Australian Ad banned in Canada [Archive]

effie

Mar 22nd, 2006, 02:24 PM

Big Brother strikes again:

More freedoms gone...appearently Canada won't allow an Australian Tourism ad because it uses words we here in Canada shouldn't hear:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060322/od_nm/australia_ads_dc_1

the link to see the ad is at the bottom of the article.

Unbelievable!

R23

Mar 22nd, 2006, 02:55 PM

crtc sucks. mabey they need some unbranded beer.

Ojam

Mar 22nd, 2006, 02:59 PM

Just another case of the population being told what is decent and indecent.

mojof1

Mar 22nd, 2006, 03:08 PM

i think that's a very good ad

Scribblez

Mar 22nd, 2006, 03:23 PM

I don't find nothing wrong with the ad at all. I wouldn't mind seeing it on TV.

Yeah, CRTC does suck

hyperion

Mar 22nd, 2006, 03:29 PM

CRTC sucks.

eelfliw

Mar 22nd, 2006, 03:30 PM

Where's our freedom and human rights champion when you need him to explain this phenomenon???

Shook1s

Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:33 PM

Where's our freedom and human rights champion when you need him to explain this phenomenon???

Who is that?

corrupt123

Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:47 PM

what. the word 'bloody hell' ?

what a joke. You can see nipples and tits, but cant hear the words "bloody" and "hell" in succession.

ephemera

Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:50 PM

The CBC airs programs with swear words all the time. I remember Kids in the Hall, Degrassi jr high, documentaries, all with swearing. Hell is not a swear word, come on!

Ojam

Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:55 PM

what. the word 'bloody hell' ?

what a joke. You can see nipples and tits, but cant hear the words "bloody" and "hell" in succession.

The CBC airs programs with swear words all the time. I remember Kids in the Hall, Degrassi jr high, documentaries, all with swearing. Hell is not a swear word, come on!

It's even worse then that, they didn't ban it because of the "bloody hell" part, they banned it because of the "We've poured you a beer!" part.... :mad:

Tiberius

Mar 22nd, 2006, 05:19 PM

I don't think the ban has anything to do with the content (language/humour) of the ad - but rather the implication of the beer being consumed during the ad. I'm pretty sure our regulations don't allow for anyone to actually consume alcohol in a commercial (next time you watch a beer commercial - take note of the fact that nobody actually DRINKS the beer... )

ill_mango

Mar 22nd, 2006, 05:41 PM

if you RTFA you'll see that it had nothing to do with the language, just the implied consumption of alcohol which has been around for ages. You'll notice in all canadian beer commercials you'll never see anyone drinking it, it's always full glasses.

cOmAtOaSt

Mar 22nd, 2006, 09:13 PM

if you RTFA you'll see that it had nothing to do with the language, just the implied consumption of alcohol which has been around for ages. You'll notice in all canadian beer commercials you'll never see anyone drinking it, it's always full glasses.

And it worked. When I was underage, we never drank beer, we would just fill glasses with it and sit around and talk. It wasn't until someone evil (possibly Australian) showed us that we should be actually be drinking it that we started drinking ourselves into a stupor. God bless the CRTC for protecting me.

x86asm

Mar 22nd, 2006, 09:20 PM

I don't think the ban has anything to do with the content (language/humour) of the ad - but rather the implication of the beer being consumed during the ad. I'm pretty sure our regulations don't allow for anyone to actually consume alcohol in a commercial (next time you watch a beer commercial - take note of the fact that nobody actually DRINKS the beer... )

Yes I have a faint memory a while ago when I did a project in high school. For some reason (I do not remember), she told me that it is against rules to have people actually consuming alcoholic beverages in a commercial.