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sweet zombie jesusmaybe we can dial the sensitivity knob back a little bit? | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesus said by Roundboy:maybe we can dial the sensitivity knob back a little bit? Yeah, god forbid we have fathers rights groups. Obviously that is too sensitive so we should just roll over and play dead. --
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Re: sweet zombie jesus It's Political Correctness in action. | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesusThat phrase is so tired. No one could define it in the early 90's and no one can define it now. Unless you take the standard definition of "anything I don't agree with". | |
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said by TrainBuff: It's Political Correctness in action. Political Correctness (henceforth PC), would be the fact that the only intelligent people were female, not that everybody is getting upset about their portrayal of males. Open your eyes and take a look at TV. It seems like every husband/male on commercials is portrayed as either an idiot, or some nut-less working feind for a family that hates him. I'm so sick of Political Correctness.... --
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said by 72276539: said by Roundboy:maybe we can dial the sensitivity knob back a little bit? Yeah, god forbid we have fathers rights groups. Obviously that is too sensitive so we should just roll over and play dead. They are overreacting IMO, its just a commercial. If it happened on a tv show would they sue? --
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Re: sweet zombie jesus said by xirian: said by 72276539: said by Roundboy:maybe we can dial the sensitivity knob back a little bit? Yeah, god forbid we have fathers rights groups. Obviously that is too sensitive so we should just roll over and play dead. They are overreacting IMO, its just a commercial. If it happened on a tv show would they sue? Make an ad belittling women, see how long it lasts. --
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Re: sweet zombie jesusThe ad would really only offend Dad's who are dolts. | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesusMy dad won't be offended. He's a total idiot.  | |
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i like the IKEA ad protraying an italian american man as a crook, and a helpless asian woman as the victim. of too much price. I called them on it, and they didnt know about the commerical. So needless to stay i tell everyone not to shop there. Why upset any group of customers ?
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Re: sweet zombie jesusAre you serious? You took offense because a criminal in a security commercial was an Italian? You're using your own stereotype of Italians by taking offense, not IKEA's. Would you have shown offense if he had been a blonde? If not, you're a hypocrite. | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesus said by Cyron:Are you serious? You took offense because a criminal in a security commercial was an Italian? You're using your own stereotype of Italians by taking offense, not IKEA's. Would you have shown offense if he had been a blonde? If not, you're a hypocrite. Genius IKEA is a furniture store. --
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said by DaveDude:i like the IKEA ad protraying an italian american man as a crook So when are you going to sue the producers of Sopranos?  | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesus said by click_310: said by DaveDude:i like the IKEA ad protraying an italian american man as a crook So when are you going to sue the producers of Sopranos? HBO is planning a series about inner city spanish folks, cant wait for the uproar. --
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Re: sweet zombie jesusYou mean Mexican folk? Cuz I really doubt there are many Spanish folk in the U.S. | |
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I agree.
If you reveresed such a thing, somehow made the women look a little "slow" or somehow not equal to the rest of the family people would see it differently.
Not saying anybody should sue over this but it is amazing to me what people will and will not accept.
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Re: sweet zombie jesusI haven't seen this particular ad, but I agree with some of the posts further up, specifically: said by WhyADuck:On the other hand, it seems that some advertisers have decided that white adult males are the only "safe" targets and thus we have seen an endless progression of ads portraying men as creatures with half a brain that is only used sometimes. It brings to mind the Verizon ad where the father brings home two cell phones as a gift for his two daughters. As the commercial plays out, the father is systematically belittled and marginalized by the two daughters and left out to dry, and swing in the wind by the wife. As card carrying member of the group of people slighted by this advertisement (a father), I am personally offended at the fatherhood symbolism in that commercial. And, I'd venture to guess that said by ]...[Verizon:
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Re: sweet zombie jesusi agree totally...i'm not a father, but that Verizon commercial irked me as well...
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They are overreacting IMO, its just a commercial. If it happened on a tv show would they sue?
