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In France, Sex Sells — Even in Anti-Smoking Ads
Time.com World ^ | 2/25/10 | Bruce Crumley

Posted on 02/25/2010 4:01:15 PM PST by FredJake

Edited on 02/25/2010 4:08:18 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

The French aren't exactly squeamish when it comes to sex. Nor do they typically bat an eye when it comes to racy content in advertising. Now, however, a controversy has erupted over an ad that some feel has gone a step too far: it doesn't just evoke oral sex but actually seems to depict it. Worse still, the salacious images are targeting young people in what would otherwise be a laudable campaign

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antismoking; pedophelia; sex; sickbastards
I always thought the French were some pretty sick individuals, now I'm convinced.
1 posted on 02/25/2010 4:01:16 PM PST by FredJake
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2 posted on 02/25/2010 4:07:00 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: FredJake

Hey, Clinton was our president. Granted what would be involved would be a cigar and not a cigarette.


3 posted on 02/25/2010 4:07:58 PM PST by Tribune7 (Only stupid, racists people support Obama.)
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To: FredJake

That is vulgar.


4 posted on 02/25/2010 4:08:29 PM PST by pray4liberty (http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
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To: FredJake

You think this proves the French are sick?

No, no, no. If you want something that proves the French are sick then go out a rent a DVD of either “Man Bites Dog” or “My Mother.”

Trust me, as warped as this ad is, it is NOTHING compared to either one of those movies.


5 posted on 02/25/2010 4:10:07 PM PST by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: vladimir998

Wait, “Man Bites Dog” is apparently Belgian. Who knew?


6 posted on 02/25/2010 4:11:33 PM PST by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: vladimir998

Dr. Evil was raised by Belgians, which is what made him so complex and evil.


7 posted on 02/25/2010 4:16:07 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Amazing ad copy. It’s hard to believe that at one time no so long ago certain brands of cigarettes were marketed as “clean” and “without impurities.”


8 posted on 02/25/2010 4:16:35 PM PST by behzinlea
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To: vladimir998

That’s ok, I’ll pass. Are not the french the ones that also came out with a moves about a young 13 year old girl falling in love with a very much older man and they insinuate in the move that it is very normal?

If I am not mistaking, Molly Ringwald played the girl, because they needed a women old enough for the very suggestive sex scene that looked young enough to be 13.


9 posted on 02/25/2010 4:19:03 PM PST by FredJake
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To: FredJake

Porn images and comments are unwelcome on Free Republic.

Also Getty images allow none of their material to be posted on Free Republic. The porn Getty images you posted have been removed.


10 posted on 02/25/2010 4:20:26 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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Understood, and I apologize, it will not happen again, I promise,


11 posted on 02/25/2010 4:22:47 PM PST by FredJake
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To: behzinlea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCMzjJjuxQI

More doctors prefer Camels than any other cigarette.


12 posted on 02/25/2010 4:27:59 PM PST by 21twelve (Having the Democrats in control is like a never-ending game of Calvin ball. (Giotto))
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To: FredJake

That I don’t know.


13 posted on 02/25/2010 4:28:36 PM PST by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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So it's true. The French DO have small penises.
14 posted on 02/25/2010 4:43:49 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (Proud Member of the Teeth Party Movement)
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To: andy58-in-nh

hows things up in NH
? Hope all is well with you and you’re keeping warm

I know this is off topic but I do have a question regarding smoking.

Isn’t there a cigerette which contains no chemicals or has no tobacco.
basically a cig which does mean you can inhale and blow pout but it is air or steam or something.

i saw them over in England last year and can’t remember the name or where to find them that is if we have them over here


15 posted on 02/25/2010 5:16:06 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: vladimir998

ah but does the Govt say out of the marriage business and can they marry their tobacco?

obviously tongue in cheek question


16 posted on 02/25/2010 5:17:16 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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Well....it's raining like God set off the heavenly sprinkler systems right now and the temperature is in the 40s. It's been a weird winter, to say the least. We've had very little snow in northern New England - all the storms have passed to our south and west, so they've been buried in drifts in the mid-Atlantic, while our ground is nearly bare - which never happens in February.

In any event, I think you're referring to these doohickies. Never tried one, though. I'm a confirmed cigar smoker, myself, but I'm told it tastes like the real thing.

17 posted on 02/25/2010 5:24:40 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: andy58-in-nh

that’s great thanks for the advice.

We’ve had it crap down here and it’;s been cold, we had snow in FL . EEK , we’ve had frost a lot in the mornings and the grass and palm trees have died.
remember that skytrekker who was a mod on that site and said he was about to grow palm trees because of global warming, good luck with that in CT LOL
do you ever still go on that site?

to all
sorry for getting off topic

take care Andys mom


18 posted on 02/25/2010 5:29:00 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: FredJake
Naw...Paris is one of the sexiest cities, not because of the subject at hand mentioned. You love the light, the scenary, the architecture, art sold by the River Seine, the food (pastry), the cafes, people watching ...like no other place. Yes, a lot of parisians still smoke, even while riding their bikes.

Sex sells in America too, always has, always will.


19 posted on 02/25/2010 6:30:26 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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