Would an ad like this ride in the states...

[sarettah]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor.../odd_easyjet_dc (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=4&u=/nm/20030730/od_nm/odd_easyjet_dc)

LONDON (Reuters) - An advertisement for budget airline EasyJet featuring a picture of a woman's breasts in a bikini top with a headline "Discover weapons of mass distraction" was not offensive, Britain's advertising watchdog said Wednesday.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had received 186 complaints about the advert from some who said the it was demeaning to women and from others who said it trivialized the war in Iraq (news - web sites).

One of the reasons Britain used to justify taking military action was Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction.

Easyjet denied the ad was sexist and said it was one of a series of "topical, humorous and irreverent" ads.

The ASA agreed that, although the headline was distasteful, the ad was light-hearted and unlikely to cause any serious or widespread offense.

[Trev]

Trust us Brits to come up with something like that :D

I really don't see anything wrong with it and it's actually quite tame compared with some advertising campaigns being ran by other advertisers.

Fosters Brewing have an ad where a guy is about to do a bunji jump over a river in oz, when he jumps a croc bites his head off and you see his body bounce up and down with out it and the commentator says "ooo thats gunna hurt in the morning"... what are they advertising... their new head tap that keeps a beers head until the last drop. Que the slogan "Fosters new head tap, don't lose your head"


Like I said quite tame :D

[Timon]

Trev you're missing the point, decapitation is not offensive, a pair of breasts is ;-)

The other day I was watching a movie and two guys raped a girl in a public restroom, then they beat the crap out of her and slammed her head on the tiled wall and sink until her head bursted open and she died... blood everywhere. Then one of the guys lights a cigarette and the cigarette is pixeled out and a text message comes scrolling by "Smoking is bad for your health". Those censor people sure have their priorities straight don't they? ;-))

[Trev]

Originally posted by Timon@Jul 31 2003, 10:53 AM
Those censor people sure have their priorities straight don't they? ;-))
Thats totaly insane, it's ok to show rape and murder but smoking is wrong :blink:

what next :wacko:


:D