POLITICS - Absolut Vodka's idea of a North American map
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POLITICS - Absolut Vodka's idea of a North American map
Not that anyone needs another company to boycott, but this really frosts me...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/us_ ... absolut_dc
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Screw there sensibility we won that war.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.
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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.
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.
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Too spendy for me anyway. I prefer my Vodka to come in at under $10 per 1.75L...
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I sent 'em an email the other day, and got this today.
Guess they figured out that America drinks more Vodka than Mexico.
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The ad has been withdrawn as of Friday April 4th and will not be used in the future.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.
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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
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.
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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 Mexican’s do), all for the sake of increasing profit.
Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger.
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 Mexican’s do), all for the sake of increasing profit.
Don't shoot me, I'm just the messenger.
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Makes me want to move to North Central Texas...AmBraCol wrote:
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
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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..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.
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Better dust off the Alamo, that map makes it seem like we might need toYsabel Kid wrote:We'll have the same result, only faster!pdawg.shooter wrote:Looks like its gonna be the Mexican-American War 2.0 is a coming!
use it again
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