Much Ado About Nothing?
 

Came across this Article today,

Controversial TV Adverts


Supposedly it is a collection of adverts that people have found offensive enough to complain about, some of them had less than 100 complaints so could somebody please define for me what 'controversial', means?

O.K. included in the list are some I would class as annoying rather than offensive. The one I disliked the most was the Carphone Warehouse ad' about free broadband, but try as I might I just can't seem to be offended by any of them and I certainly wouldn't call them 'controversial', would you?

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I cant say that i found anything offensive in any of these ads. Do people have nothing better to do than complain about silly things like that???

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Mastication for the nation?

Annoying, but hardly offensive.

Why is it supposedly offensive, because of the Caribbean accent, or because mastication sounds a bit like a rude word?

Bring back Umbongo, Umbongo, they drink it in the Congo.:D

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whys the 'touch my food,feel my fork' one on their? I like that one :D the hook through the cheek one is nasty but personally i would get rid of all the quit smoking ones cos they make me need a fag..

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There were a few in there that I remember watching and thinking 'oh, that's not nice' or 'that's not appropriate' but none that riled me so much that I felt I needed to complain, just went 'tut' in that great British way we have.

The only 'advert' that has actually pushed me to complain wasn't really an advert and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't find the right people to complain to. It was a window display for Top Shop and I thought it was really offensive but there's no one who regulates shop windows.

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Intrigued.

Can you say why you found the window display offensive?

Although as you say there is no body to monitor shop displays, the police do visit places who publicly display obscene material, if people make a complaint.

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It was ages ago in Oldham's Top Shop. It was so long ago that I can't remember whether it depicted a man or a woman (think it was a man) and they were doing the blow job gesture i.e. tongue in the cheek and hand gesturing. Not something that I find overly offensive in itself, just that it was on the high street and not appropriate.

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Was that not, 'Are You Being Served', with the Santa display?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPUVNIgG-vY

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I must admit that one has me a touch schizophrenic, I can watch it and think, go for it girl stick him one and at other times I'm thinking, Ooeer, wouldn't want to meet her during certain times of the month!

:D

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And just one little tiny sip can make you very wongo. :D

Classic. :D

I used to like that advert where the fella had dog breath. He opened his mouth to speak and a dog jumped out.....I believe several people complained about that one too. :)

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I don't bother with adds I Sky + everything:D

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I hope you're not turning into Mary Whitehouse, seeing filth and smut everywhere you look.:p


Perhaps the person was sucking an Uncle Joe's mintball, and using the ok sign.:D

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i know when surf redesigned their packaging to state some of the 100 stains it removed - they had to remove the word semen
which tickled me a bit - imagine mary whitehouse's face as she was doing her whites lol