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Forums - Politics Discussion - World gone mad: Father's Day ads pulled from TV for being too 'political'

AlfredoTurkey said:
ironmanDX said:

Oh, just like how Luke had the skills to outfly pilots who have flown X-Wings for years and blow up the death star without using the targeing computer specifically designed for the job by using the force?

 

Come on mate, get over it.

Luke was a fucking pilot his ENTIRE LIFE and was made aware of the force, taught what it is, how to use it and had minimal training from Obi by the time he made that shot. Apples to oranges. 

His little t-16 is something that a grandmother would pilot in comparison to something like an x wing... Apples to oranges indeed. It can't even leave the planet...

 

He received almost no training. Let's be realistic here. He was simply made aware of the force. Even obi wan said he'd taken his first step into another world after deflecting the bolts blind folded on the falcon. First step... That's almost nothing considering someone like yoda is 900 years old and still does not know everything.



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Alright, so I've given the article a read and it seems this is another classic case of the "moral panic" over not much of anything.
The article does go on a bit long, but essentially what happened was that a politically oriented group made an ad and failed to disclose it, as required by law; when the network notified them they decided they could make bank by crying "censorship" after pulling the ad themselves.

The thing is that the political position of opposing same sex marriage is already quite muddied, with generic statements about "protecting the family" and other such nonsense.
For a fun example: take the ad in question, add "Vote No" at the end. You have a text book example of the kind of ad they would run.
Considering the group's vociferous anti-LGBT views, yeah, they probably should have put a disclaimer.

What really should have set some alarms off, and something you all could, and should, have easily seen, is that no actual person or group is reported as being opposed to the ad, or as having reported it to the network.
This is the same rubbish we should all be accustomed to from the days of DoA Extreme 3.
Saying you're being "censored" and raking in the dough through greater exposure is a surefire tactic, and you all fell for it.

I guess any chance is good to bash your straw-man, eh Aeolus451?
Seems you're still looking for the stupidest banner, good luck!

Anyway, I would expect everyone else to be a little more discerning, maybe read the article



Tulipanzo said:
Alright, so I've given the article a read and it seems this is another classic case of the "moral panic" over not much of anything.
The article does go on a bit long, but essentially what happened was that a politically oriented group made an ad and failed to disclose it, as required by law; when the network notified them they decided they could make bank by crying "censorship" after pulling the ad themselves.

The thing is that the political position of opposing same sex marriage is already quite muddied, with generic statements about "protecting the family" and other such nonsense.
For a fun example: take the ad in question, add "Vote No" at the end. You have a text book example of the kind of ad they would run.
Considering the group's vociferous anti-LGBT views, yeah, they probably should have put a disclaimer.

What really should have set some alarms off, and something you all could, and should, have easily seen, is that no actual person or group is reported as being opposed to the ad, or as having reported it to the network.
This is the same rubbish we should all be accustomed to from the days of DoA Extreme 3.
Saying you're being "censored" and raking in the dough through greater exposure is a surefire tactic, and you all fell for it.

I guess any chance is good to bash your straw-man, eh Aeolus451?
Seems you're still looking for the stupidest banner, good luck!

Anyway, I would expect everyone else to be a little more discerning, maybe read the article

Oh really?

An ABA spokesperson told radioinfo:

The Act requires that political matter broadcast at the request of another person be appropriately 'tagged'. It is the broadcaster in the first instance who makes the assessment of whether the material being broadcast is 'political matter' broadcast at the request of another person.

https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/radio-disadvantaged-out-date-rules-political-advertising

It's up to FreeTV if it's political matter or not in spite of them trying to play it off as it's fault of BSA for this. 

The father's day commerical is not political at all and it's appropriate for the holiday. That's the truth. Someone at FreeTV likely knew of the group or was bothered by the commercial so they hit 'em with the tag bs after Dads4Kids turned in their ad for broardcasting in order to stop/censor the ad altogether. Also, Dads4Kids stated that they don't have the resources to recut the ad to include the tag. FreeTV could just the ad run as is if they wanted to since it's up to them if it's a political matter or not but nope they're acting like the stereotypical leftist trying to shut down opposing points of view from having a platform to speak. Hell, ya guys got your own stormtroopers (but they wear all black) running around attacking and disrupting any notable person of the right from speaking at colleges and at rallies.

 



"Potentially" contains political material? They watched the ad, right? I mean, it's either in there or it's not.



So having an add with only straight couples is morally wring now?



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What's the point of the ad? Why is a non-profit organisation trying to advertise a commercial holiday? Why would there even be father- or mother-organisations, rather than just parent-organisations in general? Why is it so hard to just put in a part with two fathers, if it's such a sensitive issue in Australia?



Lawlight said:
Where are the leftists? I'd like to see them defend this.

I have to pick and choose my battles you know.



Flilix said:
What's the point of the ad? Why is a non-profit organisation trying to advertise a commercial holiday? Why would there even be father- or mother-organisations, rather than just parent-organisations in general? Why is it so hard to just put in a part with two fathers, if it's such a sensitive issue in Australia?

The reason it's an issue is theres a postal plebiscite vote on same sex marriage coming up and  bothsides have started add campaigns and we have had controversy due to false claims on the anti side , once the plebiscite is over then they will have their adds status be back to normal.



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IkePoR said:
Just when I think we've put a muzzle on this silliness, news like this springs up. FFS Australia, sort it.

it's sonly an issue due to there being a postal plebiscite on sam sex marriage once and political adds from both sides are being aired once that's done and dusted their ads wil return to their old  status.



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Yeah, that's nonsense The ad was pretty harmless.
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