Kiwis pick on Shrub

[Rottenmac]

Complaint against Bush billboard upheld
By Sarah McDonald

A complaint made against a Hell Pizza billboard featuring US President George Bush has been partially upheld by the Advertising Standards Complaints Board (ASCB).

The advertisement featured Mr Bush and the words "Hell. Too good for some evil bastards".

Objections were made to the use of slang in a public place, the alleged denigration of Mr Bush, and perceived blasphemy.

One of the complainants described the billboard as a vicious smear campaign against an openly Christian person.

But advertising agency Cinderella Ltd defended the billboard, saying that it tapped in to a growing sense of outrage about the invasion of Iraq.

The agency also said that use of the term "bastard" is widespread and can be considered a compliment.

Nice to see SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE using a bit of sarcasm and wit. Never happen in the US, the fundies would be up in arms, and another one of our freedoms would be gone.

[krispos42]

1. I love the pizza service website....

"putting the VICE in 'service' " :rofl:

[pinniped]

2. First off, this asshole is NO Christian.

One of the complainants described the billboard as a vicious smear campaign against an openly Christian person.

I guess smear campaigns would be OK if the recipient wasn't pretending to be a Christian.

[Lilith Velkor]

4. Bush is a Christian

He just happens to be a bad one. Some people who have the same religion or philosophy or whatever as I do are evil bastards, and I don't take it personally. :shrug:

I just don't understand the denial here. Is it because he's hurt so many innocents?

[helderheid]

5. Correction - he's a hypochristian

[Lilith Velkor]

8. Is that a contraction of 'hypocritical Christian?'

Sounds about right. Me, I prefer the contraction "chucklefucker," but I suppose it's a matter of taste.

[Vidar]

3. Great billboard.

[opihimoimoi]

6. REAL Christians don start needless WARS...and kill for oil ..pretending

to do good...like ...give them FREEDOM....

Bush is pretending to be Christian....he is really a BULLY...a narcisstic Bully, an ABUSER, and a LOSER

[malaise]

7. Congrats Kiwis

I'm lovin it.

[Cabcere]

9. Oh man...

:spray: :rofl: Very clever! You're right though, we'd NEVER see this in the USA on a real billboard. Thanks for sharing this - I think it may have just made my evening. :D

[MountainLaurel]

10. Damn, this has been going on for a while

The original Hell Pizza billboard came out in 2005. I remember this because Mr. Laurel and I made it a point to support them by eating there when in New Zealand on our honeymoon in 2005.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

11. It could have been worse for Bush

They could have used a photo of Bush as he appears in the present day, looking like a Gollum-Chimp, not one taken about 10 years ago when the Dorian Gray effect was still working.