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March 08, 2005 at 11:15 am
Offended by Seek Truth?
Has anyone heard the recent radio spot, presumably created by anti-smoking advocates Seek Truth? I witnessed it on 965 The Buzz last week sometime. I must say that I usually dig their tactics whether televised or not — people do need to be educated about the health risks of smoking and corporate tyranny of pro-smoking organizations such as Philip Morris. The most recent radio spot from See Truth really offended me, though.
I can’t recite the commercial verbatum, but I’ll attempt to paraphrase:
“I’m standing here in ‘Chinamen Square’ looking at a bunch of…Chinese people. Did you know that if you smoke, it could stunt your growth and you could end up like all of these Chinese people? Short… So don’t smoke, because it will stunt your growth. Or, worse yet… Make you Chinese.”Ok, was I just hearing things? Was this a joke aired by 965 The Buzz? In all cases, could someone have thought that this was actually a good idea?
I hereby apologize to all of my Chinese friends. This commercial (whether from Seek Truth or 965 The Buzz) just plain sucked.
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Comments (8)
ahahahaha…. thats hilarious. i mean, what? thats terrible. seriously, i havent heard this one but it had to have been a joke. there’s no way something like that would fly.. oops i mean “fry”.
» Comment by dennisthemenace () , on March 08, 2005 at 4:47 pm
not funny, dennis. get a clue.
» Comment by jared () , on March 08, 2005 at 7:38 pm
Dennis is too sarcastic for his own good sometimes. 
» Comment by timsamoff () (URL), on March 09, 2005 at 08:31 am
If it was indeed a bad joke, it was in extremely bad taste.
» Comment by Jean () (URL), on March 09, 2005 at 10:42 am
Funny, Jared. And the Butler did it with the candlestick.
» Comment by dennisthemenace () , on March 09, 2005 at 11:22 am
This to me definitely sounds like a radio parody. My two cents.
» Comment by Drina () (URL), on March 10, 2005 at 6:54 pm
I’d like to think so to, Drina, but it sounded so real… And it said to visit thetruth.org for more info and everything.
» Comment by timsamoff () (URL), on March 10, 2005 at 10:06 pm
yeah, havent so much as heard or seen this commercial since you mentioned it… i think it was a joke. had to be, man.
» Comment by dennisthemenace () , on March 14, 2005 at 10:57 am