Is This Award-Winning Kia Ad Promoting Pedophilia?
- Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:02pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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You should know ahead of time that the ad you’re about to see won an award. That might seem all well and good, until you see it, and then read that it’s being charged with promoting pedophilia.
The ad, for car company Kia, recently took away a silver award at the Cannes Lions Festival, a gathering of creative, artsy media types. On one side of the ad, it depicts a male teacher and young, female student having an innocent conversation about staying after class and the student offering the teacher an apple. But on the other side of the ad, the teacher and student are pictured having a graphic, sexually-tinged flirt session complete with plenty of innuendo.
See for yourself (click on the image to enlarge):
The ad is supposed to promote Kia’s dual climate control. But as some have noted, that seems to be an afterthought, while others have asked if the ad is really promoting pedophilia and statutory rape.
Readers over at the Huffington Post are currently taking a poll. As of this publication, 65 percent think it’s “disgusting.” Take our poll and tell us what you think.
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Comments (276)
fitsgibbons
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:36pmTasteless…
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:18pmAgreed. Pandering to the lowest common denominator. But then its been going that way for the last 20+ years now. Its hard to ween the perverted from its own perversion.
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:35pmIt seems to me that the cartoon man sees himself as a stud and his student as a sexy women. Ewwww, gross!
Report Post »Airship1
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:35pmJeez! Pretty creepy for a car ad. Gotta be a dozen better ways to point out dual zone a/c. Somebody was thinking with the wrong part of their anatomy when they ok’d this bomb.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:43pm“Gotta be a dozen better ways to point out dual zone a/c.”
Yeah. That’s really easy to say … until you’ve worked in advertising for years!
Report Post »Commonsense Libertarian
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:31pm@zombie: as someone who is in advertising I can think of several better ways to get the point across..depicting the hotflashes of a menopausal woman vs her spouse for example. Or one one mt everest vs one on a beach, many other examples could have been used. Your lack of knowledge in advertising shows.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:35pmIf you’ve worked in advertising for years, it should come easy.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:34pmLOL! My lack of knowledge.
Sure. I have some gold and silver ADDYs that would disagree, but whatever.
D-bag. What kind of advertising do you do? Direct mail for mom-and-pop restaurants? Landscaping companies? It’s big time, I’m sure.
Report Post »ChuckWebb
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:02pmThe first point of a print ad is to grab attention, you have about 6/10ths of a second. Still, you are right, there are many ways to accomplish this. Better choices could have been made. A lot depends on your target market, this approach was intended to appeal to a younger market, they went about it very wrong. It did achieve something, it has gotten people talking about Kia, just not in a favorable way. For some, this was a bad first impression that can never be repaired.
Yes zombie, it isn’t my thing but something I have a knack for.. Currently working with an animator on a 7 part series for G–co. After that, pl–ters p–nuts. What you working on?
Report Post »fatpatriot
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:00amchuck
Report Post »Zombie is just a pay for play troll with nothing coherent or substantial to add to the discussion. Look at all of her posts in any thread. They’re all the same. Flame throwing cr*p.
hey zombie one link to one of your ADDY award winners. Zombie is just another idiot loser troll.
Asmodeus13
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:33pmI seen worst, but that does not totally excuse this add, yeah I get that on the right side, the hotter side is two adults, and the cold side is just a kid and doting teacher, tasteless yes, pedophilia no.
Report Post »GodsPuppet
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:32pmEveryone sees things differently, My interpretation was the little girl was just being a little girl , the teacher was fantasizing that she was coming on to him, acting seductive toward him, I see him as a pervert . Now I connect KIA with the car that perverts buy to molest children, HA! that really backfired on the slick advertising company and KIA.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:40pmWell, when you’re dealing with stupid people — like yourself — folks in advertising usually land more consumers then they lose. :-)
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:41pmYa the right side does look like the teacher’s imagination. He’s probably a union teacher.
Report Post »kennycannon
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:28pmSimple solution – don’t like the ad, don’t buy the car.
Report Post »newrepublic7
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 7:07pmYeah, it’s NOT that simple! Should Ford have ads that promotes anti-muslim or animal abuse, but does it smartly and with FLARE!
