Comments on: British advertising watchdog dismisses complaint over "killer" ad

By: Sallynotadude

Sallynotadude — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:29:00 +0000

Wow that was actually pretty disturbing, especially the ending.

By: RElgin

RElgin — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:34:00 +0000

True enough. This is one reason I am not interested in visiting such a country.

By: Sirkowski

Sirkowski — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:48:00 +0000

That’s surprising considering Britain rebranded the TMNT to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles.

By: Stooge

Stooge — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:39:00 +0000

Ironically the very same segment of the press is also dedicated to the assumptions that murderous pedophiles are behind every corner and that teenage girls sole function is to act as masturbation fodder.

By: pduggie

pduggie — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:28:00 +0000

Clearly they don’t know how triggering having women trapped in freezers or refrigerators is to the female comic geek community. for SHAME!

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:18:00 +0000

I haven’t seen the ad but I’d have thought the concern would be that kids wouldn’t appreciate the actual danger involved, and might emulate the scenes as a joke.

Of course it’s also one more step in the normalization of violence, but then toy ads do a good enough job of that…

By: EH

EH — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:24:00 +0000

Not their children, silly, other peoples'. You know, the ones with the bad parents.

By: acb

acb — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:17:00 +0000

Can people really that concerned that their children will emulate cold blooded murder?

In Britain, a significant proportion of the press is dedicated to the assumption that the country’s children are cold-blooded killers.

By: William Farrar

William Farrar — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0000

With a fake edgy ad like that I think it is safe to assume they at least aspire to sleaze.

By: Ian Harris

Ian Harris — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:07:00 +0000

Why is ASOS ‘sleazy’?

By: Emo Pinata

Emo Pinata — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:06:00 +0000

“The complainants challenged whether the ad was irresponsible, in particular because it could be seen by children who might emulate the scenes shown”
Can people really that concerned that their children will emulate cold blooded murder?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:32:00 +0000

You think they would of banned it for being remotely interesting; isn’t there a rule that ads are to be as banal as possible?

By: Sekino

Sekino — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:31:00 +0000

I’ll just state the obvious:

Christ, what an Asos.