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March 08, 2005

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Offended by Seek Truth?

Chinese SmokerHas anyone heard the recent radio spot, presumably created by anti-smoking advocates ? I witnessed it on last week sometime. I must say that I usually dig their tactics whether televised or not — people do need to be educated about the health risks of smoking and corporate tyranny of pro-smoking organizations such as . The most recent radio spot from See Truth really offended me, though.

I can’t recite the commercial verbatum, but I’ll attempt to paraphrase:

“I’m standing here in ‘Chinamen Square’ looking at a bunch of…Chinese people. Did you know that if you smoke, it could stunt your growth and you could end up like all of these Chinese people? Short… So don’t smoke, because it will stunt your growth. Or, worse yet… Make you Chinese.”
Ok, was I just hearing things? Was this a joke aired by 965 The Buzz? In all cases, could someone have thought that this was actually a good idea?

I hereby apologize to all of my Chinese friends. This commercial (whether from Seek Truth or 965 The Buzz) just plain sucked.

Posted at 11:15 am

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Comments (8):
ahahahaha…. thats hilarious. i mean, what? thats terrible. seriously, i havent heard this one but it had to have been a joke. there’s no way something like that would fly.. oops i mean “fry”.

dennisthemenace () - March 08, 2005 at 4:47 pm

not funny, dennis. get a clue.

jared () - March 08, 2005 at 7:38 pm

Dennis is too sarcastic for his own good sometimes. ;-)

timsamoff () (URL) - March 09, 2005 at 08:31 am

If it was indeed a bad joke, it was in extremely bad taste.

Jean () (URL) - March 09, 2005 at 10:42 am

Funny, Jared. And the Butler did it with the candlestick.

dennisthemenace () - March 09, 2005 at 11:22 am

This to me definitely sounds like a radio parody. My two cents.

Drina () (URL) - March 10, 2005 at 6:54 pm

I’d like to think so to, Drina, but it sounded so real… And it said to visit thetruth.org for more info and everything.

timsamoff () (URL) - March 10, 2005 at 10:06 pm

yeah, havent so much as heard or seen this commercial since you mentioned it… i think it was a joke. had to be, man.

dennisthemenace () - March 14, 2005 at 10:57 am

  
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