Iceland’s Christmas ad was brave and necessary. It shouldn’t be banned https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/09/iceland-christmas-ad-palm-oil-banned
The good news is that now it's banned it will get far greater promotion through social media than it would on TV coverage.
Just checked it out. Why should people be fed such a load of pompous, irritating, biased crap. The ban hammer is well justified.
What I just watched was not a Christmas advert, but a blatant, well thought and executed, instrument for influencing the minds of young children. Creating tomorrow's echo-ter**orists. I understand the message, but not do not approve of the the way it is delivered
As an ex-employee of Iceland, I say well done to Richard and Malcolm for highlighting the issue. Iceland has a history of tackling the wrongs of the food industry - the latest initiative is recycling plastic waste instore and getting rewarded for it. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/63851...-bottles-in-icelands-reverse-vending-machine/
What is also interesting is that the palm oil infdustry has already attempted a smear campaign against the Iceland directors. This is not Iceland's first campaign against it. Anyone who defends the destruction of asian rainforest to grow even more palm oil is frankly sick in the head.
https://www.change.org/p/release-ic...s-advert-on-tv-nopalmoilchristmas?signed=true over 800,000 sigs (by the time you look lol)
If an Orangutan came into my bedroom,I`d know just what to do..I`d build a great big metal cage and advertise a Zoo. If 500 Pesos at the gate proved oh so very dear,I`d barbecue that Orangutan and serve it with some beer.
I am rather confused by this petition Keith, what is the purpose? Are people who sign the petition campaigning to: See a cute cartoon. Support a total ban on the production of palm oil. Support sustainable palm oil production. Sign a petition because it seems cool, trendy, and politically correct.
Its to draw attention to Icelands decision to stop using palm oil in their products and that in the current situation there is no "sustainable" palm oil production since there is no way to differentiate which palm oil is causing the destruction of millions of acres of fragile rain forest from any other. Its also to draw attention to the crazy rules that would ban an advert that seeks to draw attention to A) What is happening and the risks it has to us all. B) A company that is addressing this giving us all a "meaningfull choice" how we buy sustainable food
There is a good write up about the advert,reason for the ban is it's origins from Greenpeace and is viewed to contain a political message! It's getting good coverage
