my freedom of expression would last.

Constitutional haggling over such a point is only demonstrative of a leadership that is uncommitted to improving the city. I’ve seen that sort of attitude back in the states too.

Meanwhile, check out what the Chinese can do with creating housing developments that modeled after the more scenic cities of Europe.

It only takes money and the will to do it.

]]> By: ●~* http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77868 ●~* Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:15:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77868 Korea has a similar law, 옥외광고물 등 관리법(Out door Advertisement Control Act). The constitutionality of some provision was reviewed on thhe basis of Freedom of expression in Constitutional court. Korea has a similar law, 옥외광고물 등 관리법(Out door Advertisement Control Act).
The constitutionality of some provision was reviewed on thhe basis of Freedom of expression in Constitutional court.

]]> By: R. Elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77853 R. Elgin Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:50:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77853 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonydemarco/sets/72157600075508212/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a Flickr stream . . . It could work if city planners actually planned how a city should look. Again, this would take vision, dedication and some kind of aesthetics. Here is a Flickr stream . . .

It could work if city planners actually planned how a city should look. Again, this would take vision, dedication and some kind of aesthetics.

]]> By: James http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77849 James Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:06:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77849 Kyoto has passed a similar law, but it will be 6 years before we'll be able to see the real impact: http://sg.news.yahoo.com/061126/1/4539w.html Kyoto has passed a similar law, but it will be 6 years before we’ll be able to see the real impact:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/061126/1/4539w.html

]]> By: snow http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77844 snow Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:33:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77844 As LivingnKorea says, this place would be pretty drab without the neon signs to give it a little color. As LivingnKorea says, this place would be pretty drab without the neon signs to give it a little color.

]]> By: Robert Koehler http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77840 Robert Koehler Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:06:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77840 And to think that when I saw the post title, I thought it was talking about the UN secretary-general... And to think that when I saw the post title, I thought it was talking about the UN secretary-general…

]]> By: McGenghis http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77838 McGenghis Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:58:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77838 I came to Asia for the neon signs. Granted, I can't sleep anymore, but that only helps Hite stay in the blue. I came to Asia for the neon signs. Granted, I can’t sleep anymore, but that only helps Hite stay in the blue.

]]> By: chiamattt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77817 chiamattt Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:59:58 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77817 That article is from 2006. If the start date of that law was Jan.1, I wonder what the city looks like now that almost four months have passed. That article is from 2006. If the start date of that law was Jan.1, I wonder what the city looks like now that almost four months have passed.

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77797 SomeguyinKorea Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:12:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/16/ban-the-advertisers/#comment-77797 Enforcing the existing rules on the placement and size of business signs would be a beginning, but that's been tried before with little results. Remember how they tried to clear out the sidewalks of illegal advertising shortly before the World Cup? The jerks would come out of their stores to fight with the city workers. Some even had the gall of demanding to be compensated for their loss. Enforcing the existing rules on the placement and size of business signs would be a beginning, but that’s been tried before with little results. Remember how they tried to clear out the sidewalks of illegal advertising shortly before the World Cup? The jerks would come out of their stores to fight with the city workers. Some even had the gall of demanding to be compensated for their loss.

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