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Jesus fucking Christ. You can't say "Go To Hell" in the 21st century without running the risk of offending some religious group or sect. That is fucking sad.
I didn't know liking football and loving my team made me the lowest common denominator. Learn something new every day, I guess.
PappaDukes: Well, this is telling the viewer to go to hell. That is kind of insulting when it doesn't have to be, just so that it can be over the line.
I'm not an overtly religious person, but I never really liked the whole "Go To Hell" tagline. For one, it's like Maxxthepenguin said, I do kind of find it offensive. Not offensive as Christian zeals might find it though. And two, "Go To Hell" as a tagline for any game that has something to do with Hell is just downright cheesy and stupid. EA could've come up with something MUCH more witty and slightly less offrnsive.
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OH NOES I LIKE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T LIKE!!! Aaaargh, my world is destroyed!!!!111
Satisfied?
OH NOES I LIKE SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE ELSE DOESN'T LIKE!!! Aaaargh, my world is destroyed!!!!111
Satisfied?
They probably aren't going to allow that tagline not because of the thought of going to hell, but the fact that they're already in one.
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If they said "go to hell" a vortex might open up in he middle of the pitch releasing demons, pestilence and dark forces into the world. Its only understandable they are being so cautious, we dont want to summon satanic havoc now do we.
I made Jim laugh.
Everyone take cover, the world is about to explode.
I never thought this day would come.
Everyone take cover, the world is about to explode.
I never thought this day would come.
I think the tag line "Go to Hell" could be, and more likely is telling you to go somewhere and not trying to insult you. When someone says "Go to $insert_store_name_here" no one is offended. The only problem is there is no context to define this so some people are taking the negative connotation and getting offended. These people need to lighten up and take the joke.
To clarify CBS' commercial policy -
Gay dating? - NO!
Referencing the underworld? - HELL NO!
Abortion? - A-OK!
Gay dating? - NO!
Referencing the underworld? - HELL NO!
Abortion? - A-OK!
I bet "Go to Mordor" would work although they're both places derived from works of fiction. Funny, innit?
In the words we'll probably pick up more than once through those giant panoramic microphones on the sideline during the game, "that's fucking bullshit."
Shameless flame bait, but as a patriotic American, I agree with every word. Just replace "American football" with "every sport other than women's beach volleyball."
Isay Isay: Focus on the Family is anti-abortion. The commercial I'm assuming you're referring to have been accepted is actually pro-life.
Though you might be saying that abortion is "A-OK" to talk about on a tv-spot, unlike homosexuality or "Hell."
Though you might be saying that abortion is "A-OK" to talk about on a tv-spot, unlike homosexuality or "Hell."
Yeah. They have health care and produce smart kids instead of fat and lazy ones, that's pretty close to hell.
Yes, because Rugby and Soccer Hooligans are so superior to American Football fans.... excuse me, my tea and crumpets are ready for consumption.
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If the header images Mr. Sterling provides with his UK sales briefs are any indication...I question that particular strain of logic.
If the header images Mr. Sterling provides with his UK sales briefs are any indication...I question that particular strain of logic.
"Yes, because Rugby and Soccer Hooligans are so superior to American Football fans"
That is DEFINITELY what I said, wasn't it!?!?
That is DEFINITELY what I said, wasn't it!?!?
Basically, the kind of people who think American football is an entertaining sport.
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Why don't they just say, "Kindly head into Purgatory." Everyone wins.
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Why don't they just say, "Kindly head into Purgatory." Everyone wins.
I love me some football, and I don't trust acute triangles... so I think I'll have to be mad about something. Am I supposed to be mad today or on Sunday though?
Seriously Jim, did you have to resort to childish insults about America's biggest sport? What did it ever do to you to get your knickers in a twist?
Also, I knew from moment one their commercial would get the edit. It's primetime and the single most-watched event every year--it doesn't meet FCC regulations for the time it's on. If it were on after 9 pm central, 10 pacific/eastern, it could air--but it's not, and that's that.
Also, I knew from moment one their commercial would get the edit. It's primetime and the single most-watched event every year--it doesn't meet FCC regulations for the time it's on. If it were on after 9 pm central, 10 pacific/eastern, it could air--but it's not, and that's that.
"Not wholly unexpected news, considering the Super Bowl attracts about the lowest common denominator in American history -- people who are upset and confused by shapes they don't recognize, or words with more than one syllable in. The kind of people who need their information watered down into a thin, milky paste in order for them to fully comprehend it.
Basically, the kind of people who think American football is an entertaining sport."
Them there be the words of righteous truth, thank your sir.
Basically, the kind of people who think American football is an entertaining sport."
Them there be the words of righteous truth, thank your sir.
Lol, talk about oversensitive PC nonsense.
You go to hell in the game, so the tag line is very much a valid play on words. Besides, its damn true that most sporting events have a damn lot of frustrated swearing in them, anyway. No one bats eyelids in disgust in the heat of mighty sporting battles.
How do you tell? Learn to lip read.
Not long now, til DI is out. I hope it turns out well and silences the doubters. And while many rag on its ad/marketing campaign, I bet it won't be topped for some time. Can anyone tell me any game ad campaigns that are better or more prominent?
Morals? The 'Go to Hell' tag line will be just adopted and aimed, from the mouths of regular people, at other pariahs.
You go to hell in the game, so the tag line is very much a valid play on words. Besides, its damn true that most sporting events have a damn lot of frustrated swearing in them, anyway. No one bats eyelids in disgust in the heat of mighty sporting battles.
How do you tell? Learn to lip read.
Not long now, til DI is out. I hope it turns out well and silences the doubters. And while many rag on its ad/marketing campaign, I bet it won't be topped for some time. Can anyone tell me any game ad campaigns that are better or more prominent?
Morals? The 'Go to Hell' tag line will be just adopted and aimed, from the mouths of regular people, at other pariahs.
Yeah, "American football" is a stupid sport followed entirely by stupid people, indeed. You know what's really intelligent, though? Making sweeping generalizations about huge groups of people based upon what they watch on TV on Sundays!
Just as a harmless marketing blurb was only an excuse to justify a long-winded, unnecessary rehash of OMG GAMES VS. MOVIES, this tiny detail about a commercial of all goddamned things was just an excuse to rant about Christians and "American football" fans.
Just as a harmless marketing blurb was only an excuse to justify a long-winded, unnecessary rehash of OMG GAMES VS. MOVIES, this tiny detail about a commercial of all goddamned things was just an excuse to rant about Christians and "American football" fans.
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