printThere aren’t many things that can put me off Lindt chocolates, such is their exquisite quality and taste. Except this repulsive ad. I went cold turkey after viewing the lighthearted look Lindt took at two TSA agents looting and lusting with impunity.
UPDATE (Dec. Eighth) : I’m surprised that individuals who’re serious about liberty could find humor, irony, and all shades of nuance in this Lindt ad.
Lindt here is not lampooning the TSA, whose representatives are depicted by pretty, lusty, sensuous, and “assertive” ladies. Just like American men love their women. This is a date. Two lovely women (after all, the TSA is a magnet for such types, isn’t it?), with an appreciation for the finer things in life, alight on a handsome man, who is too well-conditioned to oppose them with more than a meek, “You’re kidding, right?”
How droll!
I suppose one could view this as a joke at the TSA’s expense… but it is far more likely that this is a spineless acceptance of their intrusion into our lives.
Invasion of privace is sexy!
Ridiculing government security is not bad. Confiscating Lindt chocolates is about a sensible as yogurt, applesause, baby formula, or all the other threats.
Of course, we do not have a choice in who gets to grope us (most guys might be happy with those 2 women) – and there is no justification for such an intrusive search. But ridicule is a tool to denounce the nanny state. It is those who take the TSA at their (absurd) word who are the real enemies in this case.
It just serves to desensitize.