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Ad Likens Disinfectant to Subway Terrorists
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Jaya Saxena
Published Apr 7, 2010
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The Colombian ad company ADE is saying that Desinfex household cleaner will do to germs what bombs do to suicidal terrorists. It's that effective! According to Advertolog, this ad was released this month, meaning it was most likely designed before the Moscow bombings, but printed after. Commenters on Ads of the World seem to be on the fence as to whether the ad is even good. "Jeff" said, "I think any use of suicide bombers is rather distasteful," while AdAddicted raved, "contemporary thought ;-) Beautiful art!!" Either way, NYPD subway security might want to be on the lookout; that guy in the suit on the left looks like he's about to go postal on somebody. [Via Animal New York]
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