"Immaculately Conceived" – Banned by the Advertising Standards Authority… 🙄

Quite clever and funny….

… wicked timing

Well done ASA, I'd never heard of it till it was advertised on the BBC under the guise of "news"

Oh and

Quite clever and funny hilarious….

😆

Dunno what the Church has to get upset about…

.. I mean, pretty young nun like that – bound to get fat eating ice cream all the time. 😉

While I think that anything that pokes fun at the Catholic Church has to be a positive, I just don't think it's clever or funny really – just advertising designed to raise offense. Don't see why it should be banned though.

clubber – Member
While I think that anything that pokes fun at the Catholic ChurchMuslim faith has to be a positive, I just don't think it's clever or funny really – just advertising designed to raise offense. Don't see why it should be banned though.

Fixed that for you.

clubber – Member
While I think that anything that pokes fun at the Catholic ChurchMuslim faith has to be a positive, I just don't think it's clever or funny really – just advertising designed to raise offense. Don't see why it should be banned though.

Fixed that for you.

Further fixed for you

Thanks both – I'm fine with that too (with some caveats relating to sensitivity of minority groups in some circumstances).

EDIT – though I'm particularly happy to see the Catholic Church as an organisation targeted as as far as I'm concerned, it has little to do with religeon/God and more to do with power and money.

Story has been Daily Mashed already. 🙂

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/if-ice-cream-adverts-can%27t-offend-catholics-then-what-are-they-for?-asks-britain-201009153088/

Bless!

"Julian Cook, from Durham, said: "What about a topless nun about to bite into an ice cream Jesus that's nailed to a pair of Flakes with the slogan 'forgive me Lord, but I know exactly what I'm doing'"

😆

clubber – Member
While I think that anything that pokes fun at the Catholic ChurchMuslim faith has to be a positive, I just don't think it's clever or funny really – just advertising designed to raise offense. Don't see why it should be banned though.
Fixed that for you.

Erm, no I think you've broken it actually, as last time I looked, Islam din't have nuns… 🙄

Well done ASA, I'd never heard of it till it was advertised on the BBC under the guise of "news"

+1. I'm going to go and buy some now, on the strength of this 'news' story. I bet the ice cream company are loving it. You can't buy advertising like this!

"All ice cream adverts should feature young children sucking and licking their yummy treat in a variety of seemingly innocent positions."

The other suggestions aren't really repeatable on here, but the Catholic Priest / tub of ice cream one puts the concept of the Catholic Church and Offensive into context.

gotta love the dailymash! brilliant report!

Weren't the Royal Mail forced to withdraw an advert comparing burqas to postboxes? 🙄

I doubt it. Maybe you saw it in a dream…

Hang on, isn't that other way round? Surely comparing postboxes to burqas? As in 'if you want to wear one, go for it'?

Neither.