{"id":13173,"date":"2005-10-13T22:18:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-13T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/13\/unicef-bombs-smurfs\/"},"modified":"2005-10-13T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-13T22:18:00","slug":"unicef-bombs-smurfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2005\/10\/13\/unicef-bombs-smurfs\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Bombs Smurfs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yahoo News<\/i> reports on a new UNICEF campaign that uses a somewhat disturbing video starring The Smurfs<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf’s village is carpet bombed by warplanes \u2014 a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned cartoon characters.<\/p>\n

These are the scenes being shown as part of a new
UNICEF ad-campaign on Belgian television.<\/p>\n

“It’s working. We are getting a lot of reactions and people are logging on to our Web site,” UNICEF Belgium spokesman Philippe Henon said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Belgian office of the U.N. children’s fund said it has decided to use the creations of late Belgian artist Peyo to shock a complacent public into backing its fund-raising efforts for ex-child soldiers in Africa.<\/p>\n

The 20-second video commercial clip now being shown on Belgian TV aims to show that war can happen in the most innocent of places, Henon said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get their point, and they certainly attained their goal of using shock value to get their message across, but geez…<\/p>\n

thanks to Melissa for the links<\/div>\n

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tags: charity<\/a> comics<\/a> 80s<\/a> politics<\/a> <\/div>\n
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Yahoo News reports on a new UNICEF campaign that uses a somewhat disturbing video starring The Smurfs: Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf’s village is carpet bombed by warplanes \u2014 a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned cartoon characters. These are … <\/p>\n

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