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Mexico reconquers California? Absolut drinks to that!

latimesblogs.latimes.com — The latest advertising campaign in Mexico from Swedish vodka maker Absolut promises to push all the right buttons south of the U.S. border, but it could ruffle a few feathers in El Norte.

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  • cheeseysynapse, on 04/05/2008, -99/+45Great Ad. Don't know too many mexicans who drink Vodka, but if they start, I'd bet they'll buy Absolut. Do I agree with it? Hell no! - Thats why its a great ad, its decisive, and its not afraid to chose sides. Funny how the U.S. looks like a gun. Besides, I like scotch/whisky better than vodka.
    • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -18/+84This is the best ad for Skyy Vodka that I've ever seen!
      • remccain, on 04/05/2008, -6/+5And they can keep California - but don't mess with Texas.
      • wedgemartin, on 04/06/2008, -2/+4Skyy Vodka is made in San Francisco... I've been a proponent of giving them back Texas for ages, but can we please keep CA? :)
      • FutureGuy, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2This is one of them best comments I have seen ;0
        Absolute better fire their marketing guy, I had my last Absolute Vodka drink a few weeks back.
    • JettaMan, on 04/05/2008, -26/+35This ad will destroy the Absolut market in the United States. No one is going to buy it here any more, not even illegals who can't afford it anyway.
      • cheeseysynapse, on 04/05/2008, -16/+3Its also a great ad because its up free on Drudge and the LAtimes. What is better than free advertising? Anyway, many leftist openly oppose the idea U.S. supremacy. If anything, it shows that Absolut is on their side. So, amongst the "vanguard" America haters this ad speaks to them, because it supposedly highlights the history of American Imperialism in their minds. Thats why I hate it, but still love the idea that a company would infuse extremely divisive politics into their ad campaigns. Also, the latino market in America is exploding, so making a play for them early is smart. And what better way to appeal to them? With the radical leftist populist politics that the vanguard left lumps them in with by the fact their skin is brown.
        • Chompy, on 04/05/2008, -6/+19"What is better than free advertising?"
          Paid advertising that doesn't piss cause customers to swear off your brand.
          • niczar, on 04/05/2008, -11/+7You usians are so fscking insecure, it's ridiculous.
          • geauxtig3rs, on 04/05/2008, -7/+10Really? What if the absolut ad was Europe, with all of it taken over by Nazi Germany? Would that be offensive to you?
          • saisumimen, on 04/05/2008, -10/+8Did you just equate Mexico... with NAZI ***** Germany?

            You fail. If it was an attempt at humor, you fail even more.
          • lotsa1s, on 04/06/2008, -2/+6If I remember correctly, IMPERIAL Germany tried to get Mexico to essentially do exactly what the Apsolut ad suggests back in the first World War. Its not a huge stretch by any measure.
          • cheappop, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3@saisumen: Yeah, and he is absolutely correct. The Zimmerman Telegram that lotsa1s referenced helps the argument. Also, I guarantee you that most Mexicans would rather live in Nazi Germany. At least they could eat there. It also was probably less corrupt than in its current state.
          • saisumimen, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2"Also, I guarantee you that most Mexicans would rather live in Nazi Germany."

            You've gotta be kidding me. Do you not remember the part about them tossing non-whites into ovens?
          • lotsa1s, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Nazi Germany, for all its gas and ovens and totalitarianism, functioned as a country (people enjoyed a good standard of living, went to school, blah blah) right up until the closing months of the war. Economically, militarily, and intellectually, Nazi Germany was far, far greater along then Mexico is today, and choosing between the two is like choosing between inept, lazy, greedy assholes who cant run a country and crazy, racist, imperialistic blue eyed dictators who know their *****.

            It did horrible things to a lot of people, but it is unbearably ignorant to not acknowledge its accomplishments as a country.
          • saisumimen, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1"Nazi Germany, for all its gas and ovens and totalitarianism ..."

