ASA slaps beer-punting ladyboy!

[Stogie]

The Advertising Standards Authority has ordered Tiger Beer UK Ltd not to rereun an ad which featured a rather fetching snap of a ladyboy punting the Asian throatwash.

The advert - which ran in Metro and London Lite papers, as well as on posters - attracted eight complaints which insisted the image was offensive "because it linked 'exports' with a person in a sexually provocative pose, which they felt was inappropriate given reports of human trafficking for the sex trade."

The story is HERE!

What an up tight bunch of killjoy wankers the Brits are!

[TEXASMAC]

UPTIGHT? UPTIGHT ? Come to the Baptist bible belt of Texas. Texas is uptight !!

[BAM]

If the Beers #1 why's the Ladyboy #3 and then what's #2 ?

[69billy]

What you think of this add. guys??...
LONDON - A Tiger Beer poster ad depicting a ladyboy and a bottle of Tiger Beer as two of the Far East's most desirable exports has been banned by the advertising watchdog for linking exports with the sex trade and disrespecting Eastern culture.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/26/tiger_beer_asa/

[Ninewives]

Small minded but not unsurprising. Maybe they banned the ad because it is not factual..........

[Ninewives]

3rd sex?

[BAM]

#2 was the bottle in the ladyboys ass ..... this was removed from the original ad on TV.

[Anthony_Mustang]

What an absolute load of rubbish.


If they took away all the comercials that included a pretty girl (or ladyboy) the advertising industry would collapse in a day

[Stogie]

Two topics merged...

[sev7en]

(TEXASMAC @ Nov. 29 2008,08:00) UPTIGHT? UPTIGHT ? Come to the Baptist bible belt of Texas. Texas is uptight !!

How true

So you´re saying a trannie doing a beer ad wouldn´t go down well in Texas

[Tomcat]

(Stogie @ Nov. 29 2008,07:22)  What an up tight bunch of killjoy wankers the Brits are!  

The Population of the UK is 60 Million and i would think that probably only a wafer thin percentage would think that this is offensive....So far i cant anyone. The commitee of the AAA that made this decision is probably no more than four people..

Lets not tar everyone with the same brush

[bigmick22]

(sev7en @ Nov. 29 2008,10:29)

(TEXASMAC @ Nov. 29 2008,08:00) UPTIGHT? UPTIGHT ? Come to the Baptist bible belt of Texas. Texas is uptight !!

How true

So you´re saying a trannie doing a beer ad wouldn´t go down well in Texas

put her in a cowboys top

[qwerty]

a brave and fun ad... looks like its working if its creating this controversy.
the only fault is they blocked the panty bulge pic.

[TiaoLang]

Excellent marketing 's

[richmond]

What a load of hot sausage!!