Posts Tagged ‘complaint’
Deodorant commercial banned as offensive to Christians
South Africa’s advertising watchdog has banned a television commercial depicting angels falling from heaven because they are attracted to a man’s deodorant after a complaint from a Christian.
The advertisement for Axe deodorant (known as Lynx in Britain) features winged, attractive women crashing to earth in an Italian town.
The scantily-clad women are then drawn towards a seemingly unremarkable man preparing to get on a moped. They regard their quarry lasciviously while sniffing the air before one by one smashing their halos and advancing towards him.
A viewer who complained to South Africa’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the suggestion that God’s messengers would literally fall for a mortal being because of a deodorant was incompatible with his belief as a Christian.
ASA agreed, and ordered Unilver SA, which sells Axe deodorants, to withdraw the advertisement.
As such, the problem is not so much that angels are used in the commercial, but rather that the angels are seen to forfeit, or perhaps forego their heavenly status for mortal desires,” it said in a statement.
Idiots. Not just the dweeb who made the complaint, of course; but, the petty bureaucrats who made the decision to ban the commercial.
I wouldn’t expect either to have a sense of humor. That would allow for normal human emotions to overrule obedience to either social strictures leftover from the Dark Ages or government administrators assigning priority to democratic decision-making in the commercial marketplace.
Like – if you don’t like the commercial don’t buy the fracking deodorant!
Women in burkas may be identified in Oz – by fingerprints
Who is the witness? Who complained?
The sensitive issue of women wearing the burka was thrust back into the spotlight this earlier this week when a magistrate dismissed a case against Carnita Matthews, 47, who had been accused of making a false complaint against the police.
Last year Miss Matthews was sentenced to six months’ jail for falsely claiming that a highway patrol officer had tried to remove her burka when he stopped her for a random breath test.
But during her appeal it emerged that, because the complainant was wearing a burka when she appeared at a Sydney police station to report the incident, officers could only see her eyes, and ultimately could not be sure that Miss Matthews was the woman who made the false claim.
Miss Matthews’s barrister, Phillip Boulten SC, told the court: “All we know is that a woman in a black burka came with a man in a brown suit with an envelope, and that’s it.”
Judge Clive Jeffreys allowed the argument, ruling that he was “not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that she made the complaint.” Following the decision, Mike Gallacher, the New South Wales police minister, said he would ask police to show how people wearing the burka – which covers the whole body except the eyes and hands – could be better identified.
One option, to be used when anyone refused to show their face because of religious reasons, was to provide a fingerprint, which could also be used on statutory declarations and other statements to ensure they were authentic, he said.
The full veil is banned in France and Belgium, but enforcing the bans has become difficult. Last week the first women to be summoned before a European court for illegally wearing the garments were refused entry, because they would not remove their face coverings.
The music goes round and round… And simple remedies still are the best.
Macy’s Santa Claus fired over joke
Santa Claus has been canned from Macy’s, and he’s anything but jolly about it. His fans aren’t happy, either. And there are many.
John Toomey, known for 20 years at the Union Square Macy’s in San Francisco as “Santa John,” was told Saturday he’ll have to take his “ho, ho, hos” elsewhere because an adult couple complained about a joke he cracked.
The joke has been in his Santa bag for decades. But after thousands of tellings, the 68-year-old retired caretaker for the elderly finally hit the wrong recipients – apparently an older woman and her husband, who considered it inappropriate…
The kids who sit on his lap, he said, get only his trademark laugh and questions about what toys they want…
But several workers used words including “devastated” and “overreaction” to describe their take on Santa John being booted from his throne at Santaland on the seventh floor. They all asked not be named because store policy forbids them from speaking publicly about such matters, but their un-yule-ish gloom was palpable…
There’s no doubt Toomey takes seriously the responsibility that comes with the red hat.