            This statement alone invalidates anything you could possibly have to say about Nazi Germany. Equating it to Mexico (or any other country for that matter) fails. End of discussion.
        • jaxcs, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4Tell me you are joking. please for the love of god tell me you are pulling everyone's leg and that you don't actually believe a word that you say.
        • cheeseysynapse, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Jaxcs - I refer you to EdNonymous's comment further down.
      • vsthsd, on 04/05/2008, -12/+16You're such a sensationalist. It will not destroy Absolut here in the States. Who are you, FOX news with such comments? It's a freaking industry catering to a specific demographic. Do you think this type of situation is rare?

        Please. If you really think this ad will destroy the people who simply enjoy the drink, the college population, the bars, the nation - if you think a simple ad will do so much harm - it's time to get outside and see how the real world operates. There's no denying the brilliance of this ad given it's target audience. (Note: not you.)
        • cheappop, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7No, it is stupid as all hell and you are getting dugg up for making a Fox News reference. Mexicans rarely drink vodka, and this ad will piss off many Americans (Note: what should be their target audience). And yes, it will destroy them. No person who respects the people who died for that land will ever drink their alcohol again. Try using your brain next time.
      • MyBacchanalia, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I thought it was going for the meaning of absolut(e) as in final, as in the border between Mexico and the United States was a fine national/cultural/whatever boarder and didn't need to be changed by the US being all....we want your land, Mexico.
    • rpgmaker, on 04/05/2008, -8/+7A very divisive ad IMHO.
      • EricSchC1, on 04/05/2008, -9/+2How are imaginary lines on the ground and "ownership" of the ground you happen to stand/live on any less divisive?
        • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/08/2008, -0/+3Care to give me your bank account and routing numbers? After all, they're just numbers and aren't real. Might as well give me your passwords too, they're just characters after all...
    • vsthsd, on 04/05/2008, -10/+15I agree with you cheesey. People need to lighten up a tad. I don't agree with it, but c'mon now. Lets all think *marketing* instead of needless and wrongfully allocated patriotism.
      Hell yes this will work in mexico. And that's all that matters.
    • Habemus, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3DANZIG IST DEUTSCH!

      http://www.jjcoins.com/NaziPics/card4.jpg

      Absolut is reinterpreting the old Nazi-era posters about Germany east of the Oder. I guess the Nazi posters were "great ads" too.
  • ZandorMonkeyBoy, on 04/05/2008, -131/+258No more Absolut in my house. Switching to Stoli tonight.
    • kingofinternet, on 04/05/2008, -11/+60but stoli is made in commie russia
      • stonebear, on 04/05/2008, -3/+27I think you meant to say mafia Russia.
      • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -6/+20Commie Russia is not trying to incite Mexico to go to war with the USA, as Absolute Sweden is. Now is it?
        • kingofinternet, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3yeah that's what this ad is doing
        • ThugThrasher, on 04/05/2008, -9/+1I think the majority of Mexicans wish we hadn't gotten California & such off of them and this is just playing on that. I'm pretty sure this is NOT going to incite Mexico to go to war with us.
        • saisumimen, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6"Commie Russia is not trying to incite Mexico to go to war with the USA"

          WTF??!?!?!?!

          WTF is wrong with people on this thread?
        • badjoke, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Isn't this basically the plot of the 80s movie Red Dawn?
      • ThugThrasher, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10It's Vodka. Hence why you would want to drink something from Russia. I mean, I'd rather drink Irish whiskey made in Ireland for the same reason.
      • Skooma714, on 04/05/2008, -2/+61. Not communist anymore.2
        2. The US is getting there anyway.
      • iFrikkenR, on 04/05/2008, -1/+12and you computer, tv, cellphone and iPod are made in communist China. whats your point?
    • NightVortez, on 04/05/2008, -4/+8Stoli is alright but if you can get your hands on Putinka you're in for a treat.
      • kingvik, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3It's great if you use it instead milk for your cereal.
        • carbonbasedunit, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I hear it's especially good when used as an eyewash...
    • EarlOfLade, on 04/05/2008, -28/+19Ahhh, a "muslim"!