Would that be ok? I’ll answer that for you “NO” I am against censorship, but they should be shamed not awarded…for joking about looking at children as sex objects.
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:27pmThat’s just vile! What idiot at Kia thought that was a good idea.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:26pmUnbelievable. This ad is award winning? I want to know who gave this ad an award. Disgusting.
Report Post »celestialfire
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:01pmGo figure, another award winning ad from the same http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyqD4AtkM9A
Report Post »umreb78
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:24pmMost surprising thing revealed in this piece?? A majority of HufPo viewers actually seem to have some kind of standards….Surprises me considering that Arriana has NONE
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:23pmNO!
NO kia.
Report Post »NO sexual exploitation of our children.
N-O!!!!!
ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:36pmWhat? Where is a child being exploited, grand dummy?
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:36pmWhat? Where is a child be exploited, granddummy?
Report Post »teddyc73
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:44pmZombie, you said “granddummy” twice. Which I find really funny. Hahaha…granddummy.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:29pmTEDDYC73, you can call whoever built this site “dummy.” Okay, dummy?
Sorry I insulted your mom. D-bag.
Report Post »Geowchap
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:23pmPretty disgusting.
Report Post »At least this will help with sales for the big 3.
h20sue
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:21pmTotally disgusting! Shame, shame, shame. Who puts this c–p out? Doesn’t anyone on this earth have morals? Maybe this is why God is tired of the nonsense and causing the storms, fires, etc. He‘s trying to tell everyone it’s time to “clean up your act”…. For non-believers, there is an old saying…”If you can’t listen…you can FEEL.” I can only hope Obama reads these comments, because he certainly would rethink his running another term… However; he’s too busy spending taxpayer money to take time to read what we really think of him… Where you off to this week, Prez?
Report Post »Spending millions on more jet fuel? Taking your family on another vacation? Better enjoy it while ou can….
louise
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:21pmAll I can say is …sick.
Report Post »Texas Hills Patriot
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:18pmThat ad is just plain disgusting!!!
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:15pmSome things SHOULD be off-limits in advertising! Kia stepped over the line on this one.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:15pmI haven’t been this appalled by an ad since seeing a Pakistan Airlines ad promoting a plane being silhouetted over twin towers which was published in 1979. You can find it in Google images using keywords: Pakistan airlines 9/11 ad
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:33pmBig deal.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:13pmIs it any wonder we don’t feel comfortable letting our children out of our sight?
Report Post »seanscythe
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:58pmJust to make a point the sad thing is a lot of kids parents allow them to dress like this. Yes the teacher is wrong, but so is the parents for letting their teenage kids dress like the Jersey Shore cast. I was in the mall and a lady was buy her what looked like 13 year old a thong and short skirt.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:50am@ SEANSCYTHE:
Oh man! You hit the nail on the head. Parental authority has been eliminated by kids who want and GET some of the most outrageous clothing imaginable. Kids, just 11 or 12 geting these “Gothic” outfits or very young girls dressing in provacative clothing. And in many cases, the parents are buying this stuff. I saw a kid maybe about 5 with a MOHAWK haircut. I‘ve seen girls as young as 6 with hair that had more colors than an artist’s palette.
Of course, the big problem is that if the kids don’t get what they want, they throw tantrums or act like total brats in order to bully the parents into cowtowing to their wishes. In the mid 1950s I wanted my parents to get me a black leather jacket, blue jeans, motorcycle boots and get my hair styled in a “Duck Tail”. Well you can guess how far that went. I wore slacks, a button up shirt and regular shoes, not to mention having a “Regular” haircut. Did I throw a tantrum or go off the wall because I didn’t get what I wanted – - – NO, because I knew better.
Report Post »3daughters
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:13pmWell, that makes it easier. The wife and I were recently car shopping – KIA is now off the list for good!
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:32pmLOL! Oh no. Whatever shall KIA do without your business.
I think they’ll be okay.
