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Originally Posted by stargazer
^ those ads were more explicit in the violence or whatever was supposedly offensive, which is why they were probably yanked off-air.
In the tea-bag situation (or is it Tea Bag Situation??), the sexual overtones (undertones??) were more subtle. That's prolly why they kept it on air. People who might complain about the ad really can't prove that the tea bag reference is in any way sexual.
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I think the Marmite ad was pulled because six parents complained. Whiners. Or maybe that was the Ainsley Harriot ad. I don't think that one was pulled, though. I think the government just said "fuck off" to that one. I think the one with the pistol was a complete overreaction, since there's an ad on TV now for men's cologne that shows a naked man running in slow motion. It shows his bare ass. I'm like...asses are OK, but a gun shot into the air is wrong? What the fuck?
Read about some other whining about ads:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4351383.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/4289685.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4556093.stm
http://www.asa.org.uk/asa/adjudicati...ation_id=40281
http://www.asa.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A...t_5_Oct_05.pdf (read the Department of Health complaint where the complainants whined about an ad being offensive to SMOKERS)
http://www.asa.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/F...28Sept2005.pdf (read the one about Unilever's Domestos Pipe Unblocker ad)
http://www.asa.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7...21Sept2005.pdf (read the one about ITV and the volume of their ads...WHINER)
http://www.asa.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A...ns14Sept05.pdf (read the one about Insure and Go Ltd; the Swiftcover one is also very amusing)
Actually, the ASA website's adjudication section is an
endless source of entertainment. People will complain about just about ANYTHING. I wonder what the US equivalent would be. Maybe the FCC?