Tasteless use of cat in advertising

"Jon C" wrote in message
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This is usenet, you can say ****ING.


Why ?
Alison

in article , MacCandace at
itter wrote on 4/8/04 12:23 AM:

Yeesh. I can believe some dork thought this was "clever" advertising. Glad
I
don't own a Ford.

Karen

Great. I have a mac and can't even see this link and we own 2 Fords. I can
look at it at work tomorrow but I don't think I want to.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

It's not gross, just disgusting and somewhat disturbing.

Karen

in article , MacCandace at
itter wrote on 4/8/04 12:23 AM:

Yeesh. I can believe some dork thought this was "clever" advertising. Glad
I
don't own a Ford.

Karen

Great. I have a mac and can't even see this link and we own 2 Fords. I can
look at it at work tomorrow but I don't think I want to.

Candace
(take the litter out before replying by e-mail)

See my cats:
http://photos.yahoo.com/maccandace

"One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other
than human." (Loren Eisely)

It's not gross, just disgusting and somewhat disturbing.

Karen

in article , Jeannie at
wrote on 4/8/04 3:27 AM:

There has been a big outcry in the papers about this advert in the UK. It's
never been shown on T.V., its a "viral advert" which means that they put it
out on the net and people pass it along via email. As far as I know there
is a series of these type of adverts but I've only heard about this one.

On the other hand, here in the UK there are also a series of adverts on T.V.
all the time (I can't remember what they're for) showing people having their
heads bitten off by animals....with absolutely no complaints! Strange.

Jeannie

I think because that senario is unlikely. However, idjits exist who are
stupid enough to try stuff with cats.
karen

in article , Jeannie at
wrote on 4/8/04 3:27 AM:

There has been a big outcry in the papers about this advert in the UK. It's
never been shown on T.V., its a "viral advert" which means that they put it
out on the net and people pass it along via email. As far as I know there
is a series of these type of adverts but I've only heard about this one.

On the other hand, here in the UK there are also a series of adverts on T.V.
all the time (I can't remember what they're for) showing people having their
heads bitten off by animals....with absolutely no complaints! Strange.

Jeannie

I think because that senario is unlikely. However, idjits exist who are
stupid enough to try stuff with cats.
karen

In article ,
lex enlightened us with...
wow. that was horrible. what kind of asshat thinks up that kind of advertising?

Asshat?
You a Farker?


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In article ,
lex enlightened us with...
wow. that was horrible. what kind of asshat thinks up that kind of advertising?

Asshat?
You a Farker?


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In article , jean@NOSPAMspackman
enlightened us with...

Yes, that's the one and it IS funny :-) My point is, why is the Fosters ad
funny when the consensus of opinion here seems to be the Ka advert isn't. .
Apparently, it must be OK for PEOPLE to be shown being decapitated on prime
time T.V. !


Maybe it's because people don't really decapitate other people very
often, and when they do, we all know it isn't funny at all. However,
people ARE cruel and DO torture animals all the time, and we have a hell
of a time getting those people the punishment they deserve.
I think it boils down to whether something could actually happen like
that or not. A human isn't likely to get decapitated on purpose very
often. Somewhere in the States, a cat is being tortured right now.

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In article , jean@NOSPAMspackman
enlightened us with...

Yes, that's the one and it IS funny :-) My point is, why is the Fosters ad
funny when the consensus of opinion here seems to be the Ka advert isn't. .
Apparently, it must be OK for PEOPLE to be shown being decapitated on prime
time T.V. !


Maybe it's because people don't really decapitate other people very
often, and when they do, we all know it isn't funny at all. However,
people ARE cruel and DO torture animals all the time, and we have a hell
of a time getting those people the punishment they deserve.
I think it boils down to whether something could actually happen like
that or not. A human isn't likely to get decapitated on purpose very
often. Somewhere in the States, a cat is being tortured right now.

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~kaeli~
He's your God, they're your rules - you burn in Hell.
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace

"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.