Report Post »IAMMADDOG
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:11pmIt looks to me like the right side is how the teacher actually views the little girl. Absolutely disgusting!!!!1
Report Post »Jennine
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:40pmI agree. The two sides viewed separately aren’t pedophilia. Side by side– whenever the girl speaks, she’s an innocent little girl, and whenever the teacher speaks, he pictures a porn film with the girl as a voluptuous woman. It’s such a ridiculous, far-fetched explanation of climate controlled technology anyway. This advertizer knew exactly what he was doing. He was making us all turn our heads and look, and we did. Unfortunately, he produced material that might be borderline criminal if it were found on your hard drive.
Report Post »nacilbuper
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:11pmPlease Jesus return and rid this world.
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:20pm@Nacilbuper Be careful with such talk. People might think your crazy.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:30pmToo late.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:10pm.
Report Post »Does anybody need a wet nap?
Rational Man
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:29pmNobody but you!
Report Post »DirectionalChange11
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:07pmthis would have to come from the **** at the top of their marketing? He should be questioned about such an ad….
Report Post »teddyc73
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:47pmQuestioned about what?
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:06pmAs far as anyone is to know, the right half that represents the “hot” side is meant to reflect a college setting. It’s obvious that the girl is drawn to be much older than on the “cold” side. There’s an endless supply of pornography out there that shows teacher and student relations. Although a bit tasteless, I wouldn’t say it promoted pedophilia.
Report Post »BrotherWill
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:20pmThe fact that they are shown together, one analogous to the other is what makes it a promotion of pedophilia. If it was two separate ads you would be correct. But next to each other is wrong.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:25pmWhile I still agree to it’s distastefulness, and I can see how it can easily be tied together, to me it appears like they’re depicted the same scenario but in different environments. One being an innocent or “cold” environment the other being a naughty, mature “hot” environment and showing the contrast between the same scenario (car) but different environments (front is set to cold, rear is set to hot) showing contrast of the two environment.
Perhaps tasteless but not criminal to the point of calling it pedophilia or promotion thereof.
Report Post »BBomber66
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:10amTo deduce that the panels on the right are in a college setting is grasping at straws. Many crass summer movies depict HS students in short skirts and tight blouses. One could easily argue for a HS setting in the ad. We have also seen TV and Movies try to ameliorate how teacher/prof and student relationships are viewed.
On a related subject the Seattle Solstice Parade (both Yahoo & Google searches get results) has young children marching, not side-by-side with, in the same parade with nudists painted to obscure some body parts; however genitalia of both sexes are visible.
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=mcsaoff&va=Seattle+solstice+parade
I will always err on the side of protecting children and not promoting perverse adult behavior be that in ads or in public. Get a room or take home.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:05pmNote to self: never buy a Kia. Outrageous!!
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:30pmOh no. KIA’s in trouble now.
Meh.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:31pmWere you ever really planning on buying a Kia?
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:37pm@ American Soldier:
Hell no.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:41pmThen, Kentucky, no harm, no foul. (At least as far as KIA is concerned.)
Report Post »Dale
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:43pmAmerican Soldier (Separated)
Report Post »Were you ever really planning on buying a Kia?
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I don’t know about KP, but I spent time in Korea, and wanting to help the country would have looked at Kia – but not now.
ozchambers
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:07amIf there is any morality in anyone who sees this ad, then any thoughts of purchasing a Kia would be K.I.A.
Report Post »DirectionalChange11
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:04pmGeeezzzz……..unbelievable
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:17pmUmmm… didn’t anyone notice that there are Four (4) different people in the ad, not 3. The men are different as well as the girl/woman.
I think you are seeing what you want to see. Sick freaks.
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:17pmCreepy….
Glad huffnpuff posters have some decency…
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:20pmYeah, but the French are pigs anyway. Even many French wives admit that if their husbands don’t “flirt” or “seduce”, they’re not worth their salt.
Report Post »Ookspay
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:20pmStupid, Yes… Insidious, No!
Report Post »SacredHonor1776
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:23pm“Four (4) different people in the ad, not 3. The men are different as well as the girl/woman.”
Nah it’s got Ren and Stimpy aesthetics like the show did with the exaggerated realism on close ups
In both images the man and the girl/women are wearing the same out fit, and there is a linear progression in their narrative.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:23pmOnce again .. voting nt working .. I vote gross … it is clearly showing what the child is thinking and what the teacher is .. even a progressive ‘should” be able to figure it out …. unfricking believable in this day and age .. who wrote this crap? They should fire their advertising!