I doubt it. There are too many successful comedies where the husband is a dolt - Home Improvement, Everybody Loves Raymond, Yes Dear, The King of Queens to name a few - so why should commercials be any different? Many husbands think they're technically savvy but just aren't, just as many wives couldn't boil water to save their lives.
There's just too much 'political correctness' in the world anyway. Everyone's offended by something out there. Like I'm offended by SpikeTV's new show starring 'Life Coach' Al Sharpton. He's annoying and stiff as a board, why put the man on TV even more??
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Re: sweet zombie jesusI agree 100 % We are way over the threshold of normal political correctness. I hate these political correct jack offs who take offense to everything. Those people are losers with tons of free time that need to make themselves feel good about themselves and their miserable lives. They stink and I hate them.
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Does anyone remember the Frito Bandito? PC and rights groups got him way back, so anything seems to be fair game anymore. . . | |
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Who knows really. Some people just can not take a joke at all, yet alone relate to it.
These type of groups find offense in everying in one form or another and unfortantely have to be vocal, or take action, in order for them to be the focus of attention and the need to feel important so that they do not really have to show what low self esteem they have.
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Enter rant mode:
Actually anyone that does road work or tutoring in home can tell you that the commercial isn't all that far off. I think they just need to chill and recognize that their generation IS a tad backwards when compared to their kids. All I was offered when I was in High school for computer class was basic flow charting which by no means prepared me for what was to come.
Also I think it's high time we stop trying to be so damned PC about everything and actually DO something about it like LEARN instead of complaining.
Ignorance is SELF imposed.
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Yes do that, thank you. | |
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Anyone who gets offended by an ad like this IS a dolt who clearly deserves to be offended. | |
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Granted, this is over the top, but if it was making the mother look stupid, don't doubt some women's advocacy group would be all over it.
It's OK for everyone to feel slighted in this world, unless you're a white male. Then it's just a pity party. | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesusTrue, if it was making a women look stupid it would of been pulled by now. We all need to be able to take a step back and laugh at ourselves every now and then. | |
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said by N3OGH:Granted, this is over the top, but if it was making the mother look stupid, don't doubt some women's advocacy group would be all over it. It's OK for everyone to feel slighted in this world, unless you're a white male. Then it's just a pity party. If it were making women look stupid, within a week Oprah would be doing a show on it, and she would be parading female progammers and men who didn't know jack-s*** about computers. --
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Re: sweet zombie jesus said by qdemn7: said by N3OGH:Granted, this is over the top, but if it was making the mother look stupid, don't doubt some women's advocacy group would be all over it. It's OK for everyone to feel slighted in this world, unless you're a white male. Then it's just a pity party. If it were making women look stupid, within a week Oprah would be doing a show on it, and she would be parading female progammers and men who didn't know jack-s*** about computers. lmao I know right:p --
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Politically incorrectDare I even point out, if it made fun of black people, the world would come to an end. This is stupid, people need to get over themselves. | |
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said by N3OGH:It's OK for everyone to feel slighted in this world, unless you're a white male. Then it's just a pity party. I read somewhere that by 2020 the white male will be the minority, someone let me know when this happens so I can start being angry at everyone and everything. I have already joined the group "White males protesting the stereotyping of arctic penguins." | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesusWhere do I sign up... You know I think the "man" is holding me down.
God how our country is imploding and we are doing nothing to stop it.
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2004-Nov-10 9:20 am
I have see nther commercial..
i didn't take it as the dad being stupid..
i took it as the dad doing anything to 'play' with the DSL and see the cool downloads.
Unless the dad as a 'gadget freak' is a little TOO out there for our sensitive minds.
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On the one hand I might agree with you - it seems everyone is a bit too sensitive these days. On the other hand, it seems that some advertisers have decided that white adult males are the only "safe" targets and thus we have seen an endless progression of ads portraying men as creatures with half a brain that is only used sometimes. My feeling is, if (as an advertiser) you wouldn't feel safe putting a female, or a black or hispanic or asian male (or any other minority) in that role, then you ought not to be putting a white male there either.
