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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY
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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (2933)4/6/2008 8:55:49 PM
From: Ann Corrigan  Read Replies (1) of 3197
 
After receiving numerous complaints like the following, Absolut was convinced they'd made a major blunder in a global world:

>Absolut,

Reference the “Mexican Ad”;

• It doesn’t matter if it used to be Mexican territory. It’s been a collection of American states for well over a century now.

• Would Absolut have dared run a similar ad in Greece, depicting much of modern-day Turkey as still within Greece’s borders? The Turks would sure love that.

• Or how about a campaign in Russia, showing the old USSR borders intact? I’m sure Baltic countries and nations like Georgia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan would just love that.

• How about a German campaign showing Germany’s borders to include all of Hitler’s Fortress Europe?

Unless you insult other nations equally, then you are clearly hostile towards ONLY the USA and it’s not funny. So go ahead, let’s see you prove to us that “it’s only a vodka ad” and run equally insulting and divisive ads in other nations as previously mentioned.

Bottom line, in the age of the Internet, there’s no way to “hide” an ad campaign from ANY audience. If you run an ad campaign insulting an entire nation, they’re going to find out about it.

I will never use Absolut products again, and I’ve encouraged friends and family to take the same stance. I hope Absolut’s sales plunge to nothing in the United States. Try to make up for it in Mexico.

Pissed off in the USA<
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