12/4/2003: Baby / cockroach ad

[chrisinhouston]

Here is the Condom ad that got pulled in 1995. It was a health and safety ad from the British Safety Council that features Pope John Paul II in a hard hat under the motto ' The 11th commandment - always wear a condom'. This ad illustrates pretty well how tricky the job of vetting can be. The ASA's adjudication acknowledged the educational good intent in the advert but upheld that it was deeply offensive to Catholics, particularly in view of the unauthorised use of an image of his Holiness and that church's ethical stance on the prohibition of contraception.