Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Tasteless Groupon ad

Groupon is a group discount business.  In conjunction with retailers they make discounted offers, using social networking,  and if sufficient people sign up, the offer will then apply.

They ran a tasteless ad to coincide with the Superbowl for which they have received a lot of criticism.  The ad trivialises the Chinese occupation of Tibet in order to promote a restaurant selling Tibetan curries.  Over 1 million Tibetans have died under Chinese rule. Imagine the outcry if an ad made light of 9/11 in order to sell American hotdogs and you get the picture.

By the way, who is Timothy Hutton?    

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