Advertising Standards Bureau responsible for the regulation of Australian Billboards has thrown out complaints abainst the Exit International pro euthanasia Billboard.
A large number of complaints were received. Some claimed that the Billboard was a "dangerous distraction to road users" that "put pressure on elderly peaople to kill themselves so as not to be a burden on others".
Others said that the billboard sent out a message of "hopelessness" to the community. That it "contradicts the Australian spirit of mateship and the spirit of the battler and is an insult to the hard working and caring people in the area of palliative care who provide comfort to the terminally ill. "
And of course the spectre of Nazi Germany was raised withone claiming he "was brutally reminded of the Nazi regime and its use of euthanasia on those it deemed worthless (e.g. the disabled)"
Clearly the Standards Bureau were unimpressed by these ludicrous arguments and rejected demands that the Billboard be removed.
Incidentally, the Yagoona Billboard was removed when its 1 month allocation expired. The pro-euthanasia Billboard will reappear in Adelaide early in 2011.
For full report see:
http://www.exitinternational.net/media/billboardcomplaintrejectedA.pdf
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