Bus advertisement for Prince of Persia angers mother and caused it to be removed

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http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=fdacc340-0395-4c0c-a15b-8ab1d7efcd5c


"They should be more careful what they're advertising because transit caters to kids as well," said Transit Windsor bus rider Betty Riley. "And they wonder why our jails are full and where these kids get these ideas from."

Yeah like looking at an advertisement is really going to convince a kid to go out and kill people :roll:

Also, notice that in the picture the kid is wearing a Batman t-shirt which we all know is not violent, right?

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"BUS AD TERRIFIES YOUNGSTER: SCARED: Collette Clairmont and her sons Tristan, 4, and Randall, 2, on Tecumseh Road East. Tristan Clairmont began having nightmares and won't ride the city bus because of Prince of Persia video game ads."

I say that kid should grow some balls and be scared of real shit.
 
So instead of just explaining to the kid it isn't real she complained and got the ad removed, real smooth. Wonder what happens when the kids bother watching t.v for 5 seconds.
 
I'm gonna laugh when she finds out it was only taken down so they could put up the new Prince of Persia 2 ads.
 
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/539/539986p1.html

A Prince of Persia (GC) ad appearing on Canadian busses has been pulled because one small child was frightened by it and refuses to ride and y bus with the ad.

I think this kid should be kept under close observation instead of inconveniencing everybody else involved. Can you imagine if everything that caused random 4-year-old children to freak was banned?

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[quote name='Bann']I'm gonna laugh when she finds out it was only taken down so they could put up the new Prince of Persia 2 ads.[/quote]
:lol: That would be funny.
 
I used to run out of the room and cry (I think I cried, anyways) when I was 4 when "Thriller" by Michael Jackson came on. I used to have nightmares from that video.

So I can sorta see where the kid's coming from.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I used to run out of the room and cry (I think I cried, anyways) when I was 4 when "Thriller" by Michael Jackson came on. I used to have nightmares from that video.

So I can sorta see where the kid's coming from.[/quote]

In the case of Michael Jackson you were just being perceptive.

"I see perv people!"
 
WTF?!

How the hell is that even scary? Although I guess it might be for a kid who's never even been able to use a butter knife.

And I also want to see this PoP ad that has him holding a gun. If I could have a gun in the game it'd make it a little easier.
 
This must be for the new Prince of Payne crossover game coming out soon. If they could do it for Crash and Spyro surely they get these two slomo users together.
 
[quote name='Scorch']I used to run out of the room and cry (I think I cried, anyways) when I was 4 when "Thriller" by Michael Jackson came on. I used to have nightmares from that video.

So I can sorta see where the kid's coming from.[/quote]


O man..that video scared me too..i'd always rewind it...push play n make a run for it..i dunno..i was 4 go figure
 
[quote name='Scorch'][quote name='Michaellvortega']Proof that late abortions should be legal.[/quote]

Wow, hate the world much?[/quote]

yea dude that was to harsh of me. It's BS that the world has to cater to people like this because parents cant spend 5mins to explain stuff to their kids. Thats what I ment to say.
 
Man...thats funny..i thought the hot coffee lawsuit (the Mcdonalds thing) was dumb but this jus beats em all. AND THE KID WEARS A BATMAN SHIRT....i am insulted!
 
Reminds me of these really wierd people I knew when I was a kid. Their kids couldn't have anything that wasn't religous to play with. (Think David and Goliath action figures.)

They were so sheltered that one day they were out in their clubhouse all huddled around a poster. I thought it was porn or something, so I took a look. It was an 8-bit NINTENDO AD! They were looking at various games and making up how they thought the game would play if they ever managed to get their hands on one. Their mom caught em and beat the crap out of em.

Wierdos... and they smelled like sour milk...
 
[quote name='eldad9']Let me guess: none of you "how could anybody be scared of this" has a 4 year old kid, right?[/quote]

I have a 3 year old niece and she loves Nightmare Before Christmas...
 
[quote name='eldad9']Let me guess: none of you "how could anybody be scared of this" has a 4 year old kid, right?[/quote]

I think everyone is perfectly aware that small children can manifest any imaginable irrational fear but there is no excuse for making your kid's short-lived problem into a hassle for anyone else. A month later and the ads would have been replaced by something else and the kid would hardly remember.

I wasn't much older when my family saw 'Willy wonka & The chocolate Factory' at the Thousand Oaks Drive-in and the Veruca Salt giant blueberry thing had me in tears. Did my parents demand the movie be removed from circulation? No, they just hushed me up and pretty soon I'd forgotten what I was so upset about. I didn't wake up that night screaming about blueberries or any such nonsense. My parents acted like I was the one being upset over nothing (which was entirely correct on their part) and it was soon forgotten. When I brought it up again a few years ago it took my mother a while to recall the occasion. Since I was the youngest of five it was just part of the job of being a parent by that point and not a memorable event for her.
 
OK. You know how people are different? If it's a grown up scared by an ad, we can laugh, but young kids need some sheltering from violence.

