Worst. Rape. Ad. Ever.

Topper Harley · 12-05-2010 01:15AM

Millicent wrote: »

I have a sense of humour....My feelings are fine though. No offence taken.

Glad to hear that. Maybe you'd enjoy my earlier, less risqué attempt at humour on another thread here somewhere.

Kirnsy · 12-05-2010 01:17AM

Anyone else read the title as:

Worst. Rape. Ever.

up for anything · 12-05-2010 01:18AM

tim_holsters wrote:

Sh*t I thought Ireland was backward.

aDeener wrote: »

no its not, maybe people who continue to whinge might think for a second that we are actually quite lucky

Hmmm like the girl in Kerry must have thought how lucky she was living in such a forward thinking country.

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/20/friends-in-court-divide-a-town/

Bonito · 12-05-2010 01:28AM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

tbh

Your brain, eh? You're doing it wrong.

SugarHigh · 12-05-2010 01:30AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It's sadly how it's done in these backward countries.

And Ireland isn't backwards?:D

Just look at the backlash to the hunky dory ads that will supposedly encourage rape.

strobe · 12-05-2010 01:30AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

It's sadly how it's done in these backward countries.

Pot, kettle blacksploitation shocker? Maybe you should check out the Rape Crisis Centre/ Hunky Dorys Ad thread . The exact same bullsh1t gets shat out in this country pretty frequently too.

Bonito · 12-05-2010 01:31AM

SugarHigh wrote: »

Just look at the backlash to the hunky dory ads that will supposedly encourage rape.

(Best. Rape. Ads. Ever.)?

SugarHigh · 12-05-2010 01:34AM

Bonito wrote: »

(Best. Rape. Ads. Ever.)?

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) has lodged a formal complaint against an advertising campaign for Hunky Dory crisps.

The complaint, to the Advertising Standards Authority, was made against a campaign featuring women in revealing tops playing rugby under straplines such as “Are you staring at my crisps?” and “Tackle these”.

The RCNI claimed the posters were sending out messages that may condone or have the effect of encouraging unsafe actions.

“These posters add to attitudes and behaviours that make Ireland a place where the casual and everyday sexual assault of women is permitted and unchallenged,” RCNI director Fiona Neary said.

She called on the Largo Foods campaign, which cost €500,000, to be withdrawn immediately saying “it is wholly unacceptable that a corporation should not only condone these harmful attitudes but indeed use them as leverage to promote a product”.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0506/breaking55.html

xoixo · 12-05-2010 01:45AM

Weird coming across this, I just saw this video bout 20 minutes ago

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

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

Millicent · 12-05-2010 02:00AM

xoixo wrote: »

Weird coming across this, I just saw this video bout 20 minutes ago

Fixed.

And a very strange coincidence. Puts the ad into perspective.

John Lynch Ph.D · 12-05-2010 02:19AM

up for anything wrote: »

Hmmm like the girl in Kerry must have thought how lucky she was living in such a forward thinking country.

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/20/friends-in-court-divide-a-town/

Oh the case where the rapist was charged and convicted, and where his friends could freely show support for a convict without reprisal from the state.

Yes what a backward country.

Abrasax · 12-05-2010 09:55AM

Perhaps some ads about ending religious sexual repression would have a longer lasting effect.

Dravokivich · 12-05-2010 10:15AM

fúck me i'd love a Chupa Chup right now...

Quazzie · 12-05-2010 10:25AM

up for anything wrote: »

Hmmm like the girl in Kerry must have thought how lucky she was living in such a forward thinking country.

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/20/friends-in-court-divide-a-town/

In fairness from reading that article, it puts across the image that neither case was overly convincing, and that there is now a guy sitting in Prison on a five year stretch based on the evidence that a woman, who can't remember what happened, ended up down an alley way with some guy.

It could be argued that its backward that a woman crying rape is enough to get a man convicted.

AnonoBoy · 12-05-2010 10:40AM

Quazzie wrote: »

In fairness from reading that article, it puts across the image that neither case was overly convincing,

Luckily the jury got to hear the full evidence and convicted him then?

there is now a guy sitting in Prison on a five year stretch based on the evidence that a woman, who can't remember what happened, ended up down an alley way with some guy.

The guy who changed his story about the girl he says he "found" half undressed with bruised wrists? That guy?

Perhaps the jury went on more than just the evidence of the woman?

PaddyBomb · 12-05-2010 10:41AM

Hi my name is Rape. Dont forget it because you'll be screaming it later!

Quazzie · 12-05-2010 10:54AM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Luckily the jury got to hear the full evidence and convicted him then?

The guy who changed his story about the girl he says he "found" half undressed with bruised wrists? That guy?

Perhaps the jury went on more than just the evidence of the woman?

All I know of the case is what I read in that article, and maybe the journalist is a sympathiser of the accused but he certainly seems to doubt how genuine the claims made by the victim are. If he did do it then 5 years seems to be too short a jail term for the crime, but if he didn't it really does ruin his life.

