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Award-Winning Ad Taken Off Air In Australia

Posted by kdawson on from the nanny-state dept.

bol_kernal writes "An award-winning advertisement on Australian TV for the new Hyundai 4WD has been pulled from being broadcast after stations received 80 complaints from concerned parents. The ad consists of a small child, age around 2 years, cruising down the road, window down, arm out the window, in his new Hyundai 4WD. He sees a girl of the same age standing on the side of the road, pulls over picks her up, and they go to the beach together. All in all it's cute, funny, and very well done. The ad aired late in the evening (8:30 pm or later), but it was pulled due to concern from parents about the copycat risk. What I want to know is, where has the responsibility of parents gone? Is the world becoming so serious — or so frightened — that fantasy is no longer allowed?"

5 of 471 comments (clear)

  1. Simple answer: YES by Teddy+Beartuzzi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Geezus, we even had folks complaining about a *robot* who had a *nightmare* about suicide.

  2. Complain! by arlo5724 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hypothesizing about fantasy amounts to fantasizing! I move to have this story removed from /. Sign below.

  3. So you're the ones by Infonaut · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always wondered where all the Bush voters came from.

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    1. Re:So you're the ones by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

      I always wondered where all the Bush voters came from.
      Nah; folks in the Bush don't vote much.... it's the ones in the cities you've got to worry about, mate!
  4. Re:I for one am glad it's gone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. She was hitching a ride. And he was probably going to rape her.

    You've got no fantasy ;)