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Absolut Vodka Causes Controversy Over Map of Mexico

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  1. Lil Pun

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    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/us_nm/mexico_absolut_dc

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The distillers of Sweden's Absolut vodka have withdrawn an advertisement run in Mexico that angered many U.S. citizens by idealizing an early 19th century map showing chunks of the United States as Mexican.

    The billboard ad has the slogan "In an Absolut World" slapped over a pre-1848 map showing California, Arizona and other U.S. states as Mexican territory. Those states were carved out of what had been Mexican lands until that year.

    Although it was not shown in the United States, U.S. media outlets picked up on the ad, and after a barrage of complaints, Absolut's maker said on Sunday the ad campaign would cease.

    Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market.

    "In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues," a spokeswoman wrote on Absolut's Web site.

    "Instead, it hearkens to a time which the population of Mexico may feel was more ideal," she wrote.

    Absolut's blog cite has received more than a thousand comments since the ad campaign was launched a few weeks ago, with many calling for boycotts of the Swedish company.

    "I have poured the remainder of my Absolut bottles down the sink," one blogger wrote.

    A war between Mexico and the United States from 1846 to 1848 started with Mexico's refusal to recognize the U.S. annexation of Texas and ended with the occupation of Mexico City by U.S. troops.

    At the end, Mexico ceded nearly half of its territory to the United States, forming the states of California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming.

    Mexicans remain sensitive about the loss and the location of the border. At the same time, the United States is fortifying barriers to keep out undocumented Mexican migrants.

    Some Mexicans use the term "Reconquista" (reconquest) to refer to the growing presence in California of Mexican migrants and their descendants.

    France's Pernod Ricard is taking over Absolut vodka, one of the world's top-selling spirit brands, after buying Vin & Spirit from the Swedish government at the end of March.
     
    #1 Lil Pun, Apr 8, 2008
  2. Deckard

    Deckard Blade Runner
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    Damn! I've got a bottle of the good stuff in my cabinet. No longer! :mad:




    Trim Bush!
     
    #2 Deckard, Apr 8, 2008
  3. rhadamanthus

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    my givea****ometer registers 0.25 out of 1000.
     
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  4. MR. MEOWGI

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    That's because you are a POS hippie.
     
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  5. weslinder

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    That's it. I'm boycotting Absolut. Of course, I've never bought Absolut (and almost never buy any vodka) anyway, but I really won't now.
     
    #5 weslinder, Apr 8, 2008
  6. Smokey

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    For the Mexicans who think Americans should get over a vodka ad, get over a freakin MLS team name. Both an non-issues IMHO.
     
    #6 Smokey, Apr 8, 2008
  7. justtxyank

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    You win.
     
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  8. DaDakota

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    We should have kept all of Mexico.

    DD
     
    #8 DaDakota, Apr 8, 2008
  9. Roxfan73

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    New Absolut ad campaign already out:

    <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5p0QtJMKt1s&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5p0QtJMKt1s&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
     
    #9 Roxfan73, Apr 8, 2008
  10. rhadamanthus

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    that makes about as much sense as a pretend buddhist redneck b****ing about nasa funding.

    :D
     
    #10 rhadamanthus, Apr 8, 2008
  11. MR. MEOWGI

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    I like my white people jobs.
     
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  12. cson

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    I got wood reading that! Hey Ma! I got wood!
     
    #12 cson, Apr 8, 2008
  13. JuanValdez

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    I may go buy some Absolut to counter the boycott.
     
    #13 JuanValdez, Apr 8, 2008
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    I am sure that could be done today, just ask if Mexico want to join the US as the 51st state. :D Oh I am sure they would vote to join. :D
     
    #14 pirc1, Apr 8, 2008
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    You're next. First the Western United States, then Central America and Colombia.
     
    #15 weslinder, Apr 8, 2008
  16. lpbman

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    Uh... why is it in English?
     
    #16 lpbman, Apr 8, 2008
  17. pippendagimp

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    always preferred belvedere anyways
     
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  18. DaDakota

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    Just think how much better off they would be had we just annexed them back in 1848?

    Better schools, better government, better roads, wouldn't have the immigration problem with Texas.

    Oh, man....just annex them already.

    And, our national soccer team would be SOOOO much better.

    DD
     
    #18 DaDakota, Apr 8, 2008
  19. pippendagimp

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    ^^^^

    Yeah but most Mexicans I've met are actually very proud of their country and I doubt they'd wanna be part of the US. Sure there's a lot of people trying to cross the border, but there's also a strong middle class in Mexico that lives just fine and is perfectly happy with where they are and who they are...
     
    #19 pippendagimp, Apr 8, 2008
  20. B-Bob

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    I heard Obama once had some Absolut, or at least he was at a party where somebody else drank some Absolut. That's pretty the same thing as him drawing this map himself back in the 17th century and then putting it in this lame ad campaign in Mexico in the 21st century, and also being a vampire in order to live that long.

    More ABSOLUT PROOF that he HATES AMERICA.
     
    #20 B-Bob, Apr 8, 2008
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