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Bully ad to rude?

Bully ad to rude?

The Advertising Standards Authority has heard complaints about the TV advertisement for Bully: Scholarship edition on the wii.

The advertisment showed Jimmy Hopkins using a slingshot, also 2 students giving another student a wedgie and a cook sneezing into a pot and others.

According to the ASA a website over 30 people have complained about the Bully ad. Some of them saidit was "offensive and distasteful and it encourages bullying to occur, while others thought it was shown at bad times .

The ASA also dismissed the complaints, "Some might find the name and content of the game to be a very very bad taste, the content of the ad was not likly to cause serious offence."

Why dont you give your opinion of the ad?


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Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=174095

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jackoltene 13/07/2008
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jackoltene
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jackoltene  
i dont find anything wrong with the ad what about you guys?
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sjt333
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sjt333  
people from the UK just dont like rockstar
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13/07/2008 / [CA] That's the beauty of it. It doesn't do anything!
jackoltene
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jackoltene  

sjt333 said: people from the UK just dont like rockstar




yea true but i dont get whats so offensive about this?
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Matteh
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Matteh  
Hmm, I just watched it and it was offensive IMO. People are just stuck up, they see something negative and they chuck a hissy fit. They need to accept that some things arent all butterflys and rainbows.

=D
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sjt333
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sjt333  

jackoltene said:

sjt333 said: people from the UK just dont like rockstar



yea true but i dont get whats so offensive about this?

maybe the wedgie, face slaps and the use of the fire extinguisher?
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13/07/2008 / [CA] That's the beauty of it. It doesn't do anything!
Natyb12345
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Natyb12345  
i dont think so but it might incurage bulling
13/07/2008 / I live... where do i live, i forgot were i live. Why do u people ask such hard questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
wdguy01
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wdguy01  

Natyb12345 said: i dont think so but it might incurage bulling

I agree
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13/07/2008 / the toon world
Hazman
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Hazman  
Oh God. Only a game.

Geez
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Tsaxnrd
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Tsaxnrd  

sjt333 said:


jackoltene said:


sjt333 said: people from the UK just dont like rockstar


yea true but i dont get whats so offensive about this?

maybe the wedgie, face slaps and the use of the fire extinguisher?



You see this im movies too so are u gonna ban them too?
14/07/2008 / corona,ca
boxhunter
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boxhunter  
This game was released ages ago. What are they crying about..
14/07/2008 / Mario Kart Wi-Fi Night Edition One Champion!
BryanD
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BryanD  
its not as bad as GTA so whats so bad? its not going to turn ssomeone into a bully, stupid paranoide parents
14/07/2008 / Long Beach, California USA
 
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