Besides all that, it seems incredibly stupid for an advertiser to in effect insult any particular class of customers. In many homes it's going to be the dad that makes the decision whether to go with DSL or cable modem service, and while I can't speak for anyone else, an ad that has insulted my intelligence would almost certainly be in the back of my mind as I made a purchasing decision (I know there have been times where I have avoided certain products or services because I detested their advertising, though I could not name any particular one offhand).
But then, in my case it wouldn't take much to convince me to avoid a traditional phone company, after all the years they've ripped us off with high rates and outrageous charges for add-on services (such as Caller ID) that cost them nothing to provide. This just gives me another reason to be happy with cable modem service! | |
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2004-Nov-11 12:47 pm
Re: sweet zombie jesusThere are a lot of really stupid and mean ads out there. I can understand how clients approve them after seeing them. One that sticks out in my mind was a TV commercial that was running a few years ago (can't remember the product, so you know it wasn't very effective) where the "joke" was that a guy drops something down the garbage disposal and sticks his hand in to fish it out. While he has his hand in there, his wife comes along and goes to flip the switch, so you're thinking the guy's hand is going to get chopped up. But, luckily it was just the light switch. Ha ha. Nothing like putting your audience in pain to make them want to buy your product.
There's also those gross Florida orange juice commercials where they grind up fish in a blender. Nothing makes me enjoy my orange juice more than having it remind me of drinking a ground up fish milkshake. Dumb. Just dumb. | |
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Why do commercials make men look like idiots when they relate to technology, when 99% of the time it's women who don't have a clue?
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People read too much into things - isn't the point that all kids that age think their parents are total dolts? Wouldn't have mattered if it was mom or dad standing there. | |
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Re: sweet zombie jesusI took the commercial the same way, teenagers do not want to talk to the parents. The point that Mom somehow had a clue and Dad did not was a little offensive.
If I do not like a commercial I do not think about suing the people. The KKK could advertise for all I care, I just would stop watching that TV channel. | |
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2004-Nov-11 11:29 pm
Re: sweet zombie jesusBill Cosby just complained about this. Kids should not be encouraged or told to think they are smarter than parents. Only an extremely tiny percentage of kids actually are; the rest are just wise asses lacking in any life experience.
TV programming should not perpetuate this type of behavior among children. It's actually a key part of Communist playbooks.
As well, the targeting of white males in TV and especially ads is also a subtle brainwashing. The stupidest persons in the U.S. are black males. If they don't feel safe running an ad that shows that, then perhaps advertisers should stick to ads that don't insult the intelligence of the characters. | |
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Personally, being secure in my manhood and knowing I have the final say in the important things at my house, I couldn't care less about how the "W.A.S.P." is portrayed. I laugh at most of the ads out there. Others I just shake my head at.
I do wish they would throw in an occasional "stupid woman" ad, God knows there are enough of them out there. I find it ironic and somewhat disturbing however that if you were to run an ad that referenced Niggers, or Chinks, or Dykes, or Fags,... you get my point, the collective world as we know it would be in an uproar.
It is my humble opinion that since the rest of the world knows we are at the top of the food chain they figure we can take the ribbing.
