in the mattress company has used images
of Malala
the girl who has been fighting for
education in Pakistan and who got shot
by the Taliban as a result to that
they've used her images in an ad in
order to sell their mattresses
so I let me show you what the ad looks
like it basically shows her getting shot
as she's falling and then she kinda lays
on the mattress
and bounces back and few winds
the Nobel Peace Prize up right after she
bounces back for mattress
so people are understandably criticizing
this because I
you obviously it focuses on something
tragic that happened to her
but when I get your thoughts on John yet
so then we do we do have to tell people
that
there are others there are so there's
one with Steve Jobs there's the one
where Steve Jobs on left Apple
early on his career that he falls on the
mattress in the bounces back up many had
like a
a new iPad or something nap Boker Magnum
yes um sorta product that did well yeah
in so it's part of a series I love the
advertisements for the show people
coming back from great adversity and so
when you just hear about the one it
seems like ok are you fucking kidding me
no you can't do that
when you see the others I think it's a
bit more of an open question and we
should also I
make clear that there's no indication
that these ads have actually been run
they could still be in service pack
state my we don't actually know
I would not have okayed the ad if I was
working at the company if I'd been
working at the advertising agency they
came up with the I would not have come
up with that
I i think that the ones like for
instance with Bill Gates that's much
more understandable
and I understand the struggle everyday
if you're trying to advertise mattresses
in a fun and exciting way it's probably
pretty difficult
but I think that you probably could have
not done that Malala one yet the one
about
the anything that has it been violent
imagery like young girl getting shot in
the head
has probably not a good idea for a
mattress ad and I want to be clear
with you guys that weren't purposely not
revealing the name of the company
because
I suspect that they did this because
they want as much attention as possible
and I don't like that
I but yeah like the Steve Jobs 1 I'm
totally fine with because it shows a
tough things happen in life but you can
bounce back and that that's a cool
message
yeah but using this as an example with
Malala
yeah not and look to be fair they're not
they're not mocking her in any way
they're not showing the actual shooting
this are showing the situation
their knowledge in that she has
accomplished great things after it
which all that we agree with it just
it's like the cartoon imagery combined
with the violence
and the outcome of course being that
they want to make money off it
I think makes us uncomfortable yet do
you think we need to have the Supreme
Court is a pretty clear that they should
the hey it's clear I think the best way
to put it is you know
exploiting a tragic event that involved
violence and someone getting shot in the
head
up for profit is not the right way to go
yet you know and it may be a big guns
just wasn't in the AM it's like that
seems to go a little bit too far
