Comments on: Absolut-ely sorry, Gringo!

By: ErikJ

ErikJ — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:00:51 +0000

I personally do not get why I would or anyone would want to buy Vodka from the ad? I am not offended just don’t really get the controversy. They are stating facts whats wrong with that? I live in the American South west California and it used to be Mexico that’s just how it was. Why get offended?

By: Hew

Hew — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:37 +0000

Too bad Mexico sucks, the Southwest U.S. would go to shit if the Mexican gov’t ran it. In an Absolut world for Mexicans there would be no shotgun wielding man standing to greet him at the border.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:22:23 +0000

Casper Moller: Yeah, I’m sure the Dannes (speculating on your nationality here) would snicker themself silly if Absolut Germany would publish a similary campaign featuring 1940 WW2-lines.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:19:58 +0000

A typical American reaction. I personnaly loved the Ad. Absolut has balls, I’ll give you that, but come on …

By: chris

chris — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:26:03 +0000

America blithely exports hours of films portraying people from the middle east as murderous killers, hispanics as either gangsters or kitchen help, asians as gangsters or love dolls, or nerdy losers, africans as despotic regimes.

The government invades countries. Meddles in economies.

And people get mad about an ad? that ran in a different country? Sigh. It’s. An. Ad. Tomorrow’s kitty litter.

You have bigger fish to fry. Save your rage for bigger things.

By: EDL seo

EDL seo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:33:52 +0000

It is actually a map of the present situation, or at least a future impression of migration effects..

By: Casper Moller

Casper Moller — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:27:45 +0000

Unfortunately this just goes to show that the Americans have no sense of humour whatsoever. I think it’s a very funny campaign and something that would be snickered at in Europe. The grotesque thing is that Americans are complaining about an ad being run in another country. Had it been run in America with the US taking over 85% of the world map, most Americans would probably have thought it was the world atlas as it really looks and would have smiled proudly… It is a sad day when you can’t even use humour in advertising. What’s left? Highly dubious comparative ads and nothing else?

By: mc checo

mc checo — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:22:50 +0000

que chingados les importa pinches gringos pendejos dejen en paz nuestra publicidad y consiganse una vida jajaja

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:41:15 +0000

Wow!!! Is’nt there enough racist hate in this world without major companies like this perpetuating it? Way to go Absolut,not very smart. Your apology will not suffice and you will notice sales decline in the U.S.As for the advertising company you hired to do this, that was the dumbest move you made.Across this country all States are taking a long hard look at their immigration laws and it does’nt look very good for the Latin peoples trying to find a better life here.Your company has done more damage with this one little ad and you should be ashamed!!!

By: Rob Mason

Rob Mason — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:42:44 +0000

They should get a grip!