Billboards offensive? TAKEN DOWN

[Titanium_Frost]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iE4uEsaBF0[/ame]

 

[wolfman]

Don't be sorry I have a sense of humor and don't get caught up in stuff that doesn't affect me . I wish there were more people like Jim Jones. They don't have to kill the crazy/dumb people but they are more than welcome to get them out of my country!

So I take it that the murder of innocent children, (over half were children that were not there by choice) oops my bad, I ment crazy/dumb children is just fine with you, as long as it gets them out of your country?

 

[Titanium_Frost]

So I take it that the murder of innocent children, (over half were children that were not there by choice) oops my bad, I ment crazy/dumb children is just fine with you, as long as it gets them out of your country?

See above... Oh Yeah!

p.s. where do you find your statistics at?

In all, 918 people died, including over 270 children- from Wikipedia

They only started in Indiana, the cult was from San Francisco. Go figure

 

[mx_chick_42]

i think it is hillarious and plan on going to hacienda and tell them i am there b/c i think its a great advertisment. Come one people have a sense of humor and quite being so sensitive

 

[ChrisK]

So I take it that the murder of innocent children, (over half were children that were not there by choice) oops my bad, I ment crazy/dumb children is just fine with you, as long as it gets them out of your country?

No, Remember I was there. Most were not children. I unpacked a lot of transfer cases and most were adults.

 

[scottka]

I understand being sensitive, but I kind of think it was funny too.

Wolfman, honest question... Are you offended when people on this forum refer to the Glock Kool-aid or "insert manufacturer name here" Kool-aid. It refers to the same thing, but I've never seen anyone be offended by it.

 

[Kick]

A little thicker skin could go a long way in this world, I thought it was pretty creative...

 

[gvbcraig]

Great marketing ploy.

Great marketing ploy. They take town the billboard they paid for. Yahoo and other news outlets write stories about it. They get print and air time without paying any additional funds.................BRILLIANT And we continue to write and talk about it and send links to the article, we are working for their marketing department for free.

 

[ljadayton]

I have to agree with Kick, E5Ranger and everyone else who found it funny. Death happens, have some fun while you're still alive guys...Is it funny kids died, no, not really...does the billboard up change anything and bring them back? Nope. That's a one way ticket. Is it sick to think it's funny? Maybe. IF so, sign me up...I'm ok with that.

 

[rambone]

 

[Kelzo]

I think they would not have had an issue if they would have left out the " To die for "

 

[sepe]

It made me laugh and then it made me laugh again when I had to explain it to people...and these weren't just the 18 and 19 year olds in my classes. An older student (mid to late 40s) and the professor (late 50s) had no clue what it was about.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

Wow, we need to do a better job teaching people about the great tragedys of our time, or hell, at least make them watch some TV sheesh. I can name 5 shows that spoofed this in the last 10 years.

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

Great marketing ploy. They take town the billboard they paid for. Yahoo and other news outlets write stories about it. They get print and air time without paying any additional funds.................BRILLIANT And we continue to write and talk about it and send links to the article, we are working for their marketing department for free.

HAHA you beat me to it.

Best marketing tactics ever.

Pay for an offensive ad. Wait for someone to complain, then pull add, saying "We are sorry, we did not mean to offend!". Send story to every news source you can find.

Q: How much does it cost to advertise on Yahoo? A: How cheap can you negotiate a billboard lease?

 

[38special]

Nothing wrong with the billboards. If you don't like it, don't buy from them.

 

[E5RANGER375]

what if it would have said: Our drinks have been known to cause fence climing and river crossings

drink at your own risk

 

[jsx1043]

hahahahahahahaha...that one's just as good!

 

[Blackhawk2001]

I'm sorry you find humor in something that reminds people that Jim Jones lured almost 1,000 people from his Indianapolis Indiana church, to their death in ***, as someone put it *** another country.

Friend, when you've seen death and destruction on any kind of scale, you either find a sense of humor about it, or go dig a hole and crawl into it so the world won't hurt you anymore. I've buried friends who've died due to accidents (one of which I witnessed). You either find a way to laugh, or give it up.

 

[1911Shooter]

People seem to cry about everything that is funny in this country. If you dont like a sign or commercial then you dont have to do business with that company, but dont ruin it for the rest of us.

 

[jeremy]

Friend, when you've seen death and destruction on any kind of scale, you either find a sense of humor about it, or go dig a hole and crawl into it so the world won't hurt you anymore. I've buried friends who've died due to accidents (one of which I witnessed). You either find a way to laugh, or give it up.

There is even a name for this...
Gallows Humor. Laughter is truly a great medicine...