Pizza joint censured for George W Bush ad

[brettdale]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/3970920a11.html


A complaint about a Hell Pizza billboard featuring a picture of United States President George W Bush has been partly upheld.

But the Advertising Standards Complaints Board did not find the picture or issues raised by the advertisement offensive, it was the term "evil bastards" that earned their censure.

Hell Pizza's advertising agency, Cinderella Ltd, mounted a spirited defence to the complaints board, even drawing on New Zealand author Barry Crump's book Bastards I Have Met.

The billboard that raised the ire of complainants featured a picture of Mr Bush, and the words "Hell. Too Good For Some Evil Bastards".

One complainant sighted the advertisement on a large billboard on State Highway 1 in Hamilton on November 3, 2006, and complained: "I object to the use of this language in such public sight where people might (a) take offence, and (b) have to explain the advert to children."

A second complainant said in part: "... Mr Bush is a GOD-fearing upright man who (I would say) will never be seen in Hell. It is a terrible and vicious smear campaign against a person who is openly a Christian."

Two other complainants expressed similar views".


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[madinmaryland]

1. That sounds really offensive to me!

If I saw a picture of * on an ad, I would be extremely offended!!1!!

[FuzzyDicePHL]

2. I'd love to see this billboard!

"Evil bastard" is far too kind a description for the chimperor.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

3. And well they should be censured!

Using the image of bush in food advertising is enough to cause indigestion!

[MadHound]

4. So the ad was censured due to the offensive language,

Not the offensive use of Bush's portrait. Big whoop, most countries have similar laws, though I do find it interesting that they didn't censure the name "Hell Pizza":shrug:

[Fresh_Start]

5. here's the billboard pic

http://net127.com/2005/08/10/hell-too-good-for-some-evil-bastards/

[Cha]

6. Yeh, I remember that ad

on DU when it came out..we were all laughing our asses off.

Somebody had it right and too bad they're "Evil Bastards" in the world.

[ClintonTyree]

7. Here's one confused mo-fo....

"A second complainant said in part: "... Mr Bush is a GOD-fearing upright man who (I would say) will never be seen in Hell. It is a terrible and vicious smear campaign against a person who is openly a Christian."

:wtf: Merely calling oneself a christian is not enough to guarantee an all expenses paid trip to heaven, is it? Isn't there something in the bible about deeds meaning more than words, or something like that? :shrug: If one critically examines Bush's deeds, there far more than enough sins against man to guarantee him a trip in the opposite direction.

If one believes in that stuff to begin with. ;)

[EST]

8. Hell Pizza is a brand name.

Naive me would assume that a comment purporting that his chimpyness would never be seen in Hell, as opposed to hell, refers to the notion that mr. monkeybusiness would be too offended to partake of a luncheon sustenance in a place called Hell Pizza.
Of course, I am blessed-or cursed- with the penchant for putting the best face on everything.