"A suicide prevention group is calling on General Motors to pull an ad which shows an assembly line robot throwing itself off a bridge after making a mistake, but the automaker is sticking with the spot.I predict, if this trend continues, that in the near future everyone will be offended by something in an ad and advertising will stop all together. First the snickers ad and now this. We are in a politically correct world gone mad.
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention issued a statement saying that the ad sends dangerous and insensitive messages, and it asked members of the public to write to the automaker and ask that the ad be pulled.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Does anyone watch commercials and not see something bad anymore?
GM sticking with robot suicide ad criticized by group - Feb. 8, 2007:
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This is yet another reason why I do two things:
1) I don't watch much television. Besides, here in Indonesia, I only understand about 5% of what's said. I also mute the TV during commercials.
2) I use AdBlock Plus for Firefox - a free extension for the world's best web browser. It takes care of all those annoying, flashy, and sometimes downright naughty ads. It doesn't just block them from showing, but blocks them from even being downloaded - freeing up my bandwidth for better things. ^_^
Moral of the story:
You can't be offended if you didn't see it in the first place. ^_^
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