      So, now you are like muslims who are offended by mohammad cartoons, childish!
      I bet you started eating "Freedom Fries" too?
      • Jeffler, on 04/05/2008, -6/+27WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
      • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -10/+11No *****! WTF are you talking about. This is about American Pride, not religious zealotry!
        • Owwmykneecap, on 04/05/2008, -12/+12Are you that thick, he is comparing how muslims seem to get pissed at any little criticism to how you losers are going "no more of this evil ***** in my house now"

          he is telling you to chill the ***** out and take a joke.
        • Adamness, on 04/05/2008, -3/+10Except nobody here is rioting or threatening to kill people in the Absolut company.
          • randf, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1oooh, thanks for reminding me!

            now follow me fellow vodka jihadiis, time to behead the french b/c they are the parent company---ooops i mean the swedish b/c their name is on the bottle....ooops i mean the russians b/c it is a traditional russian drink. dammit!!

            hmmm...according to the jihadi handbook, we are honor bound to kill them all! awk-balak-balak!!!
        • EricSchC1, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2@ Monarch818: American/national Pride??? Pfft! You and your immediate ancestry had nothing to do with what country you happen to live in. Only the obtuse see imaginary lines on the ground as something to be "proud" of. Be proud of your species' social, scientific and philosophical accomplishments, the general improvement of the planet and all its inhabitants. A country and her boundary lines don't qualify as accomplishments in that regard and are what's truly divisive.
          • thePuck77, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1***** globalist propaganda. Divisive is good, and I hope the goddamn Mexicans try to fight us for territory. Maybe people will remember how to fight for their own again.
    • lostarchitect, on 04/05/2008, -20/+56seriously? that's pathetic.
    • lilsis, on 04/05/2008, -1/+16a switch you should have made long ago... absolut is only good for medicinal purposes
    • albinorhino101, on 04/05/2008, -1/+16Ketel one
      • cnot3, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Nobody does vodka like the Dutch.
        • smacksaw, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3Is that an endorsement or an indictment?

          Grey Goose FTW.
    • JettaMan, on 04/05/2008, -29/+17Absolut is going down the toilet. Never again. They are finished in the USA.
      • Owwmykneecap, on 04/05/2008, -13/+4you are a spa.
        • LamentMoon, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I highly doubt that. That's not even plausible.
      • expatcatalyst, on 04/05/2008, -6/+8"The campaign taps into the national pride of Mexicans" So that's why so many are trying to cross the border, oh now I get it... Lots of pride there!
      • snoox, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1White power! -Clayton Bigsby
    • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3I'll drink to that!!!
      • imitokay, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1yah, you and all your sourthern friends (hence the spectacular digg count)
    • GlobalistShill, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5Stoli and Kalhua makes the *best* Black Russian. It is one of my absolute favorite drinks (no pun intended). Pour the vodka over ice. Top with Kalhua (a little bit less Kalhua than the vodka). Serve with a little straw. Excellent after dinner drink!
      • jaxcs, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Excellent getting ***** up drink
      • joltcola, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7the dude abides
      • saisumimen, on 04/05/2008, -0/+5You had me until "little straw".
        • GlobalistShill, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3LOL! The little straw is not strictly necessary. However, even if we look at it strictly from a practical standpoint there are certain benefits that should not be overlooked! For one thing you can stir with it. It also helps prevents the syrup from the Kahlua from accumulating on your mustache.
      • JacksonYaya, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Got Black Russian?
    • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -16/+12Going down the toilet because they'll lose sales in the USA..?? Give me a break.
      Believe me, absolut sell ***** all in the states, the latin americans love it, and so do the rest of the world.
      Stoli is the best seller in the USA, and as any vodka enthusiast knows, Stoli is the lowest common denominator. It's ***** quality.

      • Ajajadude, on 04/05/2008, -2/+5You've obviously been limited in your vodka experiences.
    • RRJackson, on 04/05/2008, -2/+10Grey Goose. Definitely go for the Goose.
      • hypertension, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4Grey Goose is more of a status vodka than anything else -- it did horribly in a blind taste test featuring people who thought it was their favorite.

