As a person who has survived with HIV for 20 years, i am always glad to have awareness campaigns helping to remind people to practise safer sex. But these advertisements bother me.
I won't say that i'm "offended", because i'm not offended that easily, and because i know the ads serve a good purpose. But... i personally do not appreciate being likened to some kind of deadly spider or scorpion. I've spent more than half my life fighting the pointless stigma which our society dishes out to people with AIDS. I'm sick and tired of being compared to some kind of bugs, diseased germ-infested vermin, or otherwise belittled and denigrated.
For fuck's sake, do we go around telling people with polio or malaria that they are disgusting infectious bugs? Do we tell people with influenza or conjunctivitis that they are ugly hideous scary monsters?
I think the ad campaign should have come up with some better ideas.
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a bit disturbing... lol
Don't quite know what to think right now. So don't do it with a big spider or a scorpion and you're safe?
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Ron Gallagher
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or get a 'bug'....
Maybe the spider is good at it. :)
it appears that the spider is... lol
Oh my goodness... these are great!
Must.... have....
Very disturbing...
I think in this case disturbing is good. There was another similar ad few years ago. I'll have to look it up and post it here.
Although I come from a very conservative community, I have to say they are a stroke of genius.. The back stabbing scorpion is a very smart statement..
My wife thought they were very disturbing..
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Alec
bonne idée, très parlant sans être gore
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V
WOW!! Look at that! 1000 reads for this thread! So this is a successful subject. :D
Pretty sad IMHO.
If I use a condom to do it with a scorpion it's ok, them? :D
hello? 3 yrs old?
man, the anons bumping 2-3 year old threads for inane comments is tiring.
As a person who has survived with HIV for 20 years, i am always glad to have awareness campaigns helping to remind people to practise safer sex. But these advertisements bother me.
I won't say that i'm "offended", because i'm not offended that easily, and because i know the ads serve a good purpose. But... i personally do not appreciate being likened to some kind of deadly spider or scorpion. I've spent more than half my life fighting the pointless stigma which our society dishes out to people with AIDS. I'm sick and tired of being compared to some kind of bugs, diseased germ-infested vermin, or otherwise belittled and denigrated.
For fuck's sake, do we go around telling people with polio or malaria that they are disgusting infectious bugs? Do we tell people with influenza or conjunctivitis that they are ugly hideous scary monsters?
I think the ad campaign should have come up with some better ideas.
You're so right, this is so offending. It's just wrong.
Agree. These ads are offensive and I've always considered myself a pretty liberal-minded person.
I think that the agency could have taken the higher road with this one.
Paddle faster, I hear banjos.
That scorpion will rock you like a hurricane
Am I the ONLY one here getting ho*ny over these?!?
:D
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