JoaoPMatos Posted November 22, 2013 Posted November 22, 2013 Hi all,There is something mad today in the Portuguese world. The qualification for the football world cup in under way, and after the Pt team defeated the swedish team in the first match, Pepsi Sweden launched an internal advertisement campain with a voodoo doll of Ronaldo (the player who scored the goal on the first match) bounded up on a rail track. This ad:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6INhnxfBXrEIts actually kind of funny...the only way to stop him from scoring is to make a voodoo spell on him (he scored more goals on the second match).Anyway, the backlash this had is really outstanding. Facebook campaings for people to 'like' saying "ill never dring pepsi anymore", people yelling for boicots on pepsi, even the national airliner TAP said it is considering replacing pepsi from the catering service. Pepsi portugal has become really embarassed, and even some comedians (who have to please the mob) were making calls to pepsi headquarters in sweden demanding an apology (i swear, this was on the news!) The comments on newspapers are the most disgusting patriotic bullshit, the "they are insulting our country", "only portuguese are allowed to badmouth other portuguese", and arguments for punishment like "i would fire that swedish ceo", "he should be manning a wiper on mcdonalds".Its pathetic to see adults people being these selectively touchy frail gatherings of cells, bursting out with a rampage of indignation at the slightest scratch of our vain selves. (and we are well known for our status drive, above all else: buy a mercedes and live on a shack...what matters is being seen in the mercedes) There's a guy that writes on the newspaper (and he is kind of nuts: religious) but he put it perfectly:"I'm sorry, but this is pathetic patriotic indignation. If I were responsible for Swedish or Pepsi, my answer would be very simple: see that you get a life, get some 'padding' and gain 'waist flexibility', but above all, grow up!"CheersJoao
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