
Originally Posted by
menatsu
i think "no manners" is the wrong term to describe those advertisements.
1. About the FITA advertisement, the guy wasn't really expecting anything in return. He gave the old lady half of his biscuit and didn't know she was a fairy who can grant wishes. When he gave the old lady his biscuit, he was not expecting to be given in return a car, or half a car for that matter. I think you got the wrong message.
2. I don't see anything wrong with saying to people their zipper is open if their zipper is really open. Let's put it into a real life situation. If you happen to see someone whose zipper is open, would you tell them about it or not? If you pretend like you didnt see it, you would just put that person to humiliation even more. Why not tell him its open now rather than risk letting more people see it.
So overall, i do think you got the wrong message of the commercials. (Although I agree to your advocacy on screening commercials to make it friendly to children)