Pulling the ad could be viewed either as a gutless act, or the action of
a company that frankly didn't know that to some suicide just ain't funny
(even if committed by an industrial robot) and didn't want to be viewed
as inconsiderate a$$holes.

It's hardly a loss, anyway -- it was just an okay ad and was not likely
to change anyone's life for the better.

That said, I agree that European, Japanese, and South American TV ads
often cross boundaries that few U.S. companies would care to cross, and
are often much funnier as a result.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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KG6RCR

Matt Drew typed:
> Yeah, it's sad alright . . .
>
> As a GM Ad Exec I can say that we were ALL (the ad agency) absolutely
> amazed
> when we'd heard the news that "Robot" was being changed and that the robot
> was not going to take the plunge.
>
> The discussion around the water cooler that day initially focused on
> American vs. European advertising (we see advertising that would never even
> make it through an American brainstorming session!), but then the bigger
> picture came up - the PC Police.
>
> I'm just sad that GM didn't grow a pair and stick with their original
> response, which was "You gotta be KIDDIN' me!".
>
> Hey, anyone know of any European agencies that are hiring?
>
> :)
>
> Matt Drew
> '90 GL "Blackbeard"
>
>
>
> Ryan Alfonso <vangina@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>> http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2014998,00.html
>>
>>
>>
>>   Are you kidding me?!
>>   Yes suicide is sad(i knew people who past away due to it, and i know
>> people who have tried unsuccessfully)...  But this country plays to
>> cries of
>> all the oversensitive politically correct nazi's too much.  It was a
>> funny
>> commercial i don't care what the rest say.  And the GM add was funny too,
>> because it was a fr*%k'n ROBOT.
>>
>>
>