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Web Rescues Un-Aired Super Bowl Ads
destinyland writes "A pirated version of Budweiser's un-aired Super Bowl ad appeared on YouTube — proving the Web is more democratic than NBC. The sexy PETA ad they refused to air also turned up on PETA's site; YouTube also had Saturday's skit from SNL, mocking the actual Pepsi ad that would air Sunday. But ironically, the Web site for Jack in the Box crashed right after they'd aired their cliffhanger about Jack's bus accident, prompting one critic to joke, 'Should we assume he's dead?'
Do we really have to use this word? It's not like they're going to be upset about getting poeole to view their ad.
See, this is what those of us in the civilised world find so bizarre about the United States. You're perfectly happy to show ads (and programmes) containing violence, but some women in perfectly decent underwear? Banned.
What is that about?
I'm old enough to remember when discussions on Slashdot were well informed.
See Right, Religious. Also see Party, Republican.
The rest of us a perfectly fine with women in "perfectly decent underwear". Except the nudists.
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Businesses aren't democracies. Anyone who has ever worked for / in one will know that within the first 5 minutes of walking into the office. They're there to make money - that's all. If you don't do what you're told to, you're out. Which is actually how it is for a visitor to any democratic country, so there are similarities after all.
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
It doesn't make me want to become vegetarian or vegan, either.
It pisses me off at PETA, due to all the lies and misleading studies that they tout in their ads, as well as the implication that one sorry-assed psycho beating a duck to death is how they're all killed for meat.
Having grown up and lived on a mixed farm for 20+ years, I think I can safely say that beating an animal to death would pretty much ruin any meat in it. Especially something as small as a duck.
So, in conclusion:
1. PETA is a shady political group with an agenda.
2. We (or at least I) hate politics.
3. I hate PETA.
4. Eat meat.
5. ???
6. Profit!!
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
After watching PETA's ad it's no surprise that it didn't air. I doubt they even have the budget to air commercials during the Superbowl.
PETA probably commissioned a sexy ad knowing fully well it wouldn't be approved by NBC. The fact that it's "banned" gives PETA the Superbowl publicity it can't afford. (And as others have said, Superbowl watchers aren't exactly PETA's target audience.)
Why did I waste 30 seconds of my life watching that SNL skit? With the exception of Tina Fey's recent Sarah Palin skits, SNL hasn't been funny for well over a decade and that skit was a prime example of it...
It's a nation founded by Puritans and presently populated with 200+ million prudes which has a multi-billion-dollar pr0n industry.
What's so hard to understand?
"See Right, Religious. Also see Neo-Conservative."
There, I fixed that for you since you don't seem to realize that Republican and Neo-Conservative are not synonymous.
I think PETA has it's tactics all wrong. Instead of trying to get everybody to stop eating meat, cold turkey (bad pun), they really should be trying to get people to eat less meat. I've switched over to eating less meat in the past year or so, and I have to say, I enjoy eating a lot more than I used to. Now that I'm buying less meat, I can get better cuts, from more humane sources, and I've also lost quite a bit of extra weight. I don't think I'd ever go off meat completely, but cutting down on meat so that you only eat it 3-4 times a week is probably a viable alternative that a lot of people could live with. Instead of getting people to go completely vegan, try to get everybody to eat vegetarian at least a couple times a week. It's a much more obtainable goal.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
It probably has more to do with the evangelicals and mormons in this day and age. As far as I can tell, the descendants of the puritans are fairly open-minded, e.g., Massachussetts and Connecticut do support same sex marriage. So if you want to see scantily-clad women being sexually suggestive with vegetables and can't, blame the southern baptists, the LDS, some of the episcopalians, and the others like pentecostal (?), etc.
Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the war room!
We also ban public nudity, prosecute and berate those that choose to love more than one person, we sling hate at any chance we get.
But, video of someone beating the hell out of someone or even killing them? That's considered required viewing for children.
OMG They showed a nipple.... a NIPPLE!!!! OMG! OMG! OMG!
There is nothing in puritanical ideals that is healthy for society or humanity.
Disclaimer: I'm a Lutheran, I believe in God and My savior Christ, not all Christians are simpletons and want to preserve oppressive ways.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Apparently you haven't heard about the Federal Communications Commission, the fact that they have a process for accepting and acting upon complaints, and that there are members of the above-mentioned movements that have nothing better to do than sit there and watch TV and call in a complaint the moment they see skin or hear an F-bomb.
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PETA has so many problems with its tactics that you'd think they were sponsored by the American Beef Council.