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2004-Nov-11 11:30 pm
Re: Secure in my manhoodIt's a bizarre world you live in that you think you must be top dog when all the shit lands in your face. | |
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2004-Nov-10 9:12 am
*Verizon* makes dads look like dolts?Looks like the group is doing a fine job on this by themselves... | |
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uh...it's a commercial. what's the big deal? george bush needs to invade some more countries, then the globe will have something intresting to write about. | |
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2004-Nov-10 9:26 am
something new to learn....there isn't a lot of awareness out there of a new form of discrimination against fathers. This thread indicates the widespread and unawareness and indifference. It's become epidemic with hundreds of thousands fathers estranged primarily through divorce; 55% of Americans are divorced. So, hey, future dads, half of you on this site will be wanting to know more about how your civil rights are evaporating in a few years, when you become divorced and find your first amendment rights are a myth. Men are no longer legal 'equals' to women in a court of law. What appears to you foolish should prompt you to do a bit of research on the subject. | |
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amazingwill it ever end? lets see if Verizon pulls the ad. | |
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what a hoot!I think "Dads and daughters" doesn't have enough real issues to devote their time to. Perhaps they should re-think the purpose of their organization or maybe even get a life. | |
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Re: what a hoot!Maybe you should spend some time learning about that organization before you make such off-the-cuff comments. I'm sure that some people were similarly dismissive of civil rights organizations back in the early part of the 20th century. There is a very real issue that men are often discriminated against by the courts, both on custody issues and in the divorce process itself. Women often deliberately provoke a divorce knowing that they will come out ahead. Just as an illustration of how bad it can get, there was a case a few years back where a twelve years old boy was sexually molested, repeatedly, over a period of several months, by his babysitter. The babysitter got pregnant. Guess who was ordered by the courts to pay child support? In some of the comments here I see the same mentality that some people had back in the 50's and 60's ("blacks aren't really discriminated against, they just want everything handed to them on a silver platter.") Well, nowadays, there really is discrimination against men of all races in the courts, particularly with regard to "family issues", but I guess some people would rather make boorish comments that make any attempt to understand the problem. | |
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2004-Nov-11 11:36 pm
Re: what a hoot!You think that the civil rights movement for Blacks and this discrimination against men are different things?
They are the same. The civil rights movement is a disaster, and now that the Communists have achieved their goal there, they are moving on to destroying the role of men in society and marriage in general.
If you don't like what is happening to men, you need to rethink your support for the civil rights movement in the 1960s as well. | |
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2004-Nov-10 9:35 am
...When courts start realizing that fathers can be great parents and start awarding custody thusly, then I would dismiss this dispute as "more political correctness B.S."
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This Is FunnyWhat has this world came to when everybody is worried over a commercial. I wish the world was different, that we weren't so anal retentive.. | |
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2004-Nov-10 9:48 am
Dim DSL DadThank God their is Yet Another advocacy group to protect Me because they know what I'm offended by! Their are some fathers who know nothing about computers, it's just a fact of life. Just as their are fathers who know nothing about Nuclear Physics. Doesn't mean we're all stupid, just some people know more about one thing vs. another. Seems like everyday another advocacy group speaks out over an "injustice" done to a someone. People get crapped on in life daily - doesn't mean we get some special group to speak out over though...does it?? | |
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As a father.....As a father who saw his three kids used as pawns in a divorce, who was denied seeing or contacting them for a year, AND who has only seen them for a total of FOUR HOURS in the past 5 years "just because" their mother doesn't want me to, I take offense at ANYTHING that promotes the stereotype that mothers are the: 'automatic natural caregivers' of children.
Maybe the if the male executives at Verizon that approved this ad campaign were forced to live the HELL the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court put ME through, they might be a bit more - how should I put this - empathic?
Now you know why I'm living in California.
Ads like this only reinforce prejudices.
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Is this stupid commercial online anywhere?I know as a single Father with Sole Custody of my son for the last 11 Years, I am sick and tired of Fathers not getting 1/8th the automatic credit a mother gets. That's bull$hit!!
Hell, open up any issue of Parent's Magazine and you can see the Fu$king BIAS slap you page by page with NO Content for Fathers (last time I checked we are considered a Parent, too).
