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Religions > Atheism |
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"johac" |
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01 Oct 2005 02:56:13 AM |
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Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
Jesus as celebrity spokesperson.
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Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation
Fri Sep 30, 1:16 PM ET
Sony (6758.T) has apologized for an advertising campaign for its
PlayStation game console which featured a young man wearing a crown of
thorns with the slogan "Ten years of passion."
Some Catholics were outraged by the adverts, which ran in newspapers and
magazines to celebrate the product's tenth anniversary.
"This time they've gone too far," said Antonio Sciortino, editor of
Famiglia Cristiana (Christian Family), a mass-circulation Catholic
weekly.
"If this had concerned Islam there would have been a really strong
reaction," Sciortino was quoted as saying in the Corriere della Sera
newspaper.
In the Bible, Jesus was forced to wear a crown of thorns by mocking
Roman guards before he was crucified. In the advert, a young man smiles
cheekily, wearing a crown whose thorns are twisted into the geometric
shapes that are PlayStation's logo.
In a statement, Sony Computer Entertainment Italia expressed regret over
the reaction to the advert. It acknowledged that the "spirit of the
message was misunderstood" and said the campaign would not continue.
Sony's ad is not the first to irk Catholics in recent months.
"There's no religion any more," read a slogan for IKEA in an advert to
inform Italians, whose Church attendance is steadily falling, that its
furniture stores were open on a Sunday.
And two adapted versions of Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper have been
used for adverts that caused controversy in other predominantly Catholic
countries.
French fashion designer Francois Girbaud featured Jesus as a woman with
a table of glamorous disciples, while Irish bookmaker Paddy Power
depicted the original Christians gambling, the traitor Judas clutching
his 30 pieces of silver.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050930/tc_nm/italy_advert_jesus_dc
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
01 Oct 2005 04:52:18 AM |
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On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:56:13 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
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Jesus as celebrity spokesperson.
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Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation
Yeah, the:
"What would Jesus steal & pawn for a hit?"
campaign was a total flop.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
02 Oct 2005 01:52:58 AM |
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In article <b0nsj1hpfe6pqvorta5b4m90p3nbn9dmi1@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:56:13 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
wrote:
Jesus as celebrity spokesperson.
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Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation
Yeah, the:
"What would Jesus steal & pawn for a hit?"
campaign was a total flop.
I wonder if they were thinking games like 'Grand Theft Chariot -
Jerusalem, ca 33 CE.'?
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
02 Oct 2005 02:44:43 AM |
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On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:52:58 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
wrote:
In article <b0nsj1hpfe6pqvorta5b4m90p3nbn9dmi1@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:56:13 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
wrote:
Jesus as celebrity spokesperson.
---
Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation
Yeah, the:
"What would Jesus steal & pawn for a hit?"
campaign was a total flop.
I wonder if they were thinking games like 'Grand Theft Chariot -
Jerusalem, ca 33 CE.'?
They've already got Jerusalem, 33AD based games:
"Tomb Raider"
"Age of Empires"
"Final Fantasy"
"Half Life"
"Halo 2"
"Diablo"
"Max Payne"
"Devil may Cry"
And they *could* make:
"Quakers III"
"Palm Sunday Donkey Kong"
"Trinity Tetris"
"Lord of the Rings"
"Madmen NFL"
"The Simaritans"
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
02 Oct 2005 11:06:33 PM |
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In article <dm3vj1dtq8jllroefalm2v1r17un1nujvb@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:52:58 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
wrote:
In article <b0nsj1hpfe6pqvorta5b4m90p3nbn9dmi1@4ax.com>,
Michael Gray <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote:
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:56:13 -0700, johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com>
wrote:
Jesus as celebrity spokesperson.
---
Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation
Yeah, the:
"What would Jesus steal & pawn for a hit?"
campaign was a total flop.
I wonder if they were thinking games like 'Grand Theft Chariot -
Jerusalem, ca 33 CE.'?
They've already got Jerusalem, 33AD based games:
"Tomb Raider"
"Age of Empires"
They already have "Age of Mythology"
"Final Fantasy"
"Half Life"
"Halo 2"
"Diablo"
"Max Payne"
"Devil may Cry"
And they *could* make:
"Quakers III"
"Palm Sunday Donkey Kong"
"Trinity Tetris"
"Lord of the Rings"
"Madmen NFL"
"The Simaritans"
"Command and Crucify"
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
03 Oct 2005 11:48:39 PM |
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In article <jhachm-F6646B.21063302102005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote:
"Command and Crucify"
Pilot Project
You are given the rule of a strategically important and rebellious
province of a mighty empire. Your job, keep the peace, but above all
keep the taxes rolling in.
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Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Sony pulls "Jesus" advert for PlayStation |
05 Oct 2005 12:40:54 AM |
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In article <proto-3A306C.00483904102005@reader1.panix.com>,
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote:
In article <jhachm-F6646B.21063302102005@news.giganews.com>,
johac <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote:
"Command and Crucify"
Pilot Project
You are given the rule of a strategically important and rebellious
province of a mighty empire. Your job, keep the peace, but above all
keep the taxes rolling in.
And you get 50 bonus points for nailing up rabble rousers.
--
John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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