<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> We can also flag the video as inappropriate in youtube...<br> <br> Sujit Patwardhan wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:8fba064c0911171116r2a8c70bbme5586064c60141c9@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Sudhir, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU</a> Someone really needs to drag Bosch to court (not just to the Ad Council) for promoting Noise Pollution. Should we forward it to the Ministry for Environment? It sure encourages violation of the Noise Pollution Act -- Sujit On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Alan Howes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk"><alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk></a>wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Thanks for that Todd - brilliant! And I always thought Americans had no sense of humo[u]r! <GRD> Unfortunately, I find it entirely believable that such ads work in India. There is an appalling UK motorheads' TV programme called Top Gear, that is exceptionally popular in India and a load of other "developing country" markets - makes the Beeb a pile in export earnings. :-( -- Alan Howes, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk">alan@ourpeagreenboat.co.uk</a> tel: +44 (0)1786 822974 mobile: +44 (0)7952 464335 -----Original Message----- From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+alan=ourpeagreenboat.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org">sustran-discuss-bounces+alan=ourpeagreenboat.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+alan">mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+alan</a> <sustran-discuss-bounces%2Balan>= <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ourpeagreenboat.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org">ourpeagreenboat.co.uk@list.jca.apc.org</a>] On Behalf Of Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory Sent: 15 November 2009 09:42 To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org">sustran-discuss@list.jca.apc.org</a> Cc: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@bosch.com">info@bosch.com</a> Subject: [sustran] Re: India - Bosch Horn commercial Hi Rutul, Bosch could NEVER get away with an advert like that on German television. In 2007, the satirical Onion publication came up with something on this theme: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxgkHQp8Pds">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxgkHQp8Pds</a> - T Rutul Joshi wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Few days ago, some enthusiasts in Ahmedabad initiated the 'no honking </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">day' in the city. While some people are trying hard to make such initiatives a sucess, the TV commercials preach something else all together. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">This TV commercial 'promotes' honking as a powerful way to ease </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">'congestion'! From start to the end - this commercial has all the possible wrong elements. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU</a> Majority of the roads in metro cities in India have noise pollution above </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">80 decibels. Shouldn't such commercials be banned? </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">best, Rutul. Rutul Joshi, Lecturer, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy, CEPT University, Ahmedabad - 380 009. Contact: +91-79-26302470-134(ext.) Mob: +91-99240 76451 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.spcept.ac.in">www.spcept.ac.in</a> Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. 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