Who's protecting whom?

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Who's protecting whom?
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Tue, 01-09-2007 - 5:02pm

Okay....what happened to the milkbody/Axe thread? Does someone here have a relative who's an officer of the company or on the BOD at Unilever? When so many of our teens are hung up on Axe products, I think this is a relevant topic for this board. If someone has a problem with this post, please let me know what it is.

First check this out--the link to the AXE video:

http://www.theaxeeffect.com/flash.html

And then go to the company's website--check out their "values"--what a joke!

http://www.unilever.com/

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Registered: 11-13-2004
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 8:27am
I too am curious why any particular thread would disappear...
Not looking for an argument. Just wondering if there are certain issues to avoid here.. :-)
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Wed, 01-10-2007 - 10:23am
Not sure, but I've seen the post on several different boards.
Surviving Middle & High School
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 2:11pm
I agree. I emailed a letter to unilever lambasting them for thier ads. I have two daughters and I hate those ads, along with the constant Coors ads depicting half naked girls in the middle of an avalanche to sell beer to (probably underage) boys. It just disgusts me. Ad to the the Victoria Secret pornographic ads and we have an entire generation of young adults thinking that life is all about the chase and 'kill'.
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Registered: 08-17-2005
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 2:41pm

I'm not sure what thread you are talking about.

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Wed, 01-10-2007 - 5:01pm

You're right that the "boys and shaving" thread, in which we first got on the Axe topic, is still there.

But early yesterday, I believe, someone had a post expressing concern about a "bodymilk"(?) CA Milk Processing Board's website that she thought encouraged girls to get too obsessed with their weight and their physical appearance; and someone replied noting that the Axe, "spray more, get more" type of advertising is something that's REALLY objectionable--she also included links to the Axe website. That is the thread that was deleted.

If it was, indeed, posted on several boards it does seem that it could have been IDd as spam. Hope that's the case.

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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM