Would this billboard offend you if you saw it while driving on EDSA?

**chua_riwap** · February 17th, 2015 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by niky

So... guess what? Turns out it was Bench that got cold feet and censored the ad before they sent it to the Ad Council.

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So it was bench who eventually censured & applied that black smudge on the poster itself? May lumabas kasi na it was vandalized bec of the couple's "offensive" gesture.

So not true pala.

**Monseratto** · February 17th, 2015 03:33 PM

Great piece of advertising since it got people talking... they actually released 2 versions, so people assumed the 2nd obscured version was actually defaced...

"The approved version with hands obscured is the billboard that Bench had printed and that now stands on EDSA. A digital mockup of the EDSA billboard showing the unobscured hands of Uy and Gaddi had been disseminated to press and is what likely led the public to assume the billboard had been defaced."

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**Manilablock** · February 17th, 2015 04:40 PM

happiness is not measured from opinion of others, happiness is with you when you are comfortable. don't mind seeing two guys holding hands, I just make sure when I go to the toilet they are not around

**Wh1stl3r** · February 17th, 2015 05:26 PM

Doesn't offend me but I do get a feeling these "feeler ads" are to test the waters, to gauge the level of public acceptance more than anything.

What did offend me are the past Bench underwear ads featuring "crotch shots" that are obviously self indulging the owner's guilty pleasures instead of selling underwear. If they did those ads with women can you imagine the backlash?

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Doesn't offend me but I do get a feeling these "feeler ads" are to test the waters, to gauge the level of public acceptance more than anything.

What did offend me are the past Bench underwear ads featuring "crotch shots" that are obviously self indulging the owner's guilty pleasures instead of selling underwear. If they did those ads with women can you imagine the backlash?

**dr. d** · February 17th, 2015 05:43 PM

if i did not read about the controversy, i would never have noticed it.. too busy keeping my front bumper from hitting the bus in front..
but the lousy attempt at painting it over is kind of funny...
if they feel strongly enough as to put up that poster, then they should keep it as is.
if they feel ashamed, then they should put it down.
no half-way attempts, please. their spineless-ness is showing.
the ad board suggested it? baka sugurin sila ng kina-uukulan..!!
what do i feel about it? nothing. live and let live...
heh heh.

**jut703** · February 17th, 2015 08:41 PM

Ayos eh no. OK lang yung mga babaeng kita buong katawan sa EDSA pero dalawang lalaking nagmamahalan at naghoholding hands hindi. Edi wow.

**kimbon** · February 18th, 2015 04:14 AM

Originally Posted by dreamur

Hehe...natawa ako dito. Sa last mini EB namin, tatlo lang kami - dreamur, jut and kimbon. So paano namin malaman sino ang dalawang straight? :confused:

bro dreamur, baket 2 lang mentioned mo eh kung kami ni Jut? pano ka na? Bwahahaha.
pero to answer your question ganito lang yan bro... lahat tayo naman kumain ng burgen na naka-kamay. habang sinosubo ang burger sino ba ang naka angat ang hinliliit, bago kagating ang buns, sino ba ang naglick muna ng dressing at habang chewing ang burger sino ba ang may slurp na sound? di ba ala naman satin pero kung mayron paki PM naman ples. LOL

**beginnerz** · February 18th, 2015 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by Monseratto

Great piece of advertising since it got people talking... they actually released 2 versions, so people assumed the 2nd obscured version was actually defaced...

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Yup. Parang nireverse psychology lang tayo para me mapagusapan

**sientobente** · February 18th, 2015 05:56 AM

to me it is fine. but according sa beki na katrabaho ko, it is offensive. offensive ang mga faces nila! ang papanget daw and they get their own billboard! lol

**jick.cejoco** · February 18th, 2015 06:56 AM

Which one are they promoting? Homo***uality or the product? Aren't there too many gay Filipinos already?

The Philippines is probably the country with the most billboards and they are traffic distractions