What are your feelings on racy advertising? Fri, December 11, 2009
TORONTO -- Talk about a streetcar named desire.
AshleyMadison.com, a website that actively encourages adultery, says it has inked an advertising deal with the Toronto Transit Commission to wrap a streetcar in promotional material starting Jan. 2.
But TTC officials said it's not a done deal yet and staff are recommending the commission doesn't get into bed with the controversial site.
the time is now, while all of us with morals stand by chatting about what is right and wrong we are loosing our country, if our leaders wont listen then we should force them to listen. i am sick of having to always concede part of who i am to make others feel comfortable, when will theymake concessions for me??? why shoudl homosexuals and musliums impact our laws, it is only by our forgiveness that we even tolerate their presence, how far will we let them push? now we will promote to our children on our public transit that cheating on your wife if she is fat or unattractive is a good idea, thanks canada for devaluing human life even further as if abortion and gay marriage arent bad enough for kids, now we will teach them how to cheat on their wives and girlfriends, because we know that cheaters prosper!!
time is now, 2010-02-10 11:31:36
i honestly am starting to hope shariah comes to law in canada cause while us who believe in god will let you practice adultary and immoral behavior when we loose voting majority to islam which we most definatly will with out immigration policies and what with our homosexual marriage and adoption while musilums have 8 kids, then there wont be any crap on our ads cause most of you would get put down.. remember freedom of speech is not a right liek in america here it is a privledge that can be recinded anytime the monarch feels. nothing but morons and traitors in canada, #1 in child pronography production, wow canada must be so proud of itself. and i bet our liberal mindset has not help these idiotic things come to pass.
morons, 2010-02-10 11:24:08
You don,t need a god to have good morals just good parents.If you were told to jump off a cliff would you?These god fearing people must think we,re all going to commit adultry because of an ad,who says a person should have one partner,oh yeah god says.I,m gonna have to consult my easter bunny on this subject,he,ll tell me what to do.
vern, 2010-02-10 11:10:55
Adds saying relax theirs probably no God.If their is no God then were all seriously in trouble for all will die without any hope of life again and good morals would be thrown out to make society more dangerous too.Cloning won't help eventually the solar system will die out plus a cloned person can still die from gun shot,poision,murder,accidental death ect.,.Don't believe all adds-their selling something!.
Larry J, 2010-01-20 13:23:59
The primary difference between Ashley Madison clients (and a few others we won't name) and myself, is that I don't have a 'void' in need of 'filling'. But with people getting married primary for looks and money who’s surprised when down the line that person feels empty or lacking. My best friend kept wondering why the girls he landed with always seemed ‘a bit hollow up there’. The answer was simple, he picks his women based on his sexual attraction for their physique, and later tries to discover who she is. I told him to do the reverse. Discover your woman first, find out who she is, what she’s like etc, and then grow your attraction for them. The results are always better in my experience.
All a person needs in life is intelligence, common sense, and a good moral compass. Though I most definitely understand why someone lacking one of the three would need direction from the 'good book'. It's answers are, after all, very self evident. Maybe they weren’t two thousand years ago back when people thought the earth was flat, and that witches needed to be burned on the stake, back raiding parties would come to your village and burn everything on their way out, but if you need 10 commandments to know that adultery is a bad thing then maybe adultery shouldn't be the biggest of your concerns ;)
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-01-12 10:25:35
I can see that "Jay from Ottawa" is not letting his insecurities about inadequate spirituality go. Why is it when someone mentions God that people start raving about their own lack of faith and how threatened they are by people who are comfortable to acknowledge human spirituality? No one would ever have known how incomplete your life is Jay, if you hadn't gone off like that. Sorry for your angst, but the original post had nothing to do with you and still doesn't. You'll have to work that out yourself. To explain the first post that "nothing could be racier than denying the existence of GOD" ;
North American civil society is based on the Christian traditional beliefs, such an acknowledgment of GOD, and and we see evidence of it in expressions such as "In God we trust", or "God keep our land strong and free, O Canada...". In the courts an oath is sworn on a bible. In the actual bible itself is the ten commandments, which form the basis of our moral and legal obligations to society: don't kill, lie, steal, etc, etc. One of the commandments also advises against ADULTERY. Since the bus ad "There is no GOD..." faded quickly from people's radar (after seeing it every day during a bus ride people forget about it), now advertisers are trying to up the ante with more attention getting an controversial ads. Denying that there is a God is old news, so the slippery slope to more provocative advertising follows. What's next after adultery's fifteen minutes on a billboard - porn? Euthanasia? It will be interesting how far society will let advertising push the boundaries of good taste.
Westwind64, 2010-01-11 19:32:21
Westwind64 asks "Why feel threatened by other people's beliefs?"
Because it undermines human progression and threatens the pursuit of knowledge and purpose.
Similar to Ashley Madison ;)
For: The Crusher. It's sadly too true that we have a double standard when it comes to these things. I have zero objection to gay marriage, but the parade makes me want to hurl since they are taking pride in being offensive.
Sharing life and love with a person (regardless of gender) is good, but willingly and knowingly being offensive is not.
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-01-11 14:52:50
I'll bet some of the people squawking about Ashley advertising were participants or observers/supportors in/of toronto's gay pride parade.
Does it get any racier that that steaming pile of ....
The Crusher, 2010-01-11 12:24:35
Is this a well thought of advertising campaign to make a campaign? In other words, I do wonder if Ashley Madison knew such an add on public transit would generate a stir which would and has received much media coverage across the country and North America, therefore giving them more free advertising then they could imagine. Those of you who are older may remember when Coke brought out "New Coke" and the media reported how Coke drinkers were almost in open revolt so they reintroduced "Classic Coke" which again gave them more advertising via the news media then even Coke could afford.
