• Ok Here, Banned Overseas

  Contributed by Andrew Moffatt on Jun 2, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Culture

  Denomination: Salvation Army

OK HERE, BANNED OVERSEAS

When I was a child, this advertisement would not have had a dog's show of making it onto the tele. It's a picture of this young lady on an Australian beach, saying "We've saved a spot on the beach," and I think there's a bit that says, "We've had the camels shampooed." We are then asked "Where the something or other are you?"

We had a meeting of the executives and decided the photo of the young lady on the beach was in itself a bit much for the sermon without the subtitles, not just because the young lady in it is clad in a bikini, but because of the language that she uses to ask where we might be. Today in this country, this is acceptable. Interestingly, it was banned in the U.K. This is a case where popular opinion often runs against Biblical principles and Christ's way of thinking and living.