Ad watchdog dismisses complaints against SpecSavers, AAMI and Aldi
Complaints suggesting ads for SpecSavers, AAMI and Aldi Australia were respectively cruel to animals, encouraged dangerous driving and inappropriate and “gross” have been dismissed by the Ad Standards Board (ASB).
A complaint against an ad for SpecSavers, which features a volleyball player mistaking a seagull for the ball due to bad eyesight, argued it suggested “cruelty to animals is alright”.
“Selling a health product with such a violent and abusive manner is disturbing,” the complainant said.
“I have seen this ad on other channels and I do not think it is suitable for either children or adults as it is a grotesque manipulation of the thought process.”
Why do some people keep thieving oxygen?
Complain, complain, complain. Haven’t you got something else to do, like live?
If you don’t like the bloody advert, turn the TV off or change channels.
I’m surprised people complained about the Specsavers ad because of cruelty to animals. When I first saw it I thought people would complain about racist overtones, namely the black guy being portrayed as dumb.
its racist that you think that’s racist.
Specsavers show that the seagull is ok, so they had the foresight to see this as an issue. Plus the hitting sound effect isn’t hard or distressing. I can see that some people may be upset – but Specsavers did an excellent job at portraying this in a good light.
Lowest common denominator…This is why ads suffer, because we are basically advertising to idiots.