        Go for Belvedere or Kettle One.

        http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=3201973&page=3


        • klipseracer, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3I can tell you that grey goose goes down much better for me personally in shot form than any other vodka. I hate vodka anyhow, but I was looking for someone to vote Goose, +1!
          • GlobalistShill, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3I think Goose is excellent in shot form. It is very smooth, and almost sweet. It was my favorite vodka for awhile. However, in my opinion it doesn't always make the best mixed drink. Compare a Stoli Black Russian with a Goose Black Russian and let me know what you think!
      • EricSchC1, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3I used to drink Grey Goose exclusively until I discovered Level and Svetka.
    • 1o23r, on 04/05/2008, -12/+37U R an Idiot. I am ashamed that American Patriotism is synonymous with stupidity and historical amnesia.
      • expatcatalyst, on 04/05/2008, -11/+3U R an Idiot for thinking that we can change the past. We have enough Imperialist problems with the present to worry about: http://digg.com/political_opinion/What_the_Classro ... Contrary to popular America haters view, we are not all stupid or have historical amnesia. If you are really ashamed, go make a difference in the present! Vote, organize, protest, whatever works.
    • SillyRabbits, on 04/05/2008, -13/+5I have never done the boycott thing, but for some reason, the ad is irritating enough for me to change that. Absolut was the only vodka I used to buy, switching to something else really isn't going to take any effort.
    • Steven8890, on 04/05/2008, -1/+37I wonder what the Native American map looks like? Probably no borders.
    • AgentReaver, on 04/05/2008, -5/+3You probably should have made the switch a long time ago. Absolut is harsh and tastes like garbage (not all vodka has to take like rubbing alcohol), I suggest either getting Imperia (5 times or more distilled I believe) or Ketel One. Both are excellent vodkas.
    • anogenic, on 04/05/2008, -20/+17Haha, go Absolut!
      Mexico 1 USA 0
      • Zindrix, on 04/05/2008, -6/+7Mexico wins from a Swedish ad? Explain your logic to me please.
      • KMartSheriff, on 04/05/2008, -10/+9Quiet down and get back to work. My lawn isn't gonna cut itself.
        • anogenic, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7I'm Swiss, so you get back to work, that bank loan isn't going to pay back itself.
        • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -3/+6LOL!, i can't find a better word for that than PWN4G3.

          That is what you get for being a racist ignorant sonofabitch.
    • Malarie, on 04/05/2008, -5/+7Heh, I stopped drinking Coke, eating at Mc Donald's, and paying for american movies and music long ago!! :P
      • foofightrs777, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4Are you looking for a medal or something? Regardless, we're discussing a Swedish product here.
    • AgentMull, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6I drink $9 handles of vodka. Does the trick.
    • bonk2k, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4Here's a fun fact: Companies don't give a ***** about you as long as you buy their product. Another fun fact: Advertising isn't made so you can have some pretty pictures to look at, its made for the sole purpose of selling things to you. Just because Stoli's ads aren't offensive, doesn't mean they care any more about you than Absolut.
    • tim710, on 04/05/2008, -2/+9How about we keep Cali, but give mexico all the red states?
      • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1No deal!, we allready have enough retardedness with our politicians to do that. feed them to the lions or set them free somewhere around the shark infested south african coastline or something.
      • drgmdp, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1as if they wouldn't find they've been ripped off......
    • NecroSexy, on 04/05/2008, -1/+8Two words: Manifest Destiny.
    • judychung1980, on 04/05/2008, -9/+3And sh*ts like you are all talking about FREE TIBET. Then it is only FAIR to say FREE CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you know how it feels, you pieces of sh*ts!!!! LEARN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIVA MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • jaxcs, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6Normally, one exclamation point is sufficient to display enthusiasm. Considering the number of exclamation points you just used, I imagine your head is spinning 360 while you spew green vomit like a fountain. Besides the history is all wrong. how many Mexicans are asking for Texas back? This is an ad for vodka. It's just an ad. In contrast, Tibetans are protesting Chinese rule and Chinese police are dressing like monks to provoke escalating violence from the police. Where is the similarity?
        • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Please ignore her, she is a Chilean disguised as a Mexican trying to provoke violence.
    • jaxcs, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10This is freedom fries all over again.
    • dafragsta, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2Tito's FTW! It's awesome and made right here in Austin. We get that cheap here and I normally don't like vodka, but Tito's is smooth and doesn't really have an aftertaste. (Something that always turned me off about vodka.)
      • CTRaider, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Tito's vodka was recommended to me by one of the workers in the store. They told me to take it home and with the vodka and shot glass at room temp take a shot and it wouldn't burn. They were right. I now only drink Tito's. I also use it to make Kahlua from scratch. Yum. (This is all after trying Absolut, Sky, Belvedere, Stoli, etc.
    • swiftheart, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6"I'm offended by a Swedish company's characterization of an unrealistic America in a Mexican advertising campaign and so my response will be to switch to Russian vodka."