JezZCaa...X · 12-05-2010 11:16AM

First of all, I think the ad is a good ad. It makes a good point and is relevant to the country it is being portrayed in. People who make comments about "these women" who are treated sooo badly have probably never met a woman from an Arabic country.
Recently, I have made friends with a group of Arabic men and women in Brussels. One of the women explained to me that it is her choice to cover up. She feels that no other man need see her except her husband. I would love to have the disipline to agree with her.
The people of these countries have been brought up strictly Muslim (most of them) and follow the Quaran. This book encourages women to cover up etc. I believe everyone should be treated fairly and have a choice. For example, if a muslim woman wants to NOT wear her head scarf she shouldnt HAVE to.

With reagrd to the rape comments. Anyone who has made a joke out of it should be ashamed of yourself.

And finally. As for the hunky dorey ad... The people behind this are sad individuals who cant even think of a proper ad to sell their rotten taytos. It is pathetic. But I blame the women who appear in these ads more. Walking around with the wrong attitude. And men are so stupid they will generalize the women they see in these ads which WILL lead to an increase in rapes etc....

This whole topic just makes me so mad!!!!

Darksaga87 · 12-05-2010 11:47AM

9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape.

AnonoBoy · 12-05-2010 11:51AM

Quazzie wrote: »

All I know of the case is what I read in that article, and maybe the journalist is a sympathiser of the accused but he certainly seems to doubt how genuine the claims made by the victim are.

What bits of the article made you think the journalist doubts the claims? I honestly can't see that in the article at all.

If he did do it then 5 years seems to be too short a jail term for the crime, but if he didn't it really does ruin his life.

It was sexual assault, not rape, so that might have made the difference in sentencing.

eightyfish · 12-05-2010 11:52AM

JezZCaa...X wrote: »

First of all, I think the ad is a good ad. It makes a good point and is relevant to the country it is being portrayed in. [...]
The people of these countries have been brought up strictly Muslim (most of them) and follow the Quaran. This book encourages women to cover up etc. I believe everyone should be treated fairly and have a choice. For example, if a muslim woman wants to NOT wear her head scarf she shouldnt HAVE to.

What?? This ad suggests that if women don't cover their bodies they will be raped, and it will be their fault, and you think it's a good ad?? I think it's a disgusting ad!

Also it contradicts the last part of your post.

t4k30 · 12-05-2010 12:27PM

Liber8or wrote: »

Studies have shown, 50% of people actually enjoy rape.

**** joke is **** ! Also not funny !

Scarinae · 12-05-2010 12:38PM

Quazzie wrote: »

In fairness from reading that article, it puts across the image that neither case was overly convincing, and that there is now a guy sitting in Prison on a five year stretch based on the evidence that a woman, who can't remember what happened, ended up down an alley way with some guy.

It could be argued that its backward that a woman crying rape is enough to get a man convicted.

A woman crying rape is enough to get a man convicted? The Gardai walked in on him doing it, did you actually read the article?

Quazzie wrote: »

All I know of the case is what I read in that article, and maybe the journalist is a sympathiser of the accused but he certainly seems to doubt how genuine the claims made by the victim are. If he did do it then 5 years seems to be too short a jail term for the crime, but if he didn't it really does ruin his life.

The man claimed that he just found her half-naked, yet CCTV footage shows him walking with her out of the club with her hardly able to walk, and then picking her up in his arms and carrying her around the back. Her account may be a bit fuzzy, which is unsurprising since she was very drunk, but you can't argue with CCTV footage and it shows that the man was bullsh!tting about just happening to find her there. Also, the medical report stated that she had bruising and scratches on her back and wrists consistent with being dragged across the ground - hardly fits in with the 'finding her there' or 'consensual sex' explanations

Incidentally, it is a disgusting ad, suggesting that rape is a woman's fault because men just can't control themselves

xoixo · 12-05-2010 03:56PM

JezZCaa...X wrote: »

First of all, I think the ad is a good ad. It makes a good point and is relevant to the country it is being portrayed in. People who make comments about "these women" who are treated sooo badly have probably never met a woman from an Arabic country.
Recently, I have made friends with a group of Arabic men and women in Brussels. One of the women explained to me that it is her choice to cover up. She feels that no other man need see her except her husband. I would love to have the disipline to agree with her.
The people of these countries have been brought up strictly Muslim (most of them) and follow the Quaran. This book encourages women to cover up etc. I believe everyone should be treated fairly and have a choice. For example, if a muslim woman wants to NOT wear her head scarf she shouldnt HAVE to.

Sexual street harassment is happening to the women of Egypt who are wearing the full hijabs as well as the Muslim women who decide just to wear the veil. I don't think this is a topic about a Muslim woman's right to cover up in whichever way she chooses, its about the street harassment, physically and verbally, that they get no matter what they are wearing.

And what about the non Muslim women in Egypt, they're meant to cover up completely aswell in the 40+ degree celsius heat because God forbid they may provoke a man into grabbing them on the street when they're just trying to get safely from A to B?

With reagrd to the rape comments. Anyone who has made a joke out of it should be ashamed of yourself.

Regarding this part, I agree with you completely.
It's not funny, it's just incredibly disrespectful.

aDeener · 13-05-2010 12:01AM

up for anything wrote: »

Hmmm like the girl in Kerry must have thought how lucky she was living in such a forward thinking country.

http://www.tribune.ie/article/2009/dec/20/friends-in-court-divide-a-town/

yes because .00001% of the country treated her like ****, ffs cop on :rolleyes:

Worst. Rape. Ad. Ever.

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