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Canadian clothing retailer axes pro-assisted suicide ad after immense backlash
liFENEWS ^ | 12/2/2022 | jack bingham

Posted on 12/03/2022 5:20:40 AM PST by bitt

The ad campaign had featured the story of 37-year-old British Columbia woman Jennyfer Hatch, who on October 23 had opted to die by doctor-assisted suicide due to chronic pain she experienced from having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

uebec-based clothing company Simons removed its controversial advertisement campaign “All is Beauty” – the accompanying video featured the title “The Most Beautiful Exit” – after facing numerous accusations that the promotion glamorized assisted suicide.

The campaign, which initially launched in late October, sparked controversy on social media throughout November. As of December 1, the ads are no longer present on the company’s official website or YouTube page.

The ad campaign had featured the story of 37-year-old British Columbia woman Jennyfer Hatch, who on October 23 had opted to die by doctor-assisted suicide due to chronic pain she experienced from having Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

The company said the intention of the video was for it to be an “inspiration,” with CEO Peter Simons saying, “We really felt — after everything we’ve been through in the last two years and everyone’s been through — maybe it would resonate more to do a project that’s less commercially oriented and more focused on inspiration and values that we hold dear.”

Reacting to Simons’ statement, LifeSiteNews’ Jonathon Van Maren had quipped, “One of those values, apparently, is assisted suicide.”

While politicians largely remained silent despite outrage from the public, People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier had gone on the offensive, calling the ad, and the euthanasia movement more broadly, a “death cult.”

As a result of Bernier’s outspokenness, many Canadians took to social media to thank the politician for any role he may have played in getting Simons to cancel the campaign.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: assistedsuicide; canada

1 posted on 12/03/2022 5:20:40 AM PST by bitt
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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2 posted on 12/03/2022 5:20:51 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: tang-soo

H/T tang-soo

Here’s the 30 second ad.

https://twitter.com/henrik_palmgren/status/1597168381555142658


3 posted on 12/03/2022 5:36:58 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

Liberals will find an excuse to kill every innocent man, woman or child they possibly can. Mention executing a serial killer and they go into hysterics.


4 posted on 12/03/2022 5:40:47 AM PST by Roadrunner383
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To: bitt

White people finally back in commercials!!!


5 posted on 12/03/2022 6:01:01 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: bitt
Fail. No stumblebum, goofy Caucasian male husband, father, partner and no obvious bipoc/female husband/partner.

Should also have thrown her into one of today's many active volcanos on the off chance it would also placate some stone age god.

6 posted on 12/03/2022 6:38:28 AM PST by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: bitt

Honestly do not see what euthanasia has to do with selling clothes unless the stock holders truly want to lose their last dime.


7 posted on 12/03/2022 7:41:23 AM PST by bgill
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To: bgill

What is all of this fuss about Asian youth?


8 posted on 12/03/2022 7:43:42 AM PST by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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To: Roadrunner383

“Mention executing a serial killer and they go into hysterics.”

Yeah, for good reason too. He could be innocent!


9 posted on 12/03/2022 10:21:57 AM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

“Fail. No stumblebum, goofy Caucasian male husband, father, partner and no obvious bipoc/female husband/partner.”

Yeah, because they were trying to show what responsible, intelligent white people are supposed to do.


10 posted on 12/03/2022 10:23:41 AM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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