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Heinz Pulls Gay-Kiss Ad

Apparently, all it takes is a couple hundred phone calls to get a major corporation to bend to your personal discriminatory animus. This time it's Heinz, pulling a UK ad that featured two men kissing. Previously, of course, Dunkin' Donuts pulled an ad that, in the tiny mixed-up mind of Michelle Malkin, promoted murderous Palestinian extremism.

Guardian reports that "about 200 complaints" to the Advertising Standards Authority prompted Heinz to take down the ad. I don't know much about Brit viewership, but that sounds like a pretty small number.

Does this mean that I can get rid of commercials I don't like -- say, that infuriatingly catchy "CreditReport.com" jingle -- by getting 200 people to file complaints?

Published Jun 24 2008, 02:27 PM by David S. Bernstein

Chop Chop said:

Better yet, why not put King George's picture on every gas pump in America (right above or beside the price digits)?

(Either that or put his magesty's pic on the hole where the nozzel goes back into the pump).

Here's a Good One to Put There: farm1.static.flickr.com/.../293457625_10b568f7c7.jpg

June 24, 2008 7:59 PM
Patrick said:

Michele Malkin is a moron. She is an absolute disgrace and the fact that anyone pays that horse's ass any notice is a shame. That said, there is a big difference between an ad showing two men kissing--which is obviosuly intended to push an agenda--and Rachael Ray wearing a black and white scarf!

June 25, 2008 3:20 PM
jason said:

I bet you sleazy straight guys wouldn't complain if it was two women kissing. You're a bunch of selectively homophobic hypocrites.

June 26, 2008 9:31 AM
nicole said:

jason: amen!

June 26, 2008 10:54 PM