Re:Christians Bailing on GoDaddy Due to 'Immoral' Advertising
by tptacek on Thursday February 05, 2009 @01:27PM
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Am I the only confused as to how they can continue to run those ads? Didn't the founders of that company get indicted?
Re:Christians Bailing on GoDaddy Due to 'Immoral' Advertising
by johns on Thursday February 05, 2009 @11:47PM
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Not those ones, the other ones made by companies like Pfizer and Eli Lilly. The "legit" ones.
Re:Christians Bailing on GoDaddy Due to 'Immoral' Advertising
by potatolicious on Thursday February 05, 2009 @02:50PM
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For those of us not in the US, can you let us know what the big deal is with these E.D. ads? Somehow in my head an ad about treating ED doesn't seem so bad...
Re:Christians Bailing on GoDaddy Due to 'Immoral' Advertising
by scott_s on Thursday February 05, 2009 @05:43PM
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The ones I'm thinking of are a guy talking into the camera about erectile dysfunction, and how it's impacting his life. With no sound, you'd have no idea what was being advertised. Compared to, say, a beer commercial, it's not as racy, but the frankness of the man talking into the camera can make it more awkward than scantily clad people if you're with parents/children.
You are certainly not the only one. Sports fan friends with kids mentioned E.D. ads on sports games over the holidays. They like to watch games as a family, but the ads make them think twice. I can't say I blame them.
I see this as part of a larger problem that the only way we currently have to control the ads we see is to just turn off or change the channel.