Bloody PC Bullshit!

**peasea** · 29th May 2007, 12:05

Originally Posted by imdying

Enjoy your fresh bling

Yeah, it's a pisstake, but wee kiddies don't get the subtlety of advertising aimed at adults. Lets leave adverts like that to adult time eh.

You're quite right about time slots, ever watched 'two and half men'? It's chock full of sexual inuendo right at dinner time, kids all over the nation glued to the set. Tacky-as. It doesn't surprise me though TV-types in general are so out of touch it's not funny, not to mention how far up themselves (and often each other) they are.

**KATWYN** · 29th May 2007, 12:07

Originally Posted by Jim2

That woman has sexualised her 3 year old. That type of advertising is connotative in its content. 3 years olds, I can assure you of this, are entirely denotative beasts.

I hate people.

Originally Posted by Lissa

I think I agree with you Jim2

:

...And recently on Home and Away (

yes embarressing I know) part of the story line meant scenes in a strip club- showing half naked ladies swinging around the pole thingy, hmmm I spose its no different to 3 half naked ladies on a horse ...

**Dilligaf** · 29th May 2007, 13:08

Originally Posted by peasea

You're quite right about time slots, ever watched 'two and half men'? It's chock full of sexual inuendo right at dinner time, kids all over the nation glued to the set. Tacky-as. It doesn't surprise me though TV-types in general are so out of touch it's not funny, not to mention how far up themselves (and often each other) they are.

The thing is that parents can make the choice of what programs a young one watches, (and I think that the lady letting a 3 year old watching Home and Away was a hypocrite then turning around and complaining about the ad but anyhoo) but despite choosing more appropriate programs, the ads in them are not controllable by the parent. And I don't know how often you watch tamer tv (i.e. suitable for younger viewers) but you would be surprised what ads go in those slots.
And since I'm only a newcomer to Skytv I was horrified to learn that you cannot escape the ads there either! What's with that???? (When living in Thailand, pay tv was ad free).

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 29th May 2007, 13:34

Originally Posted by imdying

Enjoy your fresh bling

Yeah, it's a pisstake, but wee kiddies don't get the subtlety of advertising aimed at adults. Lets leave adverts like that to adult time eh.

Geez! There was no nudity on those ads, just a bunch of bikini clad women riding horses promoting burgers (sex sells). It uses a cliche to almost parody itself, in a most harmless fashion. This society is so constipatedly prudish it makes me puke. Go to Germany and look at the advertising there, tits and bums galore and no one raises an eyebrow. I'm more worried about the incessant 'kiddie' ads employed by McDonalds to seduce our kids into obesity, that's certainly much more subversive than a couple of scantily clad 'chicks' promoting the odd burger or 2

**Hitcher** · 29th May 2007, 13:36

Burger King Bikini Ad Complaints Upheld
NewsRoom.co.nz Agency Story at 1:07 pm, 29 May 2007

Fast food chain Burger King has withdrawn two television advertisements featuring bikini-clad women because they were found to be sexually exploitative.

In decisions released yesterday, the Advertising Standards Complaints Board says the commercials breached the industry code of practice.

One of the ads features three women wearing bikinis in professional jobs, while another depicts them together in bed, swapping clothes, bouncing on a trampoline and showering in a fountain.

A complainant described one of the commercials as "soft porn", saying it used sex appeal in a way which is exploitative and seriously degrading to women.

The complaints board ruled the ads were in breach of the code of practice by using sex appeal to sell an unrelated product and outdated stereotypes likely to cause widespread offence.

Burger King says the ads were designed to be tongue-and-cheek and it will appeal against the ruling.

(Should be tongue-in-cheek. The BDOTGNZA is always amused when so-called professional writers stuff things up)

**imdying** · 29th May 2007, 13:36

Originally Posted by BIGBOSSMAN

Geez! There was no nudity on those ads, just a bunch of bikini clad women riding horses promoting burgers (sex sells). It uses a cliche to almost parody itself, in a most harmless fashion. This society is so constipatedly prudish it makes me puke. Go to Germany and look at the advertising there, tits and bums galore and no one raises an eyebrow. I'm more worried about the incessant 'kiddie' ads employed by McDonalds to seduce our kids into obesity, that's certainly much more subversive than a couple of scantily clad 'chicks' promoting the odd burger or 2

That you quoted me and still missed my point is quite impressive! Bling for you too!

**skelstar** · 29th May 2007, 15:01

Originally Posted by BIGBOSSMAN

Go to Germany and look at the advertising there, tits and bums galore and no one raises an eyebrow.

Sweet, in parts of the western world its ok to have multiple wives too, and some have to wear coverings over their faces!

I believe there is Women parading themselves in show windows half nekid selling sex in the red-light districts in Hamburg (?) too, but I doubt we'd see that anytime soon in good ole NZ.

**Big Dave** · 29th May 2007, 15:13

Originally Posted by Hitcher

(Should be tongue-in-cheek. The BDOTGNZA is always amused when so-called professional writers stuff things up)

Sounds like he's hit the cake on the head and wants to eat it too

**buellbabe** · 29th May 2007, 15:19

Ok so the time slot was wrong but personally I thought the ads were quite funny...they were so obviously taking the piss.
If people have a problem with the BK ads what about the latest Telecom 'clever toys' ad with the gorilla???
Ya know the one? Gets home from a jog, girlfriend strips off in front of him...cut to waterbottle fizzing everywhere!

OH MY GOD!

Farkin hilarious but wondering how long before it gets pulled... (oops slip of the tongue) (darn...another one...)

**007XX** · 29th May 2007, 15:35

Originally Posted by buellbabe

Ok so the time slot was wrong but personally I thought the ads were quite funny...they were so obviously taking the piss.
If people have a problem with the BK ads what about the latest Telecom 'clever toys' ad with the gorilla???
Ya know the one? Gets home from a jog, girlfriend strips off in front of him...cut to waterbottle fizzing everywhere!

OH MY GOD!

Farkin hilarious but wondering how long before it gets pulled... (oops slip of the tongue) (darn...another one...)

My thoughts exactly...What I personally don't get is: why do we need to watch Tv and eat dinner at the same time anyway? I'm not pretending to do it better, but my son (10) and I catch up on his day and mine over dinner. Otherwise, he watches Steve Irwin.

And the lion on that add...he'd make a great girlfriend, wouldn't he?

**avgas** · 29th May 2007, 15:51

son of a bitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is crap - Coke have done worse for far more years these this lovely little number.
Old fashioned dont come into. Its fat bitches compalining about the skinny ones on tv.

**BIGBOSSMAN** · 29th May 2007, 17:23

Here's a nicely dirty ad for Carling Lager I spotted a coupl'a years ago in the UK. Patricia Bartlett would turn in her grave over this one........

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_LzlgL1xqA[/YOUTUBE]

**Lissa** · 29th May 2007, 20:20

Theres the Bueno Chocolate ad on TV, were a girl drops a spoon so she can get a good look at a guys arse, I have nothing against this ad.

**peasea** · 29th May 2007, 20:26

Originally Posted by Dilligaf

The thing is that parents can make the choice of what programs a young one watches, (and I think that the lady letting a 3 year old watching Home and Away was a hypocrite then turning around and complaining about the ad but anyhoo) but despite choosing more appropriate programs, the ads in them are not controllable by the parent. And I don't know how often you watch tamer tv (i.e. suitable for younger viewers) but you would be surprised what ads go in those slots.
And since I'm only a newcomer to Skytv I was horrified to learn that you cannot escape the ads there either! What's with that???? (When living in Thailand, pay tv was ad free).

Yeah, the remote (read 'control') is in your hands