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:27pmI would not have anything with KIA on it
Report Post »K—killed
I—-in
A—-action
Rational Man
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:27pmOf all the ways they could promote their crappy car, why this? It’s trashy and vulgar?
Report Post »But hey, thats our society today so I’m not surprised or shocked. Just disgusted!
boxy
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:28pmAnyone who doesn’t see a problem with this ad has a screw loose. Sexual relations with a student no matter how old is a real problem now and this ad should not be depicting it just for sake of advertising.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:31pmThe two students are hardly wearing the same outfit. So they’re both school girl uniforms, most look exactly the same.
Look at the teacher, the realistic one has a slick back and trimmed hair cut while the “more” cartoony one has a forward flare.
Same car (type of scenario) with two different zones (front and back; in this case innocent encounter and naughty one) is what the ad is portraying. Feel free to stop buying Kia. I never planned on ever buying one….
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:36pmCreepy I agree, but not very shocking. A little less subtle than what the marketing world usually throws out, and of course the bar only gets lower.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:39pmThe Blaze is absolutely right on, and once again reveals what we should think and steers our thinking to the correct conclusion! Thanks, Blaze.
Now that we know a major corporation is, “really promoting pedophilia and statutory rape,” I guess we can report it to the authorities. Or, we can just keep the frustration deep inside and regret that we live in a society that promotes horrible crimes.
Either way we are made more fearful of Corporate power and Social Corruption thanks to the Blaze “journalists” and their objective search for just the right Glenn Beck approved thoughts.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:40pmWhy are the artsy, fartsy types always obsessed with sex. Even tv nowadays is always about sex. You can’t get away from it. It gets so I have to turn the channel all the time, because there‘s something I don’t want my kids seeing or hearing.
Report Post »I don‘t see any KIA’s in my future, new or used.
Steve
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:47pmAARON. The whole thing is a fantasy viewed by the male. He sees himself as this strong chin macho male and the small child as a voluptuous sexy girl. It is disgusting and we see the truth in this and you simply don’t. But thanks for illuminating your ignorance to all of us here.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 2:48pmWhat is the connection to the car…am I missing something??? This so call car ad has nothing to do with cars…DUMB foreign ad.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:04pmThis thing smacks of Pedophilia in my book; it needs to go and now.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:06pmThis definitely looks like it is promoting pedophilia. It makes me wonder if the company has hired the TSA to do their advertising for them.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:10pmNo matter which side you look at, both are just sooooooooooo wrong, Teacher with child or teacher with underage student is provocative suggestive scene’s, I’m no prude by any stretch, I love sexy ads with super hot scantily clad woman, when its targeted with adults for adults, but this is neither sexy or normal, its disturbing!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:25pmLame. Has nothing to do with the cars. Looks and reads like something a high school dropout might come up with.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:53pmAnonymous t:
“Why are the artsy, fartsy types always obsessed with sex.”
- You’re NOT? Rut-Roh! LOL!
Around here if you are NOT obsessed with sex, they call you artsy-fartsy!! (Ha Ha – but; we out in the sticks; not in a big sophisticated city like you. We have common sense values, is all.)
Report Post »NES
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 3:53pmUnfortunately, the Koreans are following the lead of Japanese anime cartoons and manga. In particular, the form of pornographic anime and manga in Japan is called “hentai,” and if you think this is bad, you should see the stuff that comes right out of Japan and is pervasive in Japanese society (monster tentacle, robot, punitive, and torture rape fantasies as some extreme yet very common examples). Even the crap they show little children, like Dragon Ball, breeds these concepts in young children. I remember a Dragon Ball video we rented for our son when he was little that we ended up taking back and exchanging for something else because it had things in it such as, one of many examples, an old man only agreeing to help a little girl in need if she showed her panties to him first. Keep in mind that is what passes for children’s anime in Japan. They are taught from an early age to be sexual predators and to prey on those who are much younger or to believe that being a sexualized victim is normal and pleasurable. The Dragon Ball video from Japan was dubbed in Korean, but I think the Dragon Ball Z version they show in the US is sanitized to meet our moral standards (not sure, though, since I don’t let my kids watch it anyway just in case and since I don’t want my money going to those creeps ).