“With the children, it’s important to listen carefully to them and make sure they’re doing things properly, like brushing their teeth, helping Mom around the house, things like that,” Toomey said. “Then when they tell you what they want, repeat it loudly enough so the parents can hear, and tell the child you’ll talk it over with Mrs. Santa and the elves. That way you leave it up to the parents…
“I’ve got my Social Security and some savings, so I’ll be OK,” he said. “But I sure do miss being Santa.”
You expect to run into a certain percentage of stiffs in this land. Rightwingers hate to admit it’s their kith and kin who work hardest at cluttering up our liberties with nanny-state ideology. But, here we go again – trying to get a job back for a Santa with a sense of humor. RTFA for his mild humor.
Next week, someone will probably accuse him of being the AntiChrist – even though holiday theft worked the other way round.
Scrooge is alive and well on Westchester County Council
Scrooge with a smile
They hoped for sweet success and instead got a bitter brush with the law.
A bake sale hosted by two 13-year-old Westchester County boys was the icing on the cake for a fed up local politician incensed that the teens were peddling their sweets without a license.
Middle school students Andrew DeMarchis and Kevin Graff set up shop in a local park last month, selling cupcakes, cookies, brownies and Rice Krispie treats for $1 apiece, The Journal News reported.
When local New Castle Councilman Michael Wolfensohn spotted the pop-up stall, he called police and filed a complaint against the boys for operating a business without a license…
The newspaper learned that Wolfensohn had filed the complaint last week after receiving the police report through a New York State Freedom of Information Law request.
The boys’ parents expressed outrage over the councilman’s handling of the situation.
“Kevin was so upset, he was crying all the whole way home. He was worried if he was going to get arrested or have a criminal record,” said Andrew’s mother, Suzanne DeMarchis, who was called to the scene.
“These are good kids who haven’t once gone to the principal’s office,” said Kevin’s mother, Laura Graff. “This was a very scary experience for them.”
Life in Amerika.
He should run for Congress. He’ll fit right in with the Republikan Caucus even though he’s a Blue Dog Democrat.
Pee on the Police Station – then, walk in to make a complaint
Detroit — Authorities said a man urinated on the side of the Royal Oak police station, and then walked inside one afternoon last week. Lt. Gordon Young told the Detroit Free Press that ”after urinating, the suspect entered the station in an attempt to file a police report on an undisclosed matter.”
That’s when witnesses informed the police at the front desk of the man’s activities while outside.
Deputy City Attorney Mark Liss said the man was issued a citation and likely will serve no jail time but pay a fine and court costs of $250.
Uh, OK. Cops are pretty understanding in Detroit. I guess.
Obama rolls out investigation into the Gulf Disaster
Daylife/Reuters Pictures used by permission
Calling the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico the “greatest environmental disaster of its kind,” President Barack Obama vowed to prosecute those responsible.
“If our laws were broken, leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice ,” Obama said.
The president delivered those words as Attorney General Eric Holder announced a federal investigation into whether criminal or civil laws were violated in connection with the spill…
Holder last month dispatched Justice Department lawyers to the spill region to explore whether laws had been broken. Investigators have directed BP and other companies to preserve documents related to the disaster. Although government officials would not say who was being targeted in the criminal investigation, the probe could center on actions by well owner BP and rig owner Transocean…
And no one mentions Halliburton. They were performing the cementing prior to turning the well over to production. They were the outfit performing the same function on the drilling platform that exploded into fire in similar fashion off the coast of Australia, last year.
Nurses’ union – home care does not include sex
A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
The union, NU’91, is calling the campaign “I Draw The Line Here,” with an advert that features a young woman covering her face with crossed hands.
The union said in a statement Thursday that the campaign follows a complaint it had received in the last week from a 24-year-old woman who said a 42-year-old disabled man asked her to provide sexual services as part of his care at home.
The young woman witnessed some of the man’s other nurses offering him sexual gratification, the union said. When she refused to do the same, he tried to dismiss her on the grounds that she was unfit to provide care…
The case has been reported to police, the union added.
What is there to say?
Is this guy a very attractive patient? Has he been watching too much Japanese pr0n? Are the other nurses hard up – or just extra horny?
