A particular car commercial featuring a cat infuriated animal activists and animal rights groups around the world and was boycotted from ever reaching public television in the United Kingdom where it was originally set to air. Although it was never shown on television, the ad traveled the world as an inadvertently released internet viral advert. However, a tamer ad featuring a pigeon was aired for a short run before it too was protested. This is the reason why foreign commercials will never be aired in America. There is a remarkable difference in ideas to what is socially acceptable and media friendly here in the US compared to other countries around the world. Just a warning to those who are sensitive to the treatment of animals, these advertisements (particularly the “cat” ad) are sick and twisted.
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My 2005 ION Redline was beginning to get on my nerves. While it was an “okay” car in general, it heavily fell short on looks, personality and sense of overall connection.
I officially emerged yesterday a proud owner of a 3-door “Twilight Blue” 2008 Saturn Astra XR, a replica of a European designed hatchback from GM’s subsidiary company, Opel. At first glance I fell in love, but I did not know how much I really was in love with it until after driving around in it for more than a few miles today around town. Although the interior design comes with a little European quirkiness, the overall look, drive and feel of my new Astra has overwhelmed me with some strange connectedness that I have never felt with any other car I have ever owned. I find it somewhat odd yet highly satiating. I also admit that the sleek and sexy exterior has drawn a lot of attention, provoking passer-bys to turn their heads asking themselves: What kind of car is that? or That’s a Saturn?, and it feels great. Until my car begins to blend into normal traffic as “just another car on the road,” I am very much enjoying people staring at my Astra.