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vienna · 11-23-11, 01:38 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...154304409.html

One has to wonder how these things ever get off the ground. Did anyone, either at the advertising agency or the advertiser's home office really think this was ever going to fly with the public? Perhaps the idea was to create a buzz for the product by stirring a controversy; however, the potential downside harm to sales must have been obvious. Just makes one wonder again about the level of sanity in corporate thinking and decision-makig...

11-23-11, 01:38 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Controversial “anti-Semitic” vodka billboard taken down in NYC http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...154304409.html One has to wonder how these things ever get off the ground. Did anyone, either at the advertising agency or the advertiser's home office really think this was ever going to fly with the public? Perhaps the idea was to create a buzz for the product by stirring a controversy; however, the potential downside harm to sales must have been obvious. Just makes one wonder again about the level of sanity in corporate thinking and decision-makig...