Groupon's tasteless Super Bowl exploiting Tibetan people

[Minnesota Raindog]

Run time: 00:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkFT2yjk0A   Posted on YouTube: February 06, 2011 By YouTube Member: sportsmetro Views on YouTube: 58891   Posted on DU: February 07, 2011 By DU Member: Minnesota Raindog Views on DU: 1428

 
Tasteless and exploitive, or edgy and creative?

I unsubscribed from groupon this morning.

[notesdev]

1. It was horrible

Core message: "The people of Tibet are being driven to extinction... which means great prices for you!"

It gave me the kind of feeling I'd get if I walked into a restaurant and it advertised a dozen different endangered species on the menu.

[seabeyond]

4. i thought it horrible. see, thinking the same as you. surprised. why would he think that ok. nt

[snappyturtle]

2. How about creative and exploitive? I think I'll take your lead and

unsubscribe to Groupon.

[ClassWarrior]

3. The word that came to mind when I saw it was...

..."crass."

NGU.

[HopeHoops]

5. Yeah, that's disgusting.

[hlthe2b]

6. they did another similar one on saving the whales...

that was a bit insensitive as well, but I didn't have nearly as much problem with it. The Tibetan one was so exploitative and pretty disgusting.

[decidedlyso]

7. Just ignominious.... Had to walk away for a while.

[get the red out]

8. The Groupon Ads

Disgusting. They must have been targeting right wingers.

[stockholmer]

9. horrific advert, encapsulates in 30 seconds all that is wrong with global monetary/capitalist system

[TwentyFive]

10. Save the people or save your money? Disgusting! If Groupon existed during WWII....

They would have advertised the great deals on Deli food and bagels. Things are more important than saving a few bucks on food.

[randr]

11. The fact is the ad has put the Tibet issue on the table

Now if only people would focus on the Tibet issue, rather than the crass commercialism, we might get some where.

[mlevans]

12. Hard to believe someone thought this was okay. n/t

[randr]

13. I did not think the ad was ok, I thought it was in poor taste

I am still glad some people may just ask themselves, "what is going on in Tibet?".

[Plucketeer]

15. I'd bet it worked better for Groupon

than it did for tibetans.

[Leithan]

14. What the Hell was Timothy Hutton THINKING?????

Utterly revolting. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[Charleston Chew]

16. in macho sports circles

it's cool to not care.