How cam'st thou in this pickle? - SHakespeare, The Tempest
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No Jesus for Phones4U
MOBILE PHONE SELLER Phones4U has been banned from using Jesus Christ in its advertisements.
The firm had been suggesting that its business had some sort of association with, or at least the support of, the Son of God and had been using his image to allude that it had his approval.
An advert, which saw Jesus grinning and giving a thumbs up of approval to its "Miraculous" Samsung Galaxy deals, was complained about 98 times, and the Advertising Standards Agency reacted.
According to the ASA the advertisement is disrespectful, but you probably did not need an agency to tell you that.
Phones4U was apologetic in its statements to the agency, and told it that the adverts were not intended to be disrespectful or to cause offence to Christians. The ads, which were shown over the Easter weekend, were supposed to be lighthearted, it added.
Regardless, the ads will never be seen again. µ
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It's been pointed out before on other sites, but the cartoon Jesus was in fact the 'Buddy Jesus' from the 1999 film Dogma.
Seems strange the ASA would ban an item of popular culture.
You can even buy bobbleheaded Buddy Jesuses from Amazon.com
Then they should by the same token ban Toothpaste Commercials that feature the Tooth Fairy, and tell that grossly overweight Pedophile to take his 12 Reindeer to take a hike too...
I for One can't wait for the Day of enlightenment, when Man finally realizes that all Religion is nothing more than a sick joke, at the best of times, and a poor excuse to go off and murder millions of otherwise innocent People at the worst of times.