Axe ad banned for offending Christians

[wamdue]

^Coming on to you, sure. But being totally deprived of the ability to resist you? That's a fundamentally different fantasy. In the former, the women have agency and choice. In the latter, they're deprived of it. That's the crucial distinction.

fair enough, I just remember being a teenager, and wearing a variety of deodorants including Lynx, but I didnt for a second believe think that it would make women powerless to resist me, nor do I think its inform my sexual fantasies.

I may have had such fantasies, but I had MANY others, and always knew the differnce between women in my fantasies and women in the real world.

Also there is plenty of vampire fiction, (largely read by young women) where a human female cant resist the male vampire.

ok im sure you are going to disagree with me, and we can go around in a circle, im sure you wont change your mind, and im going to need facts and figures for me to change mine.

 

[Christopher]

I'm not trying to change your mind, I'm just trying to make sure my own position isn't being misunderstood. We can try to understand each other's thinking without needing to alter our own. I just wasn't sure you were getting the point I was trying to make.

 

[Mr. B]

The only thing offensive about Axe is the smell.

 

[The Dominion]

If we banned everything Christains hated there would be nothing left on TV.

There would be "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood", and you can't tell me Mr. Rogers doesn't totally kick ass.

I have Christian relatives who wouldn't let their kids watch the show because they thought he was gay, satanic, and a pedophile. (Because all gays are pedophiles, and all pedophiles are satanists.)

True story. Needless to say I don't talk to those relatives much.

 

[Captain Fine]

Hmm I'm 29 and I still wear Axe. I find it the most pleasing smelling antiperspirant out there. Previously I used Adidas I think. Before that maybe Gillette?

What could I use that's more appropriate for my age? Old Spice? :-/

 

[RoJoHen]

What could I use that's more appropriate for my age? Old Spice? :-/

Yep.

Of course, I've been using Old Spice since I was in junior high.

 

[Canadave]

What could I use that's more appropriate for my age? Old Spice? :-/

There are plenty of good options. I use Right Guard, myself, as I've found it to be one of the best at the antiperspirant part of the equation, while the scent is decent without being overpowering.

 

[Dream]

ANGELS DON'T EXIST IN REAL LIFE so I didn't have a problem with it.

 

[Christopher]

ANGELS DON'T EXIST IN REAL LIFE so I didn't have a problem with it.

Sure they do. How else would Broadway plays get backing?

 

[Forbin]

How many Broadway plays can be financed on the head of a pin?

 

[Amaris]

How many Broadway plays can be financed on the head of a pin?

The correct answer is Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Anyhoo, I used Axe for a while because it actually worked (my skin gets really dry and other cleansers just couldn't moisturize well enough), but Axe's Snake Peel worked wonders. Then it was no longer available in my area, so I went back to Old Spice and not only does it do a good job on my skin, it also smells much nicer than the Axe.

 

[JoeZhang]

Hmm I'm 29 and I still wear Axe. I find it the most pleasing smelling antiperspirant out there. Previously I used Adidas I think. Before that maybe Gillette?

What could I use that's more appropriate for my age? Old Spice? :-/

I don't know what is available in the US but the scent of choice for teenaged boys is never a good idea. Really you don't want your antiperspirant to smell too strong as it interfere with the subtle scent from your cologne. I tend to use a scentless stick.

 

[Trekker4747]

http://fashionetc.com/news/beauty/3...utbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=launching

I think it is an awesome ad.
Anyone find it offensive?

:facepalm:

Can Christians get over themselves and stop taking things so darn literally and as an offense? And really, the ad was banned because some people got upset over this fictional depiction of presumed-to-exist beings?

 

[spooky spice]

I find all Axe ads stupid, sexist, and annoying. And the one with the falling angels was just lame, an overly labored metaphor that carried the whole disgusting "You too can compel women to lose all inhibition and dignity and become your groveling sex slaves" campaign to a reductio ad absurdem level. Religious implications are the least of its problems.

indeed.

It reminds me of an ad from my youth for an aftershave called Hi Karate, which I'm told smelled vaguely of cat's wee. Ad used to show a guy (usually a good looking clean cut fella in a suit'n'tie ensemble) who wears the after-shave and becomes irresistible to women

this, is an hilarious spoof of the Lynx/Axe ad

 

[Servo]

I'll admit, I do think most of the Lynx range smells like crap, but they have one or two decent deoderants - Vice, Excite and Cool Metal come to mind.

On the subject of the adverts, I think the new Lynx 2012 advert is pretty good, where the guy builds a version of Noah's Ark, sprays himself with Lynx and waits for the women to show up two-by-two. It ends with a voiceover about being prepared for the end of the world.

Nice to see advertisers playing with is 2012 crap. Hope we see more of it over the coming months.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

There would be "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood", and you can't tell me Mr. Rogers doesn't totally kick ass.

I have Christian relatives who wouldn't let their kids watch the show because they thought he was gay, satanic, and a pedophile. (Because all gays are pedophiles, and all pedophiles are satanists.)

True story. Needless to say I don't talk to those relatives much.

I don't even understand how it's possible to think that about Mr. Rogers. The man was married to the his wife for almost fifty-one years and they had two children. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister. He was as far away from what your relatives thought as is possible. I'm genuinely stunned. How can someone think that about Mr. Rogers?

 

[RoJoHen]

I don't know what is available in the US but the scent of choice for teenaged boys is never a good idea. Really you don't want your antiperspirant to smell too strong as it interfere with the subtle scent from your cologne. I tend to use a scentless stick.

I don't think I know anybody who wears cologne.

 

[JoeZhang]

I don't know what is available in the US but the scent of choice for teenaged boys is never a good idea. Really you don't want your antiperspirant to smell too strong as it interfere with the subtle scent from your cologne. I tend to use a scentless stick.

I don't think I know anybody who wears cologne.

Really? you don't know anyone wears that or even the more common after-shave? I find that hard to believe.

 

[RoJoHen]

If they do, I'm unaware of it, but I just don't think it's all that common around here.

 

[JoeZhang]

If they do, I'm unaware of it, but I just don't think it's all that common around here.

Ah that's a shame, I love all that stuff and all the neat extra touches that are available to a man if he wishes to take advantage of them.

I'm particularly keen to seek out the lesser known brands that you find discussed at places like this.