PC police strike again - can't anyone take a joke anymore?

Cheers! Coors Light is getting thousands of dollars in unexpected free publicity thanks to what is likely less than a handful of sour pusses who just can't take a joke.

I could almost understand those who complained about Ottawa Virgin Radio's ad campaign a while back... but what do you expect from this sort of station? Whatever happened to "if you don't like it, change the channel", can someone explain that to me? But this?

Thirty. Thirty billboards throughout British Columbia extolling the greatness of Coors Light beer and playing on a never ending east-west (or west-east?) rivalry (remember "SOUTH SIDE SUCKS!" from Ottawa Rough Rider games?) How offensive were these billboards? Here's the text: "Coors Light - colder than most people from Toronto".

Had I driven or walked past one of those billboards I would have laughed to myself and possibly even shaken my head, thinking about how brilliant this simple ad is because it made me (a non-beer drinker) pay attention... in which case the ad did its job.

But nooooooooo... some politically correct idio... I mean individuals complained and as seems to be the case each and every time these years, the big and mighty conglomerate bowed down and opted to pull the billboards down.

Why must we bow down to the individual soul each and every time someone gets "offended"? I mean, I know we're not allowed to make fun of Torontonians here in Ottawa due to a special bylaw authored by Alex Cullen (joke, folks), but it's open season everywhere else in Canada. With all these new Canadians coming over without knowing the first thing about our culture year after year, a whole new phobia of offending anyone has taken us over. Funny thing, though, how I as an individual don't seem to have the right to be offended by the fact that they're offended. That's just not politically correct.

Anyway... on behalf of planet earth and its surrounding moon, I apologize to the (likely) six people across the country who were offended by the funny ad. I do not apologize for thinking that it was funny. That, you call can stick in your ear.

Laugh a little - it'll do you some good!