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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/28/advertising1
Awesome Mr. T Snickers Ad Pulled After Gay Complaints
A gay group complained because Mr T said "You're a disgrace to the male race," because speedwalking made him look like a douchebag. Speedwalkers actually look like that, and they probably should get shot with a Snickers or two. Nothing to do at all with harassing a gay person.
They just wanted to complain about something loudly, get themselves in the news.
And the commercial is better than 99% of shitty commercials on TV.
the American population in general has become too sensitive, I mean get over it, it wasn't an attack on homosexuals, it was an attack on speed walkers who look funny when they jog.
"the American population in general has become too sensitive, I mean get over it, it wasn't an attack on homosexuals, it was an attack on speed walkers who look funny when they jog.its a brittish ad.
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heres the origional ad by the way, which has been on tv for ages now
"SaintLReviews said:"the American population in general has become too sensitive, I mean get over it, it wasn't an attack on homosexuals, it was an attack on speed walkers who look funny when they jog.its a brittish ad.
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heres the origional ad by the way, which has been on tv for ages now
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the article said that nobody in the UK cared, but when they aired it abroad(read, America), shitfest!
"HazBazz said:oh yeah. i didnt actually read the article, sorry, i heared this story a while ago though. It actually says the advert was never even shown in the US, and they still complained lol"SaintLReviews said:"the American population in general has become too sensitive, I mean get over it, it wasn't an attack on homosexuals, it was an attack on speed walkers who look funny when they jog.its a brittish ad.
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heres the origional ad by the way, which has been on tv for ages now
the article said that nobody in the UK cared, but when they aired it abroad(read, America), shitfest!"
"I don't see anything int he commercial involving homosexual people, unless there trying to claim that all speed walkers are homosexual.Well let's not be unrealistic here, I don't think that's too far fetched.
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"SaintLReviews said:How much money did they spend on that commercial? :\"the American population in general has become too sensitive, I mean get over it, it wasn't an attack on homosexuals, it was an attack on speed walkers who look funny when they jog.its a brittish ad.
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heres the origional ad by the way, which has been on tv for ages now
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That's just so stupid. The 'T was harrassing the guy for speed walking, when he should be running. What the hell does that have to do with being gay?
I swear some of these special intrest groups are so insecure with themselves they see harrassment in everything.
Instead of whining and crying why dont they follow Mr. T's advice and "Get Some Nuts".
"HazBazz said:And I'm assuming thats a real Mr T, so that is probably a few million there"Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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"HazBazz said:it was a pickup truck, with a delicious candy gatling gun in the back."Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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"Karmum said:Ah, really? I figured they wouldn't spend that much money for having a tank in there for 25 seconds. Then again, it wouldn't have surprised me if they did do that."HazBazz said:it was a pickup truck, with a delicious candy gatling gun in the back."Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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"Karmum said:we're talking about the origional ad, which is a bigass tank"HazBazz said:it was a pickup truck, with a delicious candy gatling gun in the back."Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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"Why do people pressume the speedwalker is gay? I didn't see him having sex with a man on the video, or maybe that was just some edited version."Yeah, it's just a bunch of stupid-ass people complaining about stupid-ass things that have got nothing to do with them.
"atejas said:my bad, didnt watch it."Karmum said:we're talking about the origional ad, which is a bigass tank"HazBazz said:it was a pickup truck, with a delicious candy gatling gun in the back."Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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But the british one was better, tank>pickup truck.
"HazBazz said:both ads are brittish. neither ad has ever aired in the US."atejas said:my bad, didnt watch it."Karmum said:we're talking about the origional ad, which is a bigass tank"HazBazz said:it was a pickup truck, with a delicious candy gatling gun in the back."Karmum said:I'm assuming that is a real tank, too, so that is probably a few million there."HazBazz said:Quite a lot. Its Mars though, one of the biggest confectionary makers in the worldHow much money did they spend on that commercial? :\
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But the british one was better, tank>pickup truck.
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"That's just so stupid. The 'T was harrassing the guy for speed walking, when he should be running. What the hell does that have to do with being gay?Agreed. I didn't think the speed walker was gay. I just thought he was wimping out and walking fast when he's clearly young enough to be jogging.
I swear some of these special intrest groups are so insecure with themselves they see harrassment in everything.
Instead of whining and crying why dont they follow Mr. T's advice and "Get Some Nuts".
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I fully approve of Mr. T's angst.
Those ads are awesome and who says that was was gay? No one. Just idiots trying to complain about anything. I pity the fools.
Reminds me of that Heinz advert that was banned earlier this year because a guy kisses another on the lips. Apparently that was too offensive, even though it was clearly in the context of a joke.
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