Friday, March 14, 2008

Stand up, stand up, for Jesus


It sometimes pays to protest. This email was sent to the Telegraph back in November 2007:

"I shall be interested to hear if you have had other complaints about the ghdhair advert in yesterday's magazine.

The mis-use of the Christian symbol of the Cross and the words of Jesus "Thy will be done" is offensive (maybe even blasphemous). 'A new religion for hair' it may be but should 'The Telegraph' be accepting adverts like this?

I shall make my point directly to ghdhair if I can find out how to contact them."

Today's Church Times carries this report:

"Chopped
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld 23 complaints, including one from the Archdeacon of Liverpool, against the Jemella agency, for its TV campaign for ghd IV hairstyling equipment. The ASA found that the advertisements, which used religious imagery and vocabulary, could cause “serious offence”."



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