      Honestly, I think if you surveyed the people who work at Absolut and the people who work at Stoli, you'd rather spend your time with the more American friendly Absolut.
    • hanexar, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Haha for my case, I'll start buying some absolute just to see how pissed off American bury me ;)
    • Herostratos, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3Americans have absolutely(tm) no sense of humor.
    • bicyclethief, on 04/09/2008, -0/+1You idiots. Absolut is tailoring their ad to their target audience. What's more American than that?
  • Baroliche, on 04/05/2008, -38/+196It will be interesting to see if the increase in sales in Mexico is offset by the losses in the US when Americans are made aware of this add.
    • ZandorMonkeyBoy, on 04/05/2008, -25/+28Any increased sales in Mexico will be paid for with money sent home by illegal aliens. And no, it won't offset the losses. I'm thinking about printing up a whole lot of these and sticking them all over town just to get everyone's attention.
      • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -5/+7Good Idea!!!
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0dont u have anything better to do?...guess not, huh? yeah, go for it...whatever
    • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -9/+5Yeah, but the rest of the world will buy it like crazy!!!
    • JettaMan, on 04/05/2008, -13/+17Absolut misinformation. Mexicans didn't even populate those parts of America when they claimed it was part of their country. It was a wild no-mans land. I don't see why they think they have a claim on it.
      • juliolarri, on 04/05/2008, -10/+10wow!, how stupid can you be?
      • moonguidex, on 04/05/2008, -7/+9It is because you are from the U.S. , so you guys are the only ones who get to claim on "wild no-mans land"
        Stupid americans...
        • Muncher, on 04/05/2008, -2/+10I don't know how familiar you are with the California area, but we've actually settled it. Just so you know.
        • hypertension, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1So what nationality are you, "male from the United States"?
          • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2Seriously, can we stop this stupid Americans business? Every country has stupid people and smart people just like America. The only real difference is we elect our stupid people to very visible offices...
          • moonguidex, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1American, not from the U.S. though...
      • smpdigital, on 04/05/2008, -5/+14Right! all the spanish names there just emerged spontaneously and all the spanish missionaries where there to taught rocks into catholicism, all those streets with spanish surnames had to be wrong and what the hell, Iraq is a wild no-mans land too!
      • smashhell, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7But He is right !
        Long ago American don't own these land, neither does Spanish.
        It's the Native American who owns them in the first place.
      • BoneheadFarker, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0So I guess indians don't count...
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0dude, youre absolutely making an idiot of yourself by writing such crap and showing off your ignorance...oh wait, you must be an American! nevermind...
    • insllvn, on 04/05/2008, -18/+24I am an American, and I don't drink a lot of vodka, mostly I like Scotch Whiskey. When I throw a party, and get liquor for mixing drinks, it is often vodka (or rum or tequila, variety is the spice of life no?). In the future, when I go looking for vodka, Absolut will get extra consideration. I know nothing about vodka, and care even less, but I like the ad and every now and then I try to buy products whose ad campaigns are particularly clever or witty. If it is *****, I won't buy it again, but I will give it a shot. I am not so wrapped up in national pride that I am offended by the simple observation of historical facts. How must Mexicans feel about American outrage to the ad, when they have to suffer the indignity of the fact? We took their land, for manifest destiny, and to liberate it from the uncultured brown man. That is what is offensive, not this ad.
      • hypertension, on 04/05/2008, -15/+18This isn't a "simple observation of historical facts." If it were, I doubt you'd call it "clever or witty." More hard-leftist, anti-US intellectual dishonesty.

