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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Also, SD was talking about it a while back, how he didn't like the suggestiveness of the women throwing around the red dots. Frankly, I think all sex-related commercials, from Viagra to birth control pills to that KY warming stuff, are very lame. I wish someone with a sense of humor would make a sex-related product commercial.
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There are 2 that were banned from several TV stations as being to "jokey." One has these cute little syphillis viruses running around and I can't find a picture. But this is what people say about that.
Health officials in San Francisco have run up against opposition to an intentionally light-hearted ad campaign aimed at raising awareness about syphilis among gay and bisexual men.
The a cartoon at the center of the controversy shows a cartoon penis and syphilis sores, under the headline "Syphilis sores are spreading throughout the gay community--Get tested for syphilis."
Here's Phil the Sore.
The ads have been described as "sex positive" and "funny," a shift from the city's more somber awareness campaigns against hepatitis and HIV in recent years.
KCBS-TV, the Los Angeles CBS affiliate in Hollywood to denounce recent decisions by almost all local Southern California network television affiliates to reject a 30 second, 'Stop the Sores' paid public service announcement on syphilis prevention and testing, part of a social marketing campaign that features 'Phil, the Sore,' a six foot tall, colorful animated character.
