[Am-info] Fwd: [IP] Microsoft Shows 85% Profit Margins for Windows

[Mitch Stone]

One other thing: I don't recall the _precise_ reasons the ad was 
banned, but I doubt it had much to do with it being inappropriate for 
children, as you've said on your web site. I think it was just plain 
tasteless and offensive to human beings.

Mitch

On Tuesday, November 19, 2002, at 06:55 PM, Paul Rickard wrote:

>    I have two of the dumbest MS ads ever seen on the MSBC site... The
> X-BOX "Life is Short" campaign that was banned from TV in Britain, and 
> an
> even dumber spot advocating the undergarment security features in 
> Office
> XP, also done for the European market. http://www.msboycott.com/media/ 
> .
> You'll know the ones I mean when you see the list.