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| Underwear ad’s placing criticised |
| 2004-06-09 |
| An advert for women’s underwear has been criticised after it was put up on billboards near two mosques. The poster, for Wiltshire-based company Sloggi, shows four women wearing only G-strings and high heels, alongside the slogan "It’s string time". But complaints were made after the image was put up next to mosques in Leeds and Bury, Greater Manchester. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received two complaints but ruled it was not meant to cause offence. The ASA said the "nakedness shown in the poster" could offend Muslims if placed near a mosque or a place of worship. Triumph International, which owns the Sloggi brand, claimed it told its contractors to avoid using poster sites near mosques. The company was told by the ASA to "take more care with the placing of similar posters" in future. Once again the poor, oppressed minorities cannae handle the sight of a bare botty in public. |
| Posted by:Howard UK |
| #17 Doc, better yet, as I mentioned before, a million issues of 'Playboy: The Girls of Iran [gone wild]'. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-06-09 12:54:32 PM |
| #16 a very simple plan for destabilizing al-Q and the Taliban: carpet-bomb the country with Victoria's Secret catalogs and watch the fun. LOL! Simple, yes....but it just might have worked! |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-09 12:32:18 PM |
| #15 rafael peta is not protect troll as they not animals. if you are ever play dungeon and dragons you are know they from underworld. im shuld have cast two lines as two beter than one. here another lure for good ole antiwar. israeli wall is work good so far... |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-09 12:14:29 PM |
| #14 Even Allah needs to see some t & a once in a while. Don't let em fool you. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-09 12:12:40 PM |
| #13 this story is shuld be bait enuff to chum waters muck4, I thought you supported PETA. tsk tsk |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-06-09 11:55:09 AM |
| #12 I say we start putting up nude models with the underwear floating beside them. Back during the campaign in Afghanistan, I came up with a very simple plan for destabilizing al-Q and the Taliban: carpet-bomb the country with Victoria's Secret catalogs and watch the fun. Don't know why Rumsfeld never returned my E-mails . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-09 11:34:02 AM |
| #11 How about pissing them off even more by outfitting curvy girls of ME descent with the skimpy wear in question? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-09 11:28:42 AM |
| #10 deja vu! that was fun thread. im agree with .com we are need antiwar and abramov here. im miss antiwar. this story is shuld be bait enuff to chum waters but ifn want atract troll you best trolling done artificials. ima cast one out. israel is homeland for jews.... |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-06-09 10:56:00 AM |
| #9 The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. BD - I hope for your sake that Anon 1's female. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-09 10:05:43 AM |
| #8 Howard - The sensible Muslims just get on with life without making a fuss about advertising posters. It doesn't take a whole lotta idiots to make a news story... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-06-09 9:41:04 AM |
| #7 Really offend them. Advertise soap and deodorant. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-09 9:17:33 AM |
| #6 .com - We Respect Your Religion Even If You Don't ROFLMFAO!! I just tore someting again.. Bulldog's lines from another post sit nicely here: hate-filled retard-o-punks, and shuffling, mumbling little freaks-under-sheets That's what you want, that's what you gets... where are the sensible muslims in the UK? They DO exist!! |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-09 9:09:44 AM |
| #5 Oh yeah - he tried to pretend he was from Israel, Lol! Abramov(Israel) - hysterical! And it even brought AuntyWar out of her hole! And a good time was had by all! Lol! Okay you bait 'em this time! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-09 9:04:03 AM |
| #4 Lol! Reminds me of a Pub in Bangkok called Jools on Soi 4 just off Sukhumvit past the Dynasty Inn. They have a sign telling their Islamic patrons something along these lines: We Don't Appreciate Drunks or People Who Abuse And Fondle The Waitresses So No Arabs Will Be Served Alcohol Because We Respect Your Religion Even If You Don't. Always wished I had taken a picture of it. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-09 9:00:06 AM |
| #3 Praise Allan! that took some finding.. 36 comments about exactly the same thing! http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.asp?HC=&D=3/19/2004&ID=28569 |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-09 8:54:32 AM |
| #2 .com - I believe we were. I recollect we had various suggestions - one being that the offending ad should be replaced by adverts for Danish bacon or that fine publication, 'Asian Babes' Check this one too.. you guys have the right idea! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/603966.stm Beers or executions at half-time? |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-06-09 8:51:30 AM |
| #1 Wait a sec - weren't we doing this exact same story about 4-5 months ago? I recall we had a "special" poster on the thread, too. He just livened everything right up! Howard, can you recall exactly what was posted (and I think I was the culprit) that set him off? We had such a good time, I wanna see if we can lure him back! ;-> |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-09 8:35:31 AM |