        Anyone from the southwest -- even Mexicans -- will tell you that this ad was designed to appeal to the reconquista movement and sentiment.

        Mexicans had to "suffer" losing land -- land they didn't even populate because of the Apache and Comanche attacks -- as a result of losing a war THEY STARTED and the resulting sale.

        What's offensive is people like you stoking their resentment with falsehoods, further encouraging them to illegally cross and immigrate without any respect for US laws or its people, respect that you clearly lack also.
        • whataboutdave, on 04/05/2008, -9/+7Spot on.
        • moonguidex, on 04/05/2008, -11/+10"Reconquista movement" You are so stupidly ignorant on so many points I will just point out a few, so you don't feel so bad...
          1.There is no reconquista movement. But it is a good idea though. I'll spread the word.
          2.Hope I don't get too technical on this one (after all, you are american) but there is a legal term referring to a nation's sovereignty, even with dissenting groups. I don't want to fry your brain, so look it up. Take your time.
          3.A war mexicans started...you know what? screw this, you're just a stupid american, making stupid statements which only you, and your stupid friends agree with.
          This is exactly why the world thinks you are trash. Americans like you are the solution to Mexico's problems. I seriously hope you're right about the reconquista thingy.
          PS. Respect is EARNED. It is not beaten through your skull with weapons and the like.
          Good job, try again.
        • hypertension, on 04/05/2008, -7/+9@Moonguidex --

          Cute, except that I'm being dugg up and you're being dugg down. You sure are one to talk about "respect."

          1) There absolutely is a reconquista movement and sentiment. Visit a house in Southern California that's flying the Mexican flag. They'll casually explain that they're taking back "their" land.

          2) According to your profile, you're apparently American too, so STFU. Whatever the case, the southwest of the US falls under US sovereignty. Try not to hurt your brain on that one.

          3) I live in Costa Rica and have met people from all over the world, and they certainly do not think I'm trash. That's why I'm having a party at my house tonight and you're going to be at home with mommy.

          Anyway, the history is all there. Texas declared independence, Mexico brutally attacked and, of course, lost, and in typical Mexican fashion, refused to admit they lost (though of course they didn't follow through and keep attacking as is typical when one HASN'T lost.)

          10 years later, Mexicans began the first hostilities of the Mexican-American war by cowardly attacking a US calvary brigade in Texas in what was known as the Thornton affair.

          It's all online. Your blind hatred doesn't change the facts and what happened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican-American_War

          Who's stupid now, you ignorant fool!?
          • eexlebots, on 04/05/2008, -5/+4But didn't Polk brag about how that whole event was staged, right in his own autobiography? He had guys dress up as mexicans and staged the "battle" in order to justify invading Mexico...which was his sole campaign promise, that he would invade mexico and take a huge chunk of it for the US and then not run for a second term. Which is what he did.
          • moonguidex, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2You, as always, I suppose. Not hard to decipher since you resort to wikipedia for information.
            1) You don't get the point do you? They do not want to stay in California, they want to get enough money to come back and live decently. Nobody likes to be treated like a second class citizen by idiots like you.
            2) That is the zip code of my former residence. I'll change it soon. The southwest of the U.S. used to be the northwest of Mexico. Amazing right? Hope you're keeping up.
            3) Costa Ricans are nice. My mom's dead so I can only wish you were right.
            The history is not there. The U.S. gov't approved history is, though. I am sure you are not so naive as to think that the independist's ideals were not driven by greed for cheap land. I hope.
            "Typical Mexican fashion" . Nice. People must really like you. By the way, I'm hungry, so I'm going out for some Mickey D's so I can finish watching Springer in "typical american fashion." See? Stereotypes are wrong and unnecessary. If I keep this up, I'm going to start taking partial responsiblity for your education.
            My "blind hatred" doesn't really feel like changing facts; it is content with putting losers like you in their place.
            Have fun at the party!
        • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -4/+1It is ALL abou the partay! right? right? now go to mommy's home yhou non paryt goer you.
        • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -5/+3"This isn't a "simple observation of historical facts." If it were, I doubt you'd call it "clever or witty.""

