POLITICS - Absolut Vodka's idea of a North American map

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:14 pm

Not that anyone needs another company to boycott, but this really frosts me...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/us_ ... absolut_dc

lever-4-life · Post by **lever-4-life** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:16 pm

They wont be getting any more money from me

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:25 pm

Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market.

Screw there sensibility we won that war.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:29 pm

JReed wrote:
Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market.
Screw there sensibility we won that war.

Well put Jeremy!!!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:00 am

This is a place for gentleman & ladies.
I will hold my piece,
no one who has ever stood in the Alamo.
Can look at that, and not feel anger.

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:26 am

Obviously Absolut's advert department also does QC product taste testing.Absolut Bulls**t!

Greg807 · Post by **Greg807** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:32 am

Bout time Texans start complaining about the war of southern aggression.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:19 am

That ad was meant for Mexican consumption. I don't think they thought it would ever be viewed by us gringos.

Iron_Marshal · Post by **Iron_Marshal** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:30 am

The lying spin the company put on the fiasco of an ad campaign was so transparent.

I rarely imbibe spirits, but they can ABSOLUTLY shove their product where even the Mexican sun don't shine.

I agree with Mescalero because I have stood in what is left of the Alamo. This revisionist history is typical of those who seek to erase our borders and culture.

Texican · Post by **Texican** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:32 am

mescalero1 wrote:This is a place for gentleman & ladies.
I will hold my piece,
no one who has ever stood in the Alamo.
Can look at that, and not feel anger.

Amen.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:00 am

Too spendy for me anyway. I prefer my Vodka to come in at under $10 per 1.75L...

Quick Karl · Post by **Quick Karl** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:10 am

Wake up. America...

â€œIf you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.â€

pdawg.shooter · Post by **pdawg.shooter** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:33 am

Looks like its gonna be the Mexican-American War 2.0 is a coming!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:56 am

Another reason to not drink that nasty stuff. That is a shame. I'd walk away from that company as fast as I could.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:15 am

mac45 · Post by **mac45** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:13 pm

I sent 'em an email the other day, and got this today.

Thank you for your email.

We appreciate that you contact us to share your opinion. At ABSOLUT we are used to active reactions to our advertising, and we want our consumers to share their opinion - positive or negative. We have a policy to always reply to all emails individually, but due to the large amount of emails concerning the In an ABSOLUT World Mexico ad, we are unfortunately not able to answer all emails individually at this moment.

We acknowledge the reactions and debate and want to apologize for the concerns this ad caused. We are truly sorry and understand that the ad has offended many persons. This was not our intention.

The ad has been withdrawn as of Friday April 4th and will not be used in the future.

In no way was the ad meant to offend or disparage, or advocate an al! tering of borders, lend support to any anti-American sentiment, or to reflect immigration issues.

To ensure that we avoid future similar mistakes, we are adjusting our internal advertising approval process for ads that are developed in local markets.

Again, we are very sorry that we cannot reply to your email, if you want to continue the discussion and share your opinion with us and others, please go to our blog www.absolut.com/iaaw/blog

Our sincere apologies,

Paula Eriksson

VP, Corporate Communication

On behalf of;

V & S Absolut Spirits

Guess they figured out that America drinks more Vodka than Mexico.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:02 pm

Paul,

I like that idea, TEXAS.

As far as the original add, I think it was in very bad taste and showed a total corporate lack of concern for the people of the United States. As well as a total lack of common sense. For crying out loud, nobody with a grain of intelligence should assume that adds for one region or country will not be seen in another.
We see stuff from every country of the world on the internet ever day.
I simply think their add execs are a bunch of maroons.

Joe

Quick Karl · Post by **Quick Karl** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:30 pm

If you can't figure out that those ad execs knew exactly what they were doing, knew exactly the reaction it would have here in the US, and had their smarmy canned reply prepared long ago, ready for when the fat lazy gringo cried, then you are insanely naive.

The ad accomplished everything the ad-execs wanted. It spit in the face of Americans, because they know Americans are hot-air, and appealed to the Mexicans that resent America (not that all Mexicanâ€™s do), all for the sake of increasing profit.

Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:47 pm

AmBraCol wrote:

Makes me want to move to North Central Texas...

Actually, that map isn't far from one in a SciFi/Alternate Reality Comic book called "Roswell, Texas" See it here: http://www.bigheadpress.com/roswell?page=1

Closeup:

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:39 pm

pdawg.shooter wrote:Looks like its gonna be the Mexican-American War 2.0 is a coming!

We'll have the same result, only faster!

Charles · Post by **Charles** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:36 pm

My thoughts on the issue at hand:

1) I have never bought a bottle of Absolut and this makes it certain that I never will.

2) Their have been a bunch of Mexican nuts talking about the "reconquista" since the mind of man rememberth not.

3) Bring it on!!

DocHolliday · Post by **DocHolliday** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:41 pm

Tito's Handmade (in Texas, no less) beats the snot out of that Swedish $hi% hands down. Don't think I'd flush the 'loo with their stuff now!

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:23 pm

Yes, well put Mr. Reed!

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:25 pm

mac45 wrote:I sent 'em an email the other day, and got this today.

Thank you for your email.

We appreciate that you contact us to share your opinion. At ABSOLUT we are used to active reactions to our advertising, and we want our consumers to share their opinion - positive or negative. We have a policy to always reply to all emails individually, but due to the large amount of emails concerning the In an ABSOLUT World Mexico ad, we are unfortunately not able to answer all emails individually at this moment.

We acknowledge the reactions and debate and want to apologize for the concerns this ad caused. We are truly sorry and understand that the ad has offended many persons. This was not our intention.

The ad has been withdrawn as of Friday April 4th and will not be used in the future.

In no way was the ad meant to offend or disparage, or advocate an al! tering of borders, lend support to any anti-American sentiment, or to reflect immigration issues.

To ensure that we avoid future similar mistakes, we are adjusting our internal advertising approval process for ads that are developed in local markets.

Again, we are very sorry that we cannot reply to your email, if you want to continue the discussion and share your opinion with us and others, please go to our blog www.absolut.com/iaaw/blog

Our sincere apologies,

Paula Eriksson

VP, Corporate Communication

On behalf of;

V & S Absolut Spirits

Guess they figured out that America drinks more Vodka than Mexico.

Got the same email in response to the one I sent them. Canned reply. Think they really care what we thing. They'll say what ever it takes to whoever will listen to make a buck..

Jeeps · Post by **Jeeps** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:31 pm

Ysabel Kid wrote:
pdawg.shooter wrote:Looks like its gonna be the Mexican-American War 2.0 is a coming!
We'll have the same result, only faster!

Better dust off the Alamo, that map makes it seem like we might need to
use it again

BwanaDave · Post by **BwanaDave** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:51 pm

Sometimes it is hard to not use racially offense language so I will just keep my mouth shut.

Dave