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pcernie

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Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21859665

Of course prime time TV is the best place for it - why the feck do they think it's called that? Do they think the people of Kenya haven't seen stronger stuff than that in real life? :lol:

And they've probably given it more attention than it ever would have gotten!

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Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:03 am

paulzolo

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Re: Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints


	pcernie wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21859665 Of course prime time TV is the best place for it - why the feck do they think it's called that? Do they think the people of Kenya haven't seen stronger stuff than that in real life? And they've probably given it more attention than it ever would have gotten!

If course, any publicist will tell you that any publicity is good publicity. I expect that those placing the advert knew that there would be complaints. A good agency would have a plan ready for this eventuality.

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Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:46 pm

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Re: Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints


	paulzolo wrote: If course, any publicist will tell you that any publicity is good publicity.

Tell it to Gerald Ratner.

Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:58 pm

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Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

There are religious extremists there who will say it is a white mans plot to sterilise one group or another. Kenya is a mixed religion nation with lots of Catholics and Muslims, so loads of potential for trouble.

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Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:58 am

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Re: Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints


	Amnesia10 wrote: There are religious extremists there who will say it is a white mans plot to sterilise one group or another. Kenya is a mixed religion nation with lots of Catholics and Muslims, so loads of potential for trouble.

There were people on this forum a couple of years ago who were speculating about bird flu vaccines being created to wipe out half the human race by evil overlords. Absurd paranoid fantasies aren't the sole preserve of the religious.

Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:10 am

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