That BLOODY Ad…

I personally think it’s a bloody good ad and it’s a shame they don’t have to sell Australia to Australians because it seems most of us like it.

I think the people and groups lobbying against the ad are doing Tourism Australia a favour as it has sparked so much interest in the ad. When it was banned in England, 100,000 Poms downloaded the ad from the internet on the first day. 100,000 people that would not have paid any attention if it was just on their TV sets without all the hoo-haa surrounding the bloody ad.

Now the bloody Canadians and Yanks are in on the act. Apparently the Canadians think it promotes drinking and aren’t particularly impressed with “hell” rather than “bloody” but it’s the Yanks that have made me put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)…

“The American Family Association (AFA), which has more than two million members and leads campaigns against abortion and gay rights, was upset with the bikini-clad model Lara Bingle's use of "bloody" and "hell" in the ad's tagline.”

Don’t these people have anything better to do with their time than force their opinions onto the masses? (Which is exactly what I’m doing here, but that’s beside the point.) Why don’t they turn off the TV… read a book… spend time with their children?

Do we really want to invite people into the country that say “women shouldn’t have a choice” and “gay people should be live in shame”.

I think every person entering the country should get off the plane saying “Bloody great to be here”… and if they don’t, they shouldn’t be allowed in.

If you don’t like our bloody ad… then FUCK OFF!!! Now thaaaat’s swearing!