United States Cut In Half By Ad

This topic is about United States Cut In Half By Ad, the author, yourmercifulgod, wrote about: I came across this Swedish ad for Absolut Vodka today, which has been running in Mexico for several months. Although it's been running for some ti ... To read more just scroll down

United States Cut In Half By Ad, Much Ado About Nothing?

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yourmercifulgod View Member Profile	Aug 10 2008, 07:46 PM Post #1
Beach Squirter Champion! Island Mini-Golf Champion! Apple Shooter Champion! Beach Party Slots Champion! Tribal Olympics Champion! Bash The Haggis Champion! Yourmercifulgod™ Group: Global Moderator Received 123 Thanks Posts: 6,507 Joined: 22-March 04 From: Faroe Islands Member No.: 204	I came across this Swedish ad for Absolut Vodka today, which has been running in Mexico for several months. Although it's been running for some time, it really seems to be hitting a few a raw nerves with a lot of Americans in various blogs etc around the interweb. mex.jpg ( 186.68K ) Number of downloads: 3 What do members here think? Why do you think it is such a touchy subject? Is it disrespectful to the US or inappropriate in some way... and if so, why? Are Americans having a sense of humour failure, or are they justified in being p*ssed at this ad?

Coyote View Member Profile	Aug 10 2008, 08:48 PM Post #2
Call of Duty 2 Champion! Woman Group: Moderator Received 187 Thanks Posts: 11,013 Joined: 23-August 07 From: Southern USofA Member No.: 10	shrug I honestly couldn't tell ya. Trying to remember here. Isn't that about the way it looked before we redrew the line at the Rio Grande? Don't get why people would be offended. As a matter of fact I think it probably be the other way around if you think about it. Being as the only time it you might think it would be accurate is if you were skunked. Another shrug from me. I don't get it. What are the people whom are ticked saying about it?

yourmercifulgod View Member Profile	Aug 10 2008, 10:42 PM Post #3
Yourmercifulgod™ Group: Global Moderator Received 123 Thanks Posts: 6,507 Joined: 22-March 04 From: Faroe Islands Member No.: 204	QUOTE (Coyote @ Aug 10 2008, 09:48 PM) What are the people whom are ticked saying about it? The replies here and here are two good examples.

k3nn View Member Profile	Aug 10 2008, 10:58 PM Post #4
captain flippin america! Group: sVIP Received 1 Thanks Posts: 2,000 Joined: 13-August 03 Member No.: 18,402	oy ... it's a stupid ad and that's about it. I mean, really, it doesn't even make sense. but whatever, I still drink absolut, it's perty darn good

arrgh View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 03:09 AM Post #5
Yes, that's me hanging on the wall! Group: sVIP Received 61 Thanks Posts: 4,032 Joined: 28-December 03 From: Fraser Valley, BC, Canada Member No.: 67	Hilarious! 66% of people voted to boycott the product. The bottle of Absolut is in Venezuela so Hugo Chavez isn't going to give it up without a fight!

Pinkjellybeans View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 04:11 AM Post #6
Anything is possible. Group: sVIP Received 25 Thanks Posts: 4,800 Joined: 23-June 04 From: Utah, USA Member No.: 21	I have not seen the ad and frankly the argument doesn't even interest me. The only thing I've noticed is that if you're living anywhere in the green area, you need to speak Spanish to get by. I live in the green and don't speak it but in my job I deal with the public and probably 50% of my customers are Hispanic. Even though I don't speak it, I am learning to understand it more and more each day. I suspect the hot button of this issue is illegal immigration more than anything else.

Coyote View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 05:18 AM Post #7
Woman Group: Moderator Received 187 Thanks Posts: 11,013 Joined: 23-August 07 From: Southern USofA Member No.: 10	I honestly don't get jingoism. Borders are just lines we draw on our little colored maps. They're different now than they were two hundred years ago and they'll be different once again in another two hundred. I do think this emphasizes how we concentrate on our own little slice of land. My first thought on seeing the ad was that Florida should have been the same color as Cuba. And that's probably because I'm in the southeast rather than the southwest. Most of the outrage you are seeing is probably from people who do live in the southwest.

torrenter View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 07:41 AM Post #8
Human Being Group: Global Moderator Received 38 Thanks Posts: 4,293 Joined: 23-March 04 From: Tenerife, Canary Islands Member No.: 625	It would be interesting to see the German version of the ad

yourmercifulgod View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 10:32 AM Post #9
Yourmercifulgod™ Group: Global Moderator Received 123 Thanks Posts: 6,507 Joined: 22-March 04 From: Faroe Islands Member No.: 204	QUOTE (Pinkjellybeans @ Aug 11 2008, 05:11 AM) I suspect the hot button of this issue is illegal immigration more than anything else. I suspected as much, myself... I get the impression that many white Americans in that part of the US feel threatened by the growing Hispanic and Latino influence on their culture.

