Hitler ad stirs debate
TAIPEI (Reuters) - An ad campaign in Taiwan that uses a cartoon image of Adolf Hitler to promote German home heaters will be withdrawn after causing a storm of protest.German and Israeli diplomats in Taiwan said the ad was appalling and insensitive. Facing the barrage of complaints, K.E. and Kingstone, the advertising agency behind the T$2.5 million (US$78,800) campaign, said it has ordered the posters removed from buses, subway and train stations island-wide within three days.
The ad features Hitler saluting a banner that reads ''Declaring War on the Cold Front'' and was created for German home heater maker DBK without that firm's knowledge. The cartoon Hitler's armband bears the letters ``DBK'' rather than a swastika.
My Sardonic Thoughts
- Duh!
- Where have these guys been?
- What's next? Jeffrey Dahlmer ads endorsing the beef industry?
Choose your Child's gender
Technology is making it more and more possible for parents to choose the sex of their future child.But it is stirring up lots of controversy and questions about safety, reports KOIN 6 News. The process is called "microsorting," and it can give you a gender guarantee. After three boys, Taryn and Kelli Sohndi desperately want a baby girl. They're so determined, they're participating in the highly experimental new procedure. Microsorting is a procedure that separates X and Y sperm, reports KOIN. Sperm is what determines the sex of a baby. "X" makes a girl, and "Y" makes a boy. Doctors apply florescent dye to the sperm, allowing them to then use a laser to separate the sperm by sex. Then, only the sperm of the desired sex is used to fertilize the mothers egg in a test tube. But does this guarantee you'll get your baby girl or boy? No.
My Sardonic Thoughts
- What's left? What else could it be? It's either a boy or a girl, how can it not guarantee a boy or a girl?
- Does this new procedure allow for the birth of puppies?