Report Post »ALibertarianCitizen
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:08pmIt’s not even pedophilia though; Pedophilia is sexual interest in prepubescent children, that girl on the right is definitely not prepuberty, She’s at least pubescent, which varies from the original child, and I‘d assume she’s college level. I honestly don’t see something “GROSS” about it. They could be 4 different people. Anyways I’m not grossed out by it, and at most it’s not pedophilia its ephebophilia, interest in post-pubescent/pubescent adolescents (age 15-19). This ad is nothing compared to what is out there.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:14pmwhat I see is one side is a cartoon.. and the other side is more realistic.. the one on the right is more of a sketch than a cartoon.. either way.. it‘s NOT appropriate to sell KIA’S
Report Post »SCTiger
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:24pmHey Aaron, I see the different looks of the TWO people as a way to portray how each person might be seeing the encounter in their minds. On the left side, the little girl is simply asking for help from her teacher. On the right side, the teacher is imagining far more. The point being (as with their dual A/C), that each can choose their own.
Report Post »Kathie Bray
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:37pmNo kidding!! SICK STUFF!!!
Report Post »justafollower
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:38pmDef not feeling this. Something super strange and creepy about it. And I”m not much for censorship when it comes to how a business wants to spend it’s money. But, if it were my company, I’d be pretty much like “wtf” if that came across my desk as an actual suggestion for advertising.
Report Post »joemac1505
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 4:41pmWho‘s to say this isn’t a college classroom being depicted? Still morally wrong, but not pedophilia…
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 5:55pmWhat the hell does this have to do with car A/c? I might have known it would win an award in france. This is one of those truely pointly things people put out just to see what others will think and say about it.
Report Post »newrepublic7
Posted on June 23, 2011 at 6:58pmNote to self …
Sell my KIA
Home school daughters
and
No more apples for freaky teachers
Pretty sick, all of you defending it are wrong. I see the left side is reality and the right is the teachers sick mind at work. Not 4 different people
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:10amhey… the one on the right could be 18… which is totally legal. Unethical, but legal.
Report Post »STAR SPANGLED SPAMMER
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:11amIf it’s different people in the ad Aaron? Then why does the little girl state… “hope you like it” with the reply from the teacher being…. “Its delicious, so juicy”. Sounds and looks like a Sicko teacher to me with a warped fantasy going on in his head.
The left side of this KIA ad represents reality obviously and the right side of the ad represents the fantasy of a sick perverted teacher. Same matching outfits on all character’s with verbal responses also coinciding with each other. Hmmm?
Being the father of a 10 year old girl this ad makes me want to throw up violently! It’s just another clear example of the N.W.O. agenda to demoralize this country.
(’trust nobody”)
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 6:16amAw, come ON. Who really believes the ad company didn’t think through out all the possible interpretations, conscious or subconscious, this ad could provoke? It’s their JOB, it’s what they do all day long. You think they didn’t consider the pedophilia angle that such a “theme” would evoke? They surely spent hours and hours considering the question, well aware of the possible interpretations of their “theme.” The trick is to evoke certain feelings and ideas without obviously breaking the rules. Advertising 101.
Report Post »one years food ration like glenn says
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:46am@AARON.. It’s two different men and two different girls.. You are seeing what YOU want to see.. Mental midget…
Report Post »grimmjsb
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:12amWhat i see is 2 people with the same clothes but different graphics depicting them. The difference comes with the way the age up the child for the right side… it still doesn’t look good no matter how you explain it. Teacher student relations are never a good thing no matter the age.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:39amThis ad is aimed at Democrat Liberals.
Liberals and Democrats believe that sex with children is a protected constitutional right. Pedophilia is one of the many Sacraments of Liberalism. Even Judge Ruth-Baider-Ginsberg once stated that Pedophilia should not be against the law.
Do you taste the TEA yet?
