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Thread #48661   Message #734441
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
21-Jun-02 - 06:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Starbucks 'Collapse' ad: PC or not PC?
Subject: RE: BS: Starbucks 'Collapse' ad: PC or not PC?
I remember the Proctor and Gamble story, it was some time ago (70's or 80's) and several thousand churches boycotted P&G products for the simple reason it was a partial moon (horned god) and 5 pointed stars..... the star used by Sir Galahad on his livery, and called the Star of Bethlehem.... Oh how those early Christians liked to sanitise pagan images......

In the end they just took the logo off for a while. It crept back in a few years later and no-one said anything about it... Personally I think an advertising campaign featuring a semi naked baby rolling about unsupervised in hot washing up water and bouncing around in a washing machine far more sinister and upsetting.

LTS