Tasteless use of cat in advertising

"Cat Protector" wrote in message news:kE_cc.80$fS6.75@okepread01...
Ford should be shot for this one! Was that possibly an animotronic cat used
for the head cutoff scene?

No, it's real.

And the Bonsai Cats were really squashed into those jars.

And Evil Space Aliens stole my underpants.

Steve.

Karen Chuplis wrote in message ...
in article , Jon C at
wrote on 4/7/04 9:37 PM:

LOL

That was the best commercial I've ever seen.

HA! LOL

PS They didn't really kill a cat

I don't think anyone thought the really did. But funny? I don't think so.
And this is a person who thinks Pulp Fiction is hilarious.


I really hope no-one was so gullible as to think a cat really did die
in the ad. However, I'm reminded of ye olde Bonsai Cat shenanigans -
and the feeble-minded dribbling idiots who thought it was real.

FWIW, I thought the advert was funny (in contrast, I thought the 'Why
I killed your chinchilla' skit of a few weeks back was simply lame). I
also think Pulp Fiction was funny, so there y'go.

We could only sanction victimless humour, the problem being that we
would live in a dour society indeed. Indeed, many people seem to look
to be offended, and are never satisfied until they're tilting at some
windmill or other.

The ad wouldn't make be buy a humpbacked, pseudo-Fiesta car with an
engine that would be hard-pressed to power a sowing machine though.
But if it'd decapitated an elephant, now that's a whole new kettle of
karp.

Steve.

Karen Chuplis wrote in message ...
in article , Jon C at
wrote on 4/7/04 9:37 PM:

LOL

That was the best commercial I've ever seen.

HA! LOL

PS They didn't really kill a cat

I don't think anyone thought the really did. But funny? I don't think so.
And this is a person who thinks Pulp Fiction is hilarious.


I really hope no-one was so gullible as to think a cat really did die
in the ad. However, I'm reminded of ye olde Bonsai Cat shenanigans -
and the feeble-minded dribbling idiots who thought it was real.

FWIW, I thought the advert was funny (in contrast, I thought the 'Why
I killed your chinchilla' skit of a few weeks back was simply lame). I
also think Pulp Fiction was funny, so there y'go.

We could only sanction victimless humour, the problem being that we
would live in a dour society indeed. Indeed, many people seem to look
to be offended, and are never satisfied until they're tilting at some
windmill or other.

The ad wouldn't make be buy a humpbacked, pseudo-Fiesta car with an
engine that would be hard-pressed to power a sowing machine though.
But if it'd decapitated an elephant, now that's a whole new kettle of
karp.

Steve.

"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message ...
"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message
s.com...

Trademark infrigment, defamation, probably others. Parody is
protected, but you are supposed to make it clear it's a parody.

Although the commercial is real, it would still pass as a parody if it were
not. Producers of parodies need not make any announcement to that effect.

I think it works better as parody. The Ka is an anodyne little thing
and would not be 'evil' even if Lucifer himself was driving a red one
at 60mph through a school playground while hurling handfuls of crack
pipes out of the sunroof.

Steve.

"Ryan Robbins" wrote in message ...
"Brandy Alexandre" wrote in message
s.com...

Trademark infrigment, defamation, probably others. Parody is
protected, but you are supposed to make it clear it's a parody.

Although the commercial is real, it would still pass as a parody if it were
not. Producers of parodies need not make any announcement to that effect.

I think it works better as parody. The Ka is an anodyne little thing
and would not be 'evil' even if Lucifer himself was driving a red one
at 60mph through a school playground while hurling handfuls of crack
pipes out of the sunroof.

Steve.

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa Wed, 07 Apr 2004 18:45:08 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
RobZip ) said,
I can only hope that the Brits use standards of not harming
animals in
production of advertising like this. Still - address your outrage
to Ford
for even protraying it.

http://dpkgi.free.fr/files/ka2.mpg

Oh, my god, that is fsking disgusting.


I'm still amazed that this is the kind of thing
some people need to post here. It's like, the
more upsetting the better.

"Laura R." wrote in
message .. .
circa Wed, 07 Apr 2004 18:45:08 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
RobZip ) said,
I can only hope that the Brits use standards of not harming
animals in
production of advertising like this. Still - address your outrage
to Ford
for even protraying it.

http://dpkgi.free.fr/files/ka2.mpg

Oh, my god, that is fsking disgusting.


I'm still amazed that this is the kind of thing
some people need to post here. It's like, the
more upsetting the better.

"Jon C" wrote in message
...
LOL

That was the best commercial I've ever seen.

HA! LOL

PS They didn't really kill a cat


I'd be willing to bet that someone, after
seeing this, will try it, nevertheless. All
some of the most brutal, sick f*cks need
is an idea, lacking as they generally are
a functioning imagination.

"Jon C" wrote in message
...
LOL

That was the best commercial I've ever seen.

HA! LOL

PS They didn't really kill a cat


I'd be willing to bet that someone, after
seeing this, will try it, nevertheless. All
some of the most brutal, sick f*cks need
is an idea, lacking as they generally are
a functioning imagination.

"Karen Chuplis" wrote in You think every
woman in the world loves cats? They don't.

No, women can be particularly vicious.

However, boys tend to s****** at gross-out
stuff like maiming a lot more often than girls
do.