Report Post »Rice Water
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 5:10pmThe cartoon girl is OBVIOUSLY 18 (or perhaps 16 in Georgia?), so it’s a perfectly decent and God-fearing ad.
Jesus, are people really this uptight? Does it cause a scandal when a girl dresses up in the sexy schoolgirl costume for Halloween?
Report Post »91AP
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:56pmYo aaron, have you completely forgotten your classes on Pavlovian training? Or are you good with the whole sleaze/pedophilia thing?
Report Post »aurorasnight
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:13pm@Nes
Report Post »Dragonball crap? I’m sorry, but that is not crap at all compared to what else they have. And the episode that you are talking about, yes the old man is not the best role model and you see the girl’s butt, but that is as bad as it gets for the most part. Also for this series I would watch Dragonball Z, which is more martial arts oriented and if you get the original version that aired in the US there won’t be that much blood and the like. Dragonball/Z is the least of your worries, seriously. And I‘d recommend reading the mangas compared to the anime as animes tends to do a lot of ’fanfare’ like panty shots or something like that to keep the boys interested, unfortunately. If you care to find a good one look for sports genre, for example “Whistle!” not the anime though -it stops short of the full story- this one is perfect for kids.
Also they are not taught to be sexual predators at a young age, the problem is the hentai that make the young men fantasize about how a girl should act and be. And actually a lot of young people go on group dates to meet the opposite sex(they go karaoke or something like that) or they ask their parents to arrange to meet someone(this was the old way and seems to be coming back).
Kia Motors America
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:18pmKia Motors America Statement Regarding Inappropriate Advertising Material From Brazil
Kia Motors America (KMA) has become aware of an offensive piece of advertising material that was created by an ad agency in Brazil that KMA has no business relationship with and has never worked with. This ad was not created in the U.S. by Kia Motors America or any of its marketing partners and does not reflect the opinions or values of KMA or Kia Motors Corporation. The ad is undoubtedly inappropriate, and on behalf of Kia Motors we apologize to those who have been offended by it. We can guarantee this advertisement has never and will never be used in any form in the United States, and our global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea is addressing the issue with the independent Brazilian distributor.
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Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:25pmThis ad was not created in the U.S. by Kia Motors America or any of its marketing partners and does not reflect the opinions or values of KMA or Kia Motors Corporation. The ad is undoubtedly inappropriate, and on behalf of Kia Motors we apologize to those who have been offended by it. We can guarantee this advertisement has never and will never be used in any form in the United States, and our global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea is addressing the issue with the independent Brazilian distributor.
Report Post »Longshot35
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 4:44amI see what they were trying to accomplish but it wasn’t well thought out. Yes it accomplishes more advocating of pedophelia than their product. The Ad should not have been released!
However. . .
They needed to make more of a distinction betweent the Cold/ Innocent side and the Hot/ Adult Fantasy side.
How many guys think its hot when an attractive woman wears a ‘School Girl’ outfit?? Many men love it when an attractive woman wears a short plaid skirt with a button up white shirt that is or isn’t tied up to reveal some midriff.
Report Post »fatpatriot
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:02amtroll alert troll alert
Report Post »monicne=encinom
loser pay for play troll
Bluebonnet
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 1:57pmFirst off, what the heck does it have to do with buying a car???? Won’t see me in a KIA because I hate dumb, dumb and dumber advertising. This did appear suggestive, but that’s in the mind of the beholder.
Report Post »My method of madness, I tune out stupid advertisements. If you really want my attention, KISS ( or in other words, Keep it simple, stupid.) The only cute ad on TV is the darling little dog who can’t sleep worrying about his bone, in the yard, in the bank vault, and he’s till worried. That’s me, I relate to it.
hwyphd1
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 2:40pmDamn I just bought a new Kia I hope I can still keep it….
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 2:54pmHope my son sold it to you. Don’t feel bad, they are good selling cars & nice looking. Just don’t want 1
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 10:05pmHey this is not far from normal, remember anyone who does any degree of research you’ll find mormons are pedophiles along with many parts of our culture. So this bull to be found on this site is nothing but normal. This may hurt but Glenn is nothing but a fraud. Obvious based on his religious belief.
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