Australian Ad banned in Canada

[effie]

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/...ralia_ads_dc_1

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

Unbelievable!

[R23]

crtc sucks. mabey they need some unbranded beer.

[Ojam]

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

[mojof1]

i think that's a very good ad

[Scribblez]

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

Yeah, CRTC does suck

[hyperion]

CRTC sucks.

[eelfliw]

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

[Shook1s]

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

Who is that?

[corrupt123]

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]

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]

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....

[Tiberius]

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]

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]

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]

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.