Guinness pulls advert after Immigrant Council complaint

Jimbob1977 · 03-02-2019 12:12PM

I don't even understand the tagline. It doesn't make any sense.

I cringe when I see alcohol adverts that say 'Drink Responsibly'.

What they mean is...... drink as much as you want. We can't be held legally responsible for the aftermath.

gw80 · 03-02-2019 12:13PM

conorhal wrote: »

Oh I think people ARE taking step back and asking what the hell is actually going on here, and the answer that's becoming more and more clear to people is that the agenda pushers of the Immigrant Counsel of Ireland are attempting to shame people for their cultural identity if not outright deny one to people.
People are slowly waking up to the fact that this isn't just about an ad, it's about the fact that this Chuck Feeney funded quango has amassed a hell of a lot of influence and access to government and everybody runs scared of them. These unelected quangocrats are the very last people you want shaping social policy but they get invited to every policy meeting going and tend to be the loudest voice in the room once there.
Unless you're determined that we slide down the intersectional rabbit hole that America has, which has made every aspect of social cohesion impossible and every difference divisive, this crowd need to be kicked out of the conversation because, they're societal poison dressed up 'caring progressives'.
Certainly people need to start pushing back against these eejits and telling the to piss off, we're not listening to you any more.

If you cut the roots, the tree will die.

antodeco · 03-02-2019 01:53PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Guinness needs to be brewed outside of Ireland, so not to give off a racist dog whistle.

Ulysses Gaze · 03-02-2019 01:55PM

When is a major brand going to stand up to this nonsense and say - "Thanks for your input - but we'll take it under advisement."

03-02-2019 01:57PM

Grandparents? Maybe if you're Rob Herring, but CJ and Bundee..

Capt'n Midnight · 03-02-2019 02:07PM

Pkiernan wrote: »

The product itself is racist as it shows a white minority rising above a dark majority.

Needs to be banned.

Look carefully at a pint next , the white bubbles go downwards.

It's subversive and undermines the status quo.

pleas advice · 03-02-2019 02:09PM

SoundsRight wrote: »

Now we'll have ads with women in burkas cheering on the team. To think people on this quango get paid for this idiocy.

I like it, women lined up in burkas, with just their eyes showing,
Screen gets darker, apart from the eye slits, which become brighter..
...to become the creamy white heads of five lovely pints, lined up on a bar.
Zoom out, camera pans to show a multicultural crowd enjoying the match.

03-02-2019 02:11PM

Donegal based Muff Liquor Company won an award in Las Vegas last year, and are selling well in China at the minute.

dodderangler · 03-02-2019 02:11PM

This world really has turned into a big snow globe for the snowflakes.

Robert Wolfe · 03-02-2019 02:14PM

Why kind of sad kunt gets offended over an ad like that?

Gimme A Pound · 03-02-2019 02:22PM

I don't even understand what it means - can anyone explain to this dumb brunette?

Muckka · 03-02-2019 02:33PM

Another example of the **** on the left and their delusions of being offended.

Psychotherapy wouldn't even fix their paranoia, because most therapist's lean left anyhow.
They'll encourage them.

If people are not happy with the way we do things here they should **** off to their own countries and bring those ****ing hippie leftie cucks and femminazis with them.

Shower of pricks

jopax · 03-02-2019 07:22PM

Johnnyhpipe wrote: »

Imagine living a life where this type of nonsence upsets you..

Couldn't agree more, if you had real troubles it wouldn't even phase you.

Junkyard Tom · 03-02-2019 07:28PM

Crosby Sour Manager wrote: »

I don't even understand what it means - can anyone explain to this dumb brunette?

This fair-haired clown needs help with it too.

Can someone explain:

1. What the advert is alluding to
2. How it's offensive

fatknacker · 03-02-2019 07:34PM

Can someone explain the ad? I'm feeling a bit thick.

Who's grandparents, now? Mine? Or the blacks?

Capt'n Midnight · 03-02-2019 08:32PM

Crosby Sour Manager wrote: »

I don't even understand what it means - can anyone explain to this dumb brunette?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=882_58HfuAw

Guinness ad from 1974.

There were a lot of ESB strikes back then so bit of tongue in cheek.

Guinness like to repeat old ads too. Gives the brand some history.

NIMAN · 03-02-2019 08:55PM

When is a company going to just stand up to this nonsense and say "no, we aren't taking the advert down. Its not meant to be offensive. If you are taking offence at the advert then maybe you need to look at yourself".

It needs to happen on a large scale too.

Berserker · 03-02-2019 08:57PM

Graces7 wrote: »

Guinness knew fine well what the reaction would be; a great advertising boost :rolleyes:

No such thing as bad media attention for a brand like Guinness.

Richard Hillman · 04-02-2019 12:20PM

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

When is a major brand going to stand up to this nonsense and say - "Thanks for your input - but we'll take it under advisement."

Whilst the media are the enemy of the people, PR and marketing departments are right up there as a saboteur of society.

suicide_circus · 04-02-2019 12:37PM

love these quangos who have replaced the bishops as morality police.

BPKS · 04-02-2019 02:33PM

When I was young
PC meant Police Constable
Nowadays I cant seem to tell the difference

And those lyrics were written 25 years ago

Odhinn · 04-02-2019 02:34PM

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

I don't even understand the tagline. It doesn't make any sense.

..............

Not just me then.

ohfa6muwtsvkc1 · 04-02-2019 02:46PM

A number of players on the Ireland team are from overseas or descended from immigrants.

Yes a few of the team may descended from immigrants but that was 400 years ago.

dan1895 · 04-02-2019 03:06PM

BPKS wrote: »

When I was young
PC meant Police Constable
Nowadays I cant seem to tell the difference

And those lyrics were written 25 years ago

What a fu*king tune!!
https://youtu.be/YN5AxvjTJhQ

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-02-2019 03:07PM

Yes, a lot of planter's surnames on that team.

They're not exactly true gaels like the ancient McGuinness clan from county Down.

04-02-2019 03:36PM

Lorelei Mysterious Chickpea wrote: »

Yes a few of the team may descended from immigrants but that was 400 years ago.

Roux, Stander, Payne, Aki. Quite a few born abroad to an Irish mother too or have only an Irish grandparent, Addison, Bealham, Herring, Arnold, Carberry

TomSweeney · 04-02-2019 03:51PM

The fact that OP associated it with race, shows the racist he/she is.

You're a BIGOT OP - you should be ashamed.

greenspurs · 04-02-2019 03:54PM

And how are the All- Blacks getting on ??

TomSweeney · 04-02-2019 03:57PM

biko wrote: »

Whenever someone"takes to Twitter" you know there's going to be headline news.
Journalists loves browsing Twitter for a bit of drama.

LAst month I saw some moron on Twitter moaning to the editor of some Astronomy magazine that why were the speakers at an event to commerate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings "old white men".
He just replied that all the surviving people that walked on the moon are "old white men".

A quick look at her twitter feed found other moanings like - the lyrics from some song from the 1980s that had "oriental girls" in the lyrics and that she wanted them changed - yes really.

There has ALWAYS been utter cretins that will get upset over NOTHING.
The problem is for some bizarre reason institutions/govts etc.. will bend over backwards to accomodate these fools.

*The woman in question complaining was :

* Fat
* Ugly
* Single
* Had no children
* Had multiple cats

It's all you need to know.

TeaBagMania · 04-02-2019 04:10PM

They're just words, if you read into or interpret as racist that's your problem and you can feck right off

i love Guinness and will continue to support them

Guinness pulls advert after Immigrant Council complaint

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