Is this the worst ad ever?

[nomed]

lol, more like the best ad ever. It's hilarious, it pisses people off, and it's a cool pic. What's not to love.

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Douglas

Guys, relax. It's fake. Everything they do in the WWF is fake. They admitted it a long time ago.

Quoted for levity.

 

[chorse123]

WWF claims it was unauthorized. That could be true.

"WWF strongly condemns this offensive and tasteless ad and did not authorize its production or publication. It is our understanding that it was a concept offered by an outside advertising agency seeking our business in Brazil. The concept was summarily rejected by WWF and should never have seen the light of day. It is an unauthorized use of our logo and we are aggressively pursuing action to have it removed from websites where it is being currently featured. We strongly condemn the messages and the images portrayed in this ad. On behalf of WWF, here in the US and around the world, we can promise you this ad does not in any way reflect the thoughts and feelings of the people of our organization."

 

[LabelKing]

It sort of reminds me of the Benetton AIDS ads, which were quite real.

 

[Dakota rube]

This wasn't a real ad, iirc it appeared in National Lampoon.

 

[Roikins]

 

[robbie]

that fake vw ad is great.

 

[HORNS]

What the **** does a tsunami have to do with the environment or wildlife anyway?

 

[cadillac37]

The VW ad is pure GOLD!

 

[Fuuma]

The WWF ad was never release bitches. I think it's genius and unusable. The need not to offend anyone and the idea that consumers are idiotic cows is why ads suck ass.

 

[Nil]

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[origenesprit]

Originally Posted by robbie

that fake vw ad is great.

Agreed.

The WWF one is horrible, though. Interesting in a way, but really tasteless.

 

[skyman]

It's one of thoses adds that gets people talking about it and therefore puts the subject at the forefront of peoples mind and thus is very effective. However it is utterly tasteless, stupid and totally taking the idea of using a provactive subject to get an idea into peoples minds about a billion miles to far.

 

[tony_stark]

What about this one

 

[deputamadre]

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