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Verizon sucksActually the Verizon Ads also make me crazy. I too am bombarded with Verizon DSL Ads that make me feel like an idiot for not having DSL. Yet when I call up Verizon (local number or 1-800-PICK-DSL) I dont qualify for DSL. Also, my Verizon phone bill is chocked full of DSL ads as well. I've contacted Verizon about 90 days ago, and I got on their 'SEND ME NO ADS' list (They say it takes 30 days to take affect). Yet I still get the ads inside my phone bill. Now they stamp outside the phone bill "Get High Speed Internet...". I've called them 50 times to get DSL. They have no plan to upgrade the service in my area for DSL (which Verizon wont actually admit). I've called Verizon now specifically about these Ads, inside my phone bill and outside stamps on my phone bill. I've told them I will be deducting a $4.95 Fraud-Ad charge each month. They told me I will be in collections soon. They gave me the number of their legal dept to discuss further. I also cant get cable. Time Warner wants to charge me more than anybody else in the country, $26,500. I've posted over and over on this, such as: » [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RRI also have a 'Time Warner Cable Sucks' sign outside my house. I'm thinking of adding a 'Verizon Sucks' sign as well. Please visit my page: » [TWC] [TWC] wants wants to charge me $25,000 for RRand post some words of encouragement or constructive suggestions to get me broadband. (I also reject satellite Directway and Starband as fake broadband, due to VPN slowness and small capacity) | |
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What is this world coming to...Guys, guys, come on. Now we sound more like women whenever they get stereotyped on TV (take your average blonde for example; yes I said average not ALL). Don't fall in the same category please, show some  and just laugh it off. I'm a father myself and it all just makes me laugh . | |
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News flash!!Since it obviously doesn't seem to be common knowledge. Most of what you see on TV is fake, as in not real! That applies to both TV shows, as well as commercials. It's not meant to depict anything, other than a scenario to get a point across, whether that be humor, drama or that someone wants you to purchase a certain product. Anyone who can get bent out of shape because of a commercial really needs to evaluate themselves. I think we'll have to start putting disclaimers on commercials like we see on movies: "...any similarities to persons alive or dead is coincidental." Maybe then people will not actually think the commercials are talking about them.
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Re: News flash!!maybe you've failed to realize that TV is the greatest brainwashing device ever created. The news, sitcoms, and advertisements are all feeding you subtle cues as to what is accepted, and what is not. | |
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2004-Nov-10 11:41 am
straight economicsIt's straight economics... more women watch tv than men. Therefore advertisers cater to women... how? By portraying men as helpless and stuipd. It's nothing new. Really...think about it when you're watching t.v. some time. Almost all commercials have men as the stuipd ones.
In the case of this ad what will it do?
Make (some) women who watch it think they are smarter techwise than their husbands and want to buy verizon dsl to prove it.
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Re: straight economicsDo you have a link to back that up?
I watch more TV than my wife, a lot more.
Do more women order DSL than men?
I do not really think so.
Do more women pay bills than men?
Do women cook more than men?
I do not think it is economics, I think others in the thread are correct. White men are the only safe targets when it comes to labeling them in some way. Be it stupid, poor, dirty, horny, or whatever.
You cannot in any way indicate (safely) that a short black woman is stupid. | |
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Taranis
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Taranis
Member
2004-Nov-10 12:15 pm
Get over itThese people have got to be kidding.
"Wahhh... I'm offended - they're protraying me as an idiot".
Poor, poor you.
Guys, if the size of your manhood is so small and insignificant that you're offended by a little TV ad, then you really need to go back to nursing from your mommy, because you're not a real man yet.
Let me guess, when you drop your shorts in front of the Mrs., she smiles and says, "Awww.. how cute.. "
And whining that "women would get offended if it was them too!", doesn't even get you out of diapers.
Grow the hell up and get over it, or go back to your "bah-bah". | |
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|  steve1515
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steve1515
Premium Member
2004-Nov-10 12:20 pm
Re: Get over itIt's a commercial...
If you think it's funny laugh, if not, don't.
Anyway, it's just a commercial...who cares!
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to Taranis
What you fail to understand is that it's not the commercial that offends directly. It's just a culmination of society and the media's tendency to portray men as little more than a mindless, human ATM. | |
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fleasssss
Anon
2004-Nov-10 12:23 pm
yawnHow about you boycott by not watching TV. Go outside and exercise instead of flipping between your tv and PC. | |
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Wildcards2000
Anon
2004-Nov-10 1:22 pm
Don't Carry your feelingsDon't carry your feelings if you don't want to get them hurt. | |
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