Thursday, July 07, 2011

Animal Welfare League fundraising ad condemned by Christian lobby

It started out as a bit of fun to raise money for the Animal Welfare League on the Gold Coast but it's turned into a fur-raising cat fight. The Australian Christian Lobby has condemned a risque flyer for wax treatments showing a woman in sexy lingerie with a cat sitting between her open legs, and the slogan "What's New Pussycat?".

The flyer, distributed to homes around Burleigh Heads, promises to donate $1 from every wax treatment to the Animal Welfare League. The league's marketing manager, Brooke Whitney, says it's all for a good cause and a bit of edgy, but harmless fun. "It's just thinking outside the box," she laughed.



The ACL's chief of staff, Lyle Shelton, said it's no laughing matter. "This seems to be the advertising industry yet again thumbing its nose at the idea that children should be protected from inappropriate sexual messages," he said.

"This is not the kind of thing you'd be able to advertise during children's viewing time on TV and yet we're allowed to fill public space with highly sexualised, suggestive messages objectifying women. The industry's already demonstrated it cannot be trusted with self regulation. There's been no effective policing of it and no sanctions of any meaning."

6 comments:

The Rat King said...

Ahh, there's nothing like the shrill shrieking of the mindless sheep.

These people have obviously never seen the internet.

Ratz said...

It's as well they didn't do a before and after with one of those hairless cats. They're kinda horrible looking.

cath said...

"Thinking outside the box." *Snicker!*

Anonymous said...

the squeaky wheek gets the oil...dont let the people who believe in fairies get control of ANYTHING !
God, so wrong.

Anonymous said...

...squeaky wheel is what I meant to type....that f**king god fairy made me misspell it

Anonymous said...

Very funny.