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| Underwear ad’s placing criticised |
| 2004-06-09 |
| An advert for women’s underwear has been criticised after it was put up on billboards near two mosques. The poster, for Wiltshire-based company Sloggi, shows four women wearing only G-strings and high heels, alongside the slogan "It’s string time". But complaints were made after the image was put up next to mosques in Leeds and Bury, Greater Manchester. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received two complaints but ruled it was not meant to cause offence. The ASA said the "nakedness shown in the poster" could offend Muslims if placed near a mosque or a place of worship. Triumph International, which owns the Sloggi brand, claimed it told its contractors to avoid using poster sites near mosques. The company was told by the ASA to "take more care with the placing of similar posters" in future. Once again the poor, oppressed minorities cannae handle the sight of a bare botty in public. |
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