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Dec 19, 2008 20:39

Just curious: does anybody on my flist find the Burger King "Whopper Virgins" ad (I'm not sure if it's running in Canada) absolutely disgusting and immoral? To me, it represents the ultimate in American arrogance. My Dad commented "I wonder how many of those people had some major digestive distress afterwards?" Just how much did Burger King have to ( Read more... )

ethics, fast food, tv

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anodracs December 20 2008, 04:26:57 UTC
It's a commercial wherein people from "isolated" parts of the world (people who have never eaten a hamburger) are asked to try two burgers, a Big Mac and a Whopper, and say which one they prefer. This being a Burger King ad, the of course these people say they prefer the Whopper.
There's an extended ad at http://www.whoppervirgins.com/
I dunno, the whole thing just seems to be in rather poor taste.

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