m15hun View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 01:09 PM Post #10
Advanced Member Group: VIP Received 9 Thanks Posts: 1,149 Joined: 12-March 07 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 268	QUOTE (yourmercifulgod @ Aug 11 2008, 11:32 AM) I suspected as much, myself... I get the impression that many white Americans in that part of the US feel threatened by the growing Hispanic and Latino influence on their culture. Sad isn't it? Indigenous people start creeping back into their own lands and it causes national outrage... This post has been edited by m15hun: Aug 11 2008, 01:11 PM

yourmercifulgod View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 01:20 PM Post #11
Yourmercifulgod™ Group: Global Moderator Received 123 Thanks Posts: 6,507 Joined: 22-March 04 From: Faroe Islands Member No.: 204	Well, probably not "indigenous," but certainly there earlier. Either way, I found some of the responses in those two examples a little OTT... there is definitely some resentment, I think.

eazbak View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 02:51 PM Post #12
Advanced Member Group: sVIP Received 48 Thanks Posts: 3,435 Joined: 26-February 04 From: United Counties of Chav Member No.: 201	I wonder what the percentage of Mexicans/Latinos doing the cheaply paid manual labour is? I had a conversation with an American friend the other week how was telling me all bout how "his country" was being slowly invaded by Mexicans and how it was bad for his nation, twice during the Skype video call he had to break off and answer the door, one time was the pool boy coming for his monthly payment and the other was the gardener telling him he had finished.... can you guess what nationality they were? This post has been edited by eazbak: Aug 11 2008, 02:52 PM

jakster View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 03:47 PM Post #13
Moon Lander Champion! Red Group: Root Admin Received 17 Thanks Posts: 7,250 Joined: 18-June 04 From: Netherlands Member No.: 231	People who complain the loudest are the ones who benefit the most ps. Pool in garden is quite luxurious isn't it, he shouldn't fear Mexicans taking jobs any time soon.

m15hun View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 04:15 PM Post #14
Advanced Member Group: VIP Received 9 Thanks Posts: 1,149 Joined: 12-March 07 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 268	QUOTE (yourmercifulgod @ Aug 11 2008, 02:20 PM) Well, probably not "indigenous," but certainly there earlier. Either way, I found some of the responses in those two examples a little OTT... there is definitely some resentment, I think. Maybe not entirely, but they're bred from Mayans and the like - as you say, more indigenous than the European Yanks, that's for sure. (No offence American people, I didn't mean Yank pejoratively)

eazbak View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 06:05 PM Post #15
Advanced Member Group: sVIP Received 48 Thanks Posts: 3,435 Joined: 26-February 04 From: United Counties of Chav Member No.: 201	Like here in the UK the main reason why you have immigrants coming into the country is to do the low paid menial jobs that people who have been born and bred in the country think is too badly paid for them to consider. My American friend often berates his 18 year old son who dropped out of education and sits around doing nothing all day, when offered a job working with the Hispanics who do the pools of the neighbourhood he refused point blank with the usual "I wouldn't get out of bed for that an hour" comment. Personally I'm surrounded by Polish in my neck of the woods and I love 'em, they have a work ethic that hasn't been seen in the UK since the early 1900's.

m15hun View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 10:57 PM Post #16
Advanced Member Group: VIP Received 9 Thanks Posts: 1,149 Joined: 12-March 07 From: United Kingdom Member No.: 268	QUOTE (eazbak @ Aug 11 2008, 07:05 PM) Like here in the UK the main reason why you have immigrants coming into the country is to do the low paid menial jobs that people who have been born and bred in the country think is too badly paid for them to consider. My American friend often berates his 18 year old son who dropped out of education and sits around doing nothing all day, when offered a job working with the Hispanics who do the pools of the neighbourhood he refused point blank with the usual "I wouldn't get out of bed for that an hour" comment. Personally I'm surrounded by Polish in my neck of the woods and I love 'em, they have a work ethic that hasn't been seen in the UK since the early 1900's. Couldn't agree more mate. There are plenty of Polish lads and lasses round here and they're all nice, friendly people. On top of that there's now a local Polish market, some of the grub's fantastic!

SVCBadass View Member Profile	Aug 11 2008, 11:08 PM Post #17
go click Group: Global Moderator Received 123456795 Thanks Posts: 1,837 Joined: 2-January 06 From: clicking like you should Member No.: 8	the add dont bother me its just an add a joke of sorts.. Might as well be like that anyway the map image I mean with all the illegals over here..lol..I dont mind I dont care who lives here just wish they would do it legal..lol..Heck some of my best workers at work have worked for me under more than one name..lol