Or is A.M. pushing the envelope of public acceptance and the public is pushing back and not readily accepting it? No doubt most people don't care what consenting adults do behind closed doors. Most Canadians know, understand and appreciate the fact that society does need moral and civil laws to have a successful society. The problem comes when groups or citizens try to push one or both envelopes for self serving purposes, as I see in this case. I give the city of Toronto a pat on the back for standing their ground and not allowing this type of advertising, this pat coming from someone who is not one of the big smokes (T.O.) biggest fans. There are many other ways people can find someone to exchange bodily fluids with, internet, telephone, print adds, etc. Everyone else and kids don't need to know. On TV you have the choice to turn it off or the channel, when it drives right in front of you constantly that option isn't there. Now to get them to reign in the Pride Parade so they aren't so obscene.
Ad campaign or submissive ad campaign or envelope test?
Redneck Larry, 2010-01-08 17:57:21
For Jay from Ottawa
Sorry that you feel threatened by other people's opinions and have to justify your existence and prove that you are happy. Why feel threatened by other people's beliefs? Is it perhaps that your own denial of human spirituality's existence is causing an emotional void in your life? Just asking.
To get back to the issue of racy advertising: It would be hard to define "racy" these days. I think in this case it is provocative or avant garde ideas and images that are intended to buck cultural ideas of the norm. Sometimes, as in the case of nearly naked models sporting the latest fashion, it is attention getting, but relatively inoffensive. Advertising that encourages adultery can be offensive and considered morally wrong whether a person has religious convictions or not. Even the justice of peace marriage vows advocate that a couple be faithful to each other, and a divorce can be justified on the grounds of infidelity. Honestly, what married/exclusive couple's relationship truly accepts adultery if they have agreed to be in a serious relationship? Would that couple's children truly feel that they were in a stable home if they saw their parents openly indulging other sexual partners?
Westwind64, 2010-01-08 15:29:30
What are your feelings on racy advertising?
time is now, 2010-02-10 11:31:36
morons, 2010-02-10 11:24:08
vern, 2010-02-10 11:10:55
Larry J, 2010-01-20 13:23:59
All a person needs in life is intelligence, common sense, and a good moral compass. Though I most definitely understand why someone lacking one of the three would need direction from the 'good book'. It's answers are, after all, very self evident. Maybe they weren’t two thousand years ago back when people thought the earth was flat, and that witches needed to be burned on the stake, back raiding parties would come to your village and burn everything on their way out, but if you need 10 commandments to know that adultery is a bad thing then maybe adultery shouldn't be the biggest of your concerns ;)
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-01-12 10:25:35
North American civil society is based on the Christian traditional beliefs, such an acknowledgment of GOD, and and we see evidence of it in expressions such as "In God we trust", or "God keep our land strong and free, O Canada...". In the courts an oath is sworn on a bible. In the actual bible itself is the ten commandments, which form the basis of our moral and legal obligations to society: don't kill, lie, steal, etc, etc. One of the commandments also advises against ADULTERY. Since the bus ad "There is no GOD..." faded quickly from people's radar (after seeing it every day during a bus ride people forget about it), now advertisers are trying to up the ante with more attention getting an controversial ads. Denying that there is a God is old news, so the slippery slope to more provocative advertising follows. What's next after adultery's fifteen minutes on a billboard - porn? Euthanasia? It will be interesting how far society will let advertising push the boundaries of good taste.
Westwind64, 2010-01-11 19:32:21
Because it undermines human progression and threatens the pursuit of knowledge and purpose.
Similar to Ashley Madison ;)
For: The Crusher. It's sadly too true that we have a double standard when it comes to these things. I have zero objection to gay marriage, but the parade makes me want to hurl since they are taking pride in being offensive.
Sharing life and love with a person (regardless of gender) is good, but willingly and knowingly being offensive is not.
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-01-11 14:52:50
Does it get any racier that that steaming pile of ....
The Crusher, 2010-01-11 12:24:35
Or is A.M. pushing the envelope of public acceptance and the public is pushing back and not readily accepting it? No doubt most people don't care what consenting adults do behind closed doors. Most Canadians know, understand and appreciate the fact that society does need moral and civil laws to have a successful society. The problem comes when groups or citizens try to push one or both envelopes for self serving purposes, as I see in this case. I give the city of Toronto a pat on the back for standing their ground and not allowing this type of advertising, this pat coming from someone who is not one of the big smokes (T.O.) biggest fans. There are many other ways people can find someone to exchange bodily fluids with, internet, telephone, print adds, etc. Everyone else and kids don't need to know. On TV you have the choice to turn it off or the channel, when it drives right in front of you constantly that option isn't there. Now to get them to reign in the Pride Parade so they aren't so obscene.
Ad campaign or submissive ad campaign or envelope test?
Redneck Larry, 2010-01-08 17:57:21
Sorry that you feel threatened by other people's opinions and have to justify your existence and prove that you are happy. Why feel threatened by other people's beliefs? Is it perhaps that your own denial of human spirituality's existence is causing an emotional void in your life? Just asking.
To get back to the issue of racy advertising: It would be hard to define "racy" these days. I think in this case it is provocative or avant garde ideas and images that are intended to buck cultural ideas of the norm. Sometimes, as in the case of nearly naked models sporting the latest fashion, it is attention getting, but relatively inoffensive. Advertising that encourages adultery can be offensive and considered morally wrong whether a person has religious convictions or not. Even the justice of peace marriage vows advocate that a couple be faithful to each other, and a divorce can be justified on the grounds of infidelity. Honestly, what married/exclusive couple's relationship truly accepts adultery if they have agreed to be in a serious relationship? Would that couple's children truly feel that they were in a stable home if they saw their parents openly indulging other sexual partners?
Westwind64, 2010-01-08 15:29:30