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Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:31 am
by PBratton
So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:45 am
by jimlongley
C-dub wrote:jimlongley wrote:C-dub wrote:jimlongley wrote:Any ad with Gumbel in it should lead to a boycott of the advertiser, I change my wife's TV station when he comes on.
Normally, I would agree, but he didn't get to veer from the script in this one and it used footage from a couple decades ago with the two of them. As with many of these commercials, the content had little to do with the product being advertised. I still thought the premise was funny.
Doesn't matter to me if he followed the script, he still needs to be muzzled. Yes, he has a right to free speech, but not inflammatory stuff like he is responsible for, he has insulted me directly, as a member of the NRA, and deserves to be censured.
I understand what you're saying and that's why I'm pointing out that he didn't speak freely, which you say he has a right to do. The powers that be also probably didn't want him speaking freely after the barrage of complaints they've received over that other nutbag going on his anti-2A rant a couple years ago.
And my point is, until he apologizes to me and every other NRA member that he insulted, anyone using him for advertising deserves to be boycotted. It doesn't matter if they want to muzzle him now, he already said what he did.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:16 am
by bigity
PBratton wrote:So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
I'm baffled that the hate for Pete is still so strong, considering the criminal history of a great many current professional athletes.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 9:33 am
by TomV
I like the snickers commercial. I am a long time fan of Brosnan, so I liked his Kia commercial.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:23 am
by Right2Carry
bigity wrote:PBratton wrote:So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
I'm baffled that the hate for Pete is still so strong, considering the criminal history of a great many current professional athletes.
I agree. IMHO Pete has paid the price or his wrongdoing and deserves to be in the HOF. I think he will eventually get there posthumously.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:12 am
by Salty1
Although it was not a commercial I thought that John Legend singing America the Beautiful was truly memorable and very well done. For those who did not hear it just Google it and take a listen. A plus is that the Patriots won in a nail biter. Maybe the best overall Super Bowl ever.....
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:06 pm
by C-dub
bigity wrote:PBratton wrote:So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
I'm baffled that the hate for Pete is still so strong, considering the criminal history of a great many current professional athletes.
I am offended that so many of the players from the last two decades are in and he isn't. That also applies to the NFL. So many criminals and we're constantly told to only look at their on field performance.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:37 pm
by Abraham
Quite a large number of pro athletes have been found to be seriously, condemnably criminal.
Pete Rose's criminality is quite minor to most of them...
I agree, he'll be let into the HOF posthumously.
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:10 pm
by PBratton
Right2Carry wrote:bigity wrote:PBratton wrote:So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
I'm baffled that the hate for Pete is still so strong, considering the criminal history of a great many current professional athletes.
I agree. IMHO Pete has paid the price or his wrongdoing and deserves to be in the HOF. I think he will eventually get there posthumously.
So, if someone were to be banned from the game they still deserve to be voted into the hall of fame!? Really?
Re: Super Bowl 2015 Commercials
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:39 pm
by C-dub
PBratton wrote:Right2Carry wrote:bigity wrote:PBratton wrote:So, was I the only one offended by having to see pete rose on my television screen this weekend?
I'm baffled that the hate for Pete is still so strong, considering the criminal history of a great many current professional athletes.
I agree. IMHO Pete has paid the price or his wrongdoing and deserves to be in the HOF. I think he will eventually get there posthumously.
So, if someone were to be banned from the game they still deserve to be voted into the hall of fame!? Really?
IMHO, he shouldn't have been banned for life or from the HOF.