Festival fined £70,000 for advertising campaign using texts from 'Mum'

[Kardia]

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;46649184]uh yeh 100%[/QUOTE]

That was a farcical question that I posed. Obviously those that organised it should get fired for fraud and impersonation, the £70,000 fine is justifiable for this reason alone.

These kind of marketing tactics are fucked up.

[ImperialGuard]

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;46648840]i have empathy for dogfuckers and pedophiles and believe this forum should be a place for posting our porn fantasies

but fuck any loser who gets upset by the death of their mother. fucking pc-brigade at it again[/QUOTE]

I really don't think calling people who have an opposing view point 'dogfuckers' or 'pedophiles' is at all fair.

I've seen one or two idiots post admitting that they actually are either of those, but I don't think it's the big problem so many people make it out to be.

The bigger problem is the anti-Muslims and Russia lovers.

[Lebed]

[QUOTE=ImperialGuard;46649626]I really don't think calling people who have an opposing view point 'dogfuckers' or 'pedophiles' is at all fair.

I've seen one or two idiots post admitting that they actually are either of those, but I don't think it's the big problem so many people make it out to be.

The bigger problem is the anti-Muslims and Russia lovers.[/QUOTE]

Anti-muslims is not the big problem so many people make it out to be.
The real issue is the dogfuckers and pedos

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[rufia]

The biggest issue here is the falsification of the texts.

[AlexConnor]

[QUOTE=Kardia;46648906]I'm not blaming her for being upset. I'm blaming her for complaining. People will probably be fired as a result of this backlash. Do they deserve that? I don't think so. Would the plaintiff's mum have wanted these people fired? What would she say if she was with us now? Maybe she would tell her daughter to enjoy the world and go to a festival or two. Get her mind off things.[/QUOTE]
People do deserve to get fired over this. Its an incredibly shit move with obvious consequences, and their punishment should serve as a deterrent to themselves and anyone else who might be thinking of repeating that stunt.