http://www.petsugar.com Girl's best friend. en http://www.petsugar.com/1825788 <a href="http://www.petsugar.com/1825788"></a><p>Can you hear me now? Although that's the only Verizon message that sticks in my head, turns out the company recently pulled a very controversial commercial for one of their newer phone models, the <a href="http://www.lgmobilephones.com/phone.aspx?id=8712" target="_blank">LG Dare</a>. I never caught the video when it was still airing on TV but, seeing it now, I can understand what the hype was about.<br /> <center></center><br /> I'm shocked they chose two "vicious" pit bulls on heavy chains to get their point across for the "dare you to touch one?" ad. While this generated much discussion among my friends for the subliminal, or not-so-subliminal messaging (with all the recent news about dog fighting), I'd think that marketers would be super sensitive to perpetuating this stereotype against the breed. What do you think?</p> <!-- no strip poll --><form action="/1825788" method="post" id="epoll_view_voting"> <div><div class="poll"> <div class="vote-form"> <div class="choices"><div class="form-item"> <label>What&#039;s Your Take: Did Verizon&#039;s LG Dare Commercial Offend?</label> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-0-1825788" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-0-1825788" name="edit[choice]" value="0-1825788" class="form-radio" /> Yes – I found this commercial instantly offensive.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-1-1825788" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-1-1825788" name="edit[choice]" value="1-1825788" class="form-radio" /> Sort of – after I thought about it, I found this commercial offensive.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-2-1825788" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-2-1825788" name="edit[choice]" value="2-1825788" class="form-radio" /> No – and, frankly, I don't see what all the fuss was about.</label> </div> <div class="form-item"> <label for="id-3-1825788" class="option"><input type="radio" id="id-3-1825788" name="edit[choice]" value="3-1825788" class="form-radio" /> Other – I'll share in my comments below.</label> </div> </div> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="1825788" /> <span class='button'><span><input class='fancybutton' type='submit' name="op" value="Vote" class="form-submit" /></span></span> </div><input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-form_id" value="epoll_view_voting" /> </div> </div></form> <!-- no strip poll --> http://www.petsugar.com/1825788#comment poll TV opinion Phones videos verizon LG Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:30:00 -0700 PetSugar http://www.petsugar.com/1825788 http://www.petsugar.com/4683 <a href="http://www.petsugar.com/4683"></a><p>Nick Carter and Paris Hilton were in Vegas on Monday night at some LG Mobile party. I'm curious to know if they reminisced over their almost engagement days before she wanted us all to believe that he physically abused her. I have a feeling if it was that bad then they would not be in the same room as each other. In fact, I'm betting Paris did not give Nick the time of day. </p> <p>In other ex news, <a href="http://people.aol.com/people/articles/0,19736,1140354,00.html" target="_blank">MK and Stavros </a> has a awkward run in at Teddy's the other night. Luckily she was with her more faithful man, David Katzenberg.</p> <p><a href="uploads7/56468942.jpg" title=""></a><a href="uploads7/56452595.jpg" title=""></a></p> <p>Finally, in Paris world, she was warned by police that her holiday party was out of hand this weekend. Note, she still has her illegal pet, Baby Luv.</p> <p><a href="uploads7/pho4.jpg" title=""></a><a href="uploads7/pho6.jpg" title=""></a><br /> </p> http://www.petsugar.com/4683#comment Paris Hilton Nick Carter Celebrity Pets Celebrity Pets Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:56:00 -0800 PopSugar http://www.petsugar.com/4683