The picture below was a still taken from a Facebook video advert by the Superdry clothing brand ....
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| Banned Free Runner Advert For Superdry Clothing Brand |
... it was banned because it was 'irresponsible'.
Why? Well because we are a apparently now a society of dolts and dullards, with a population of lemmings who would copycat the illusory risks taken by this professional free-runner (aka parkour). He's a professional with the tag of Nightscape (real name Harry Gallagher).
We are also now apparently driven by a false health and Safety culture, that actually discourages people from making up their own minds about risk. But this particular ban was because a single TV viewer complained that the ad was 'socially irresponsible and encouraged an unsafe practice' ... what a pantywaist that single viewer must be.
They no doubt scroll through reams of adverts looking for something to complain about, and how pathetic that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are for even listening to a single complaint. Surely they should weigh up the number of complaints against the number of viewers who didn't complain ... use some proportionality?
But they are really just a dead quango who have long since lost the point of their existence and have form for upholding this sort of disproportionate nonsense complaint.
Why? Well because we are a apparently now a society of dolts and dullards, with a population of lemmings who would copycat the illusory risks taken by this professional free-runner (aka parkour). He's a professional with the tag of Nightscape (real name Harry Gallagher).
We are also now apparently driven by a false health and Safety culture, that actually discourages people from making up their own minds about risk. But this particular ban was because a single TV viewer complained that the ad was 'socially irresponsible and encouraged an unsafe practice' ... what a pantywaist that single viewer must be.
They no doubt scroll through reams of adverts looking for something to complain about, and how pathetic that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are for even listening to a single complaint. Surely they should weigh up the number of complaints against the number of viewers who didn't complain ... use some proportionality?
But they are really just a dead quango who have long since lost the point of their existence and have form for upholding this sort of disproportionate nonsense complaint.
Excellent observation. I heard the other day of some sculpture being removed because of one complaint. As you say, complaints should be weighed up with the lack of complaints etc.
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Nothing more dangerous than a Quango justifying its existence.
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