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[Koharski]

Ok, enough of the childish profiling. Grow up!! Post about the topic, or just go back to those 'other' sites that welcome that type of garbage.

Koahrski

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[optik404]

[NohopeSeriously]

Now this is a very strange advertisement.

[Smithington]

Wow, I just watched that commercial. I'm still trying to think of the correct word to describe it. It's beyond objectionable. Who in their right mind thought this would be funny? Sure it might get a giggle as a script for SNL or something. Dark humor has its place. But in a serious advert for a car to go into millions of homes. Who would feel moved to buy a Hyundai based on that advert? Was there noone in the board room who thought this a bad idea? The mind boggles.

Now having said this I am pleased that Korea is finally doing something about the disgusting exhaust fumes that its cars produce. Automobile pollution is one of the worst things about living here. Every car that passes me makes me gag, and I spend have my outdoor time holding my nose. It takes all pleasure out of walking in Korea. So kudos to Hyundai for finally doing something about it.....But they could have advertized this development without giving the impression that their CEO was none other than Bram Stoker.

[Seoulman69]

I didn't think it was that big a deal. If you can't show an advert because it may bring back painful memories to some people where does it end?
If this was the other way round and Koreans were complaining about an advert from a foreign company I'd probably say the same - Don't be so thin skinned.

[Steelrails]

[Scorpion]

I don't think one has to have lost a loved one to suicide to find the commercial in bad taste. Nor does one have to be a 'thin skinned' politically correct type. I'm emphatically none of these, but I do think the commercial crossed the line. There is a difference between being 'hyper-sensitive' and saying that 'anything goes', and that people shouldn't find anything objectionable. I think that most Western people fall somewhere in the middle. The line isn't very clear, but when people think it has been crossed then they have the right to say so. I personally dislike thin-skinned type people, but I (like most people) have a moral compass that informs me when something has gone too far.

And on the financial side of things, the commercial was just dumb. Did it arouse positive feelings in you? Did it make you want to switch to Hyundai? Given that most Western countries already have very strict rules about automobile pollution one wonders who their target audience was. The commercial is just a head scratcher all round.

Think I'll stick with my 'Kia Provo'.

[Scorpion]

Steelrails, if you think there's no difference between the amount of pollution that the average car in the West produces compared to car in Korea you are more deluded than I thought. I NEVER feel the need to barf when I go out for a jog back home. Here if a single car (or 'autobike') passes me I'm engulfed in my own little private Chernoybyl. Clearly I'm not the only person here who thinks that way.

Is there any fact you won't ignore in your efforts to defend this place?

I just remembered why I stopped reading your posts. You opinions about Korea are not based on reality.

Going for a walk now....Now where did I place my gas mask?

[everything-is-everything]

Steels has taken apologisting to a whole new level!



It's fantastic watching this train wreck.

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[Savant]

The new ix35 from Hyundai. It's not just the price that won't kill you.

[Steelrails]

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