Sorry but this is a bit of a rant. . . But here goes. . . I take my son to and from school on public bus, we get to see quite a few of the advertisements being flashed on their screen. . . and no matter how I try to distract my son with the views outside or conversation. . . sometimes, it's just not enough to compete with the "TV".
However, what really bothers me is the contents on some of these commercials. I mean my son is almost six and have begun asking me "what does it mean" on a commercial he just seen, and a few of the ones I can't explain or don't even want to is as follows, I'd like to know if anyone else has seen these ads and is bothered by them:
- Girl get out of the car, takes off outer wear to wear skimpy clothes (read slutty clothes), then when it's a red light take skimpy clothes off down to her bikini and gleefully cross the street ON A RED LIGHT - (advertiser is one of those slimming places)
- Male has a different concubine everyday, then lost stamina, solution, eat herbal jelly (turtle jelly product)
- From a cartoon depiction of a girl's thigh area . . . black stuff like smoke coming out (feminine hygiene product)
- Boy chases girl all over and the solution, charge everything to credit plane ticket, suit, ring etc. and boy gets girl (credit company).
I know the bus companies make money off their advertisements, but shouldn't their material be monitored like on TV. . . I mean even on TV certain subjects/materials are not shown until quite late in the evening, and you get a parental guidance notice, but for these ads to be running all day long knowing there will be kids and students on the bus seems irresponsible I think. . .
However, what really bothers me is the contents on some of these commercials. I mean my son is almost six and have begun asking me "what does it mean" on a commercial he just seen, and a few of the ones I can't explain or don't even want to is as follows, I'd like to know if anyone else has seen these ads and is bothered by them:
- Girl get out of the car, takes off outer wear to wear skimpy clothes (read slutty clothes), then when it's a red light take skimpy clothes off down to her bikini and gleefully cross the street ON A RED LIGHT - (advertiser is one of those slimming places)
- Male has a different concubine everyday, then lost stamina, solution, eat herbal jelly (turtle jelly product)
- From a cartoon depiction of a girl's thigh area . . . black stuff like smoke coming out (feminine hygiene product)
- Boy chases girl all over and the solution, charge everything to credit plane ticket, suit, ring etc. and boy gets girl (credit company).
I know the bus companies make money off their advertisements, but shouldn't their material be monitored like on TV. . . I mean even on TV certain subjects/materials are not shown until quite late in the evening, and you get a parental guidance notice, but for these ads to be running all day long knowing there will be kids and students on the bus seems irresponsible I think. . .