The thing that surprises people the most about vegetarian (although not vegan) diets is that the food they can eat is relatively normal: cheese pizza instead of pepperoni, bagels rather than bacon, bean burritos rather than beef, etc. And you're absolutely right that reducing meat has significant benefits.
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Vegans will point to 'statistics' that vegetarians and vegans are healthier than the average person.
You are the example of why their 'statistics' are misleading and biased. Most people don't give a shit about what they eat. So how is comparing that group of people to vegetarians/vegans (who put at least a little thought into their diet) fair? They're not unhealthy because they eat meat, they are unhealthy because they don't give a shit.
CastrTroy is the example of the right thing to do. Studies that are more in depth than the ones trying to promote their agenda have all shown that eating some meat (as part of a balanced diet) is healthier than eating no meat.
Lentil tacos are also quite good. I almost prefer them to the beef ones. It's really nice being able to eat a whole bunch of really good tacos without having worry about the fat content.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Vegetarian diets aren't acceptable to PETA because you're still "oppressing" cows and chickens. Vegetarians will be up against the wall right after the meat-eaters when the revolution comes.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
"PETA is a shady political group with an agenda."
They're shady alright. I am pretty bothered by how they react to people wearing fur. Throwing flour and paint and other things is simply unacceptable. It's a stretch to call it assault, but it is still invading your personal space in an effort to force you to comply with their ideas of good behavior.
I have a right to choose to wear fur. It's not illegal. You also have the right to disagree with my choice. You do not have the right to terrorize me into agreeing with you. You do not have the right to make me afraid to go somewhere in a fur coat just because we do not agree. But I guess the rights of people they dislike (evil, awful animal-killers!) don't count.
That said, I don't have a fur coat, and I do like animals, and I was a vegetarian for awhile. I just really have a problem with PETA in particular because of those tactics.
No we don't.
Speak for yourself.
No it's not, Captain Straw Man.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
If you're not in a situation where you could raise your own in whatever conditions you deem fit, then you can always take up hunting (seriously). Startup cost is relatively minor (you can find a good used hunting rifle for ~$150, or a new one for around $275, or you can find a decent bow for around $175 if you wanted to go that route, though the archery accessories market drives that cost up fast), and most states have good public hunting land. 1 or 2 deer (or any other large game) per year is a lot of meat, and they're about as organic as you can get.
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
Do you guys really want to try to explain to four-year-olds what the women are doing?
"I'll tell you when you're older." worked just fine for my dad. Kids don't need everything explained to them the instant they see it.
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
But, in his defense, they don't seem to realize it either.
Do you guys really want to try to explain to four-year-olds what the women are doing?
They probably wouldn't ask, especially if you don't make a big deal out of it.
If they do, say "making themselves look nice" or whatever.
I always found the TV where people died (e.g. the news) much scarier than nudity etc. What would you rather answer? "Daddy, why isn't she wearing any clothes?" or "Daddy, why are those children really thin and why are there flies on them? And why does the man have a gun?".
Like many other industries, the porn industry is so successful because of all the legal complications, very much (although not exactly) like the illegal drug industry and prostitution.
Trying to criminalize it only makes it stronger. We learned this with alcohol, I don't understand why people don't learn it with other things.
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Don't get me wrong. I think our attitude towards violence is just dandy. I have no problem with enforcing the castle doctrine, i.e. the notion that if someone breaks into my house and I have an even remotely reasonable fear for my safety, I get a free pass to kill him. That's just logical and those euro-locales that would prohibit people from defending themselves and their property with guns and violence are insane to me.
But the sex thing? We're just nuts. We're so squeamish on the subject that useful sex education in this country is considered such a novelty that it's worthy of a feature article in the Boston Globe. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the sort of sex ed discussed in that article fairly common in Europe? It's crazy-rare, here in the U.S.
I swear, take some politician or law enforcement official with responsibility for enforcing laws protecting youth from the U.S., plop him down on a beach in Rio, and watch him die of apoplexy.
I think that someone coulda made a hell of a great comeback ad with lingerie-clad women rubbing steaks and bacon all over their bodies.
Tell me, when did it first dawn on you that this was a Pepsi ad?
Sorry, but it seems pretty obvious to me that this was an ad, so I don't understand why you are acting as though this is some big conspiracy.
"God damn America!" Yep, really open minded there.
Nice unintentional irony there - you're so closed minded that you assume anyone who dislikes the behaviour of the US government over the past 8 years must be closed minded.