I know we've all seen so much violence, both real and fictional, that it's hard to imagine anybody being affected by anything as trivial as the image of our prince. I suspect it's not the sword at all - didn't Aladdin have a sword? - but the face.

I'm playing through prince of persia right now and love it - but it's definitely not suitable for every preschooler. And on some level, I'd rather have a child whp would find the image at least a little disturbing.
 
[quote name='David85']I think I'm now going to sue that monster that was under my bed for scaring me when I was young.[/quote]

LMAO! i almost spit my water all over the monitor! :p
 
Lets now ban all violent media on radio/TV/print. You should only be able to to buy Violent media on DVD from a ADULT store because a kid could view somthing bad on a TV over the air waves or on a cable network. Time for a MAJOR call back on Barbies wearing skirts that show more the 10% of the female body. What is with Mom's and Dad's today? seems to me like kids are are born for 2 reasons these days .

1: a tax right off
2: broken condom/sponge

For real people take 10 mins to explain the REAL world to your kids and stop putting the blame on others.
 
I'm reminded of a comic strip, probably Ffeiffer, in which a mother and a child are leaving a theater showing Disney's Bambi. The mother asks the child a series of guarded questions trying to determine if he was traumatized by the death of Bambi's mother. As the kid fails to show any concern at all the mother becomes nearly hysterical since she might prove equally disposable.
 
I actually had to throw away the PoP game box because it had that same image. Scared the livin' hell out of me every time I saw it. LOVE the game though.

:shock:
 
GET A CAR!!!!! lol Sorry if its mean but its true, if she would just have a car then her children wouldnt be scared of riding the bus becuz they would have to.....unless there mom was very disturbed and put the PoP pic onto her car?!?!!?

[quote name='mrpotatohed']Reminds me of these really wierd people I knew when I was a kid. Their kids couldn't have anything that wasn't religous to play with. (Think David and Goliath action figures.)

They were so sheltered that one day they were out in their clubhouse all huddled around a poster. I thought it was porn or something, so I took a look. It was an 8-bit NINTENDO AD! They were looking at various games and making up how they thought the game would play if they ever managed to get their hands on one. Their mom caught em and beat the crap out of em.

Wierdos... and they smelled like sour milk...[/quote]

Man this was the funniest thing i have read in a while......and i can relate lol
 
OH MY GAWD. :shock:

That Canadian kid officially gets my vote for "Wussy of the Year."

I'm willing to bet money that kid is going to grow up to be an effeminate whiner who gets beat up multiple times in school and is probably allergic to everything too. See what happens when people piss in the gene pool?

Maybe that kid will see some remotely creepy video game ads for like Resident Evil or Silent Hill and scare himself to death, thereby making this world a better place. :roll:
 
I understand where the kid is coming from...but still, getting the ad taken off the bus?...actually, i can kinda understand that too. POP ad with a gun adn blaming that for so many people being in jail??? Stupid lady
 
I work with children and I can see why a kid would be afraid. The mother though did not handle it in the correct way. It is amusing to me how I see parents all the time blaming society and the media for "scaring" or "damaging" children. The mother took some time to create some creative story, such as "the man with the sword is protecting the bus for all children" or some BS like that. And did anyone notice how long this went on? She said this has been happening since October. This to me is a sign of poor parenting.
 
Now maybe they'll allow cigarettes to advertise on buses again. They're less scary than those "Truth" ads, those are f'd up. That and buses that have pictures of lawyers, I feel violent when I see those assholes. "I'll show you personal injury!!"
 
Mothers can be ridiculous...most of the time I just feel sorry for the kids. It isn't usually the fault of the children in many cases...
 
[quote name='batman2million']Man...thats funny..i thought the hot coffee lawsuit (the Mcdonalds thing) was dumb but this jus beats em all.[/quote]

To those of you who can't get over the McDonald's coffee case:

1) The coffee was so far above boiling temperature--so hot that it gave her third degree burns.

2) The case was settled out of court. She was not awarded lots of money by the court. Instead, she got her hospital bills paid and some extra ($250,000, I think) for pain and suffering.

Yes, she shouldn't have spilled the coffee. That was stupid. But that coffee was way too hot to sell to unsuspecting customers. [/rant]

Next, the PoP ad, while possibly disturbing to some 4-year-olds, is exactly the kind of ad that is all over the place. I'm certain I saw a ton of those kinds of ads for movies when I was that small. She can't remove them all; she doesn't seem to understand the "real world" concept.

And I'm glad we know that for 4-year-olds:

Prince of Persia = Terrible & nightmare-inducing
The Joker = A-OK!
 
This child is going to grow up to be a big fat mamma's boy pussy!

He is now at this early age learning that a little griping from mommy will produce the results that he wants. As he gets older, obviously being raised by a single mother, it's going to get MUCH worse. This kid is going to grow up to be a hair-dresser or interior designer. Sad.

Heaven forbid that you actually ADAPT to your surroundings and public environment. Mommy should have made it a game of some kind with him. "Don't look at the poster," or something- instead of her righteous crusade against the "scary guy with the sword."

Get the game now while you can. They'll be changing the box-art next!

I also want to see the prince with a gun. WTF was she talking about?
 
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