11-09-2004, 03:01 PM
This kind of thing whilst hysterically funny, does embaress me a bit. Spitfire Beer has been started to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. And the ads look like they come right off the front page of the Daily Mirror.
http://www.fmft.net/
Previous adverts also weren't banned.
"Adverts poking fun at Germans and gay men have been cleared by watchdogs. The Bottle of Britain ads for Spitfire ale used on the London Underground were accused of being racist and homophobic. The Advertising Standards Authority received 19 complaints, but ruled they did not cause serious offence Advertisers had argued that to ban the advertisements would be overzealous political correctness.
The posters carried statements such as "Votz zo funny about zeez posters?", "German Beer is Pants" and "Have the sunbeds. We're going to the bar". In an apparent reference to gay men, another of the posters read: "Rear gunners drink lager shandy."
Spitfire beer was launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and a proportion of its revenue is donated to the Royal Airforce Force Benevolent Fund. The advertisers argued that the tongue-in-cheek campaign merely reflected an aspect of British cultural history."
http://www.fmft.net/
Previous adverts also weren't banned.
"Adverts poking fun at Germans and gay men have been cleared by watchdogs. The Bottle of Britain ads for Spitfire ale used on the London Underground were accused of being racist and homophobic. The Advertising Standards Authority received 19 complaints, but ruled they did not cause serious offence Advertisers had argued that to ban the advertisements would be overzealous political correctness.
The posters carried statements such as "Votz zo funny about zeez posters?", "German Beer is Pants" and "Have the sunbeds. We're going to the bar". In an apparent reference to gay men, another of the posters read: "Rear gunners drink lager shandy."
Spitfire beer was launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and a proportion of its revenue is donated to the Royal Airforce Force Benevolent Fund. The advertisers argued that the tongue-in-cheek campaign merely reflected an aspect of British cultural history."