U. Houston Professor Responds to Absolut's Apology for its "Map" Ad.

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[Kenny Bunk]

The Texans tried every possible avenue of approach with the Mexican Government to try and be annexed as citizens of Mexico and have their land holdings recognized. However, at that time there was a revolving-door series of Mexican governments, none of which could get it together to accept the Texans into their republic.

Eventually, the deal-breaker was slavery. It was outlawed in Mexico, and the slaves held in Texas would have been automatically freed by annexation to Mexico. It could be argued that this, perhaps more than other factors, led to the formation of the Texas republic.

Not a polite topic of conversation around the Alamo. Plus, Santa Anna, not an entirely bad military man, BTW, was a tyrannical SOB.

[Kenny Bunk]

Without money, guns, troops and support from the United States in the 1800s, Mexicans would be speaking French.

And the dysentery that wiped out the French troops, who were very poorly led.

BTW, I always thought that Maximilian and a constitutional monarchy might have been a good deal for Mexico.

[Kenny Bunk]

The only thing the Mexicans should resent is that the US didn't stay,

LOL. Many Mexicans at the time felt the exact same way. In fact, they asked General Winfield Scott to stay on as President!

[archy]

Absolut said the ad was designed for a Mexican audience and intended to recall "a time which the population of Mexico might feel was more ideal."

"As a global company, we recognize that people in different parts of the world may lend different perspectives or interpret our ads in a different way than was intended in that market, and for that we apologize."

Vin & Sprit, Absolut's Sweden-based parent company, will be acquired by French spirit maker Pernod Ricard SA under a deal reached last week.

Okay! Let's try a DIFFERENT map!

Absolut said the ad was designed for a Mexican audience and intended to recall "a time which the population of Germany might feel was more ideal."

"As a global company, we recognize that people in different parts of the world may lend different perspectives or interpret our ads in a different way than was intended in that market, and for that we apologize