Of course, people think the commercial is humorous. The writer must have thought he or she struck gold -- it's on the air during an episode of "Lost" at the first commercial break. In the animated commercial for Red Bull, the red-costumed super-hero, hearing a woman screaming, leaps to the refrigerator and takes out the remaining two cans of Red Bull. They're empty. The woman continues to scream for help. The view switches to a garbage can overflowing with Red Bull empties.
The cries for help continue. The red-costumed super-hero goes to the window and closes it, cutting off the woman's screams.
The message, NO RED BULL, NO FLYING, flashes on the screen.
Thirty-eight of her neighbors heard the horror-filled cries of Kitty Genovese and ignored her cries for help over a 35-minute period. One of them finally called the police after she was dead. The man who killed her, wearing No. 64A0102, sits in his cell in Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, New York.
We haven't come very far in 43 years -- or maybe it's just me.
Posted by Bill at March 8, 2007 06:26 PMMust have been written by a Republican if you ask me. Heroism is all about narcissism in the neo-conservative book, never about self-sacrifice.
Posted by: Joel at March 9, 2007 10:10 PM1. Red Bull is banned in France.
(Rob tried some one in the UK and fell asleep)
2. You can go to prison in France for not helping someone in danger. It doesn't make much difference.
Posted by: Anji at March 11, 2007 05:56 AM