          It is, from a certain point of view, and I totally did call it clever.

          "More hard-leftist, anti-US intellectual dishonesty."

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny

          "Anyone from the southwest -- even Mexicans -- will tell you that this ad was designed to appeal to the reconquista movement and sentiment."

          I suppose they should "just let it go?" If Mexico conquered a portion of the United States 160 years ago would you just let it go? Don't you think you would still want that land back, particularly if it was as nice a piece of land as California or as rich in oil as Texas?

          "Mexicans had to "suffer" losing land -- land they didn't even populate because of the Apache and Comanche attacks -- as a result of losing a war THEY STARTED and the resulting sale."

          As I recall, Texas was, at the time of its secession, colonized primarily by Americans who went there on the urging of the US government hoping to incite war with Mexico as a pretext for western expansion. Also the land was cheap. Got anything lying around your house you aren't using? Would you be pissed if I broke in, took it, and declared it right because you weren't using it? If enough Mexicans move in, can they have Texas back based on the same logic, once they outnumber the Americans there I mean?

          "What's offensive is people like you stoking their resentment with falsehoods, further encouraging them to illegally cross and immigrate without any respect for US laws or its people, respect that you clearly lack also."

          You caught me. I don't respect America. I respect the values it once stood for, the values it was founded upon, but I am profoundly ashamed of its actions, both during our expansionist phase, and in the present. You nailed me, I don't respect America and everything it does simply because I was born here. I hold to the ideals it was founded upon, and principle. Incidentally, referring again to how I am a "hard-leftist," when did being a racist, nationalistic, Limbaugh-sheep become the definition of good wholesome (right-wing) American thinking? I like my government small, and my freedoms expansive.

          Parting shot: It is a good thing you weren't born a German, because you aren't nearly smart enough to defend their past. Don't lie though, you know you would try.
      • kevlarbaboon, on 04/05/2008, -6/+4I don't really think anyone is outraged. It's cute really.
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0i agree with you, and besides, shouldnt people worry more about the ***** state of the economy, or the war, or the presidential race, hell, about the freakin´ baseball season perhaps?
    • iRaachie, on 04/05/2008, -4/+5Hah, jokes on them. How can they get back their land if they're all wasted on Vodka..
      • inboxnews, on 04/05/2008, -9/+3It's not their land moron.
        • EtherGnat, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2It was their land. Now it's not. Those are the two requirements for being able to get something back, moron.
        • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1It was.
        • moonguidex, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Whoooshhhhh!!!!
    • judychung1980, on 04/05/2008, -9/+0And sh*ts like you are all talking about FREE TIBET. Then it is only FAIR to say FREE CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you know how it feels, you pieces of sh*ts!!!! LEARN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIVA MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • Apoc04, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2you make the same comment on every board, SHUT THE ***** UP BITCH.
      • Beveridge89, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Ok, how about the US agrees to have a vote of the people living in the land they 'stole' from mexico over which country they want to be a part of, and China gives Tibetans a vote on whether they want to be independant or part of China. See the difference?
    • codeyellow, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7Buying this drink just because of this ad, is just as stupid as not buying this drink because of the ad..
      • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I dunno, I like to support ad campaigns I find amusing... you know, if the product is decent anyway...
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0huh?
    • Pecnut, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Intentional pun at the end there?
    • akamurph, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Are you serious? Ever been to Mexico? Not many of them drink vodka at all... The ad won't get more mexicans drinking their vodka, all it did was piss off a bunch of vodka-drinking Americans who won't buy their vodka anymore.
    • Archer007, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I've got it - we should preemptively invade Mexico!
  • orlandorays, on 04/05/2008, -26/+102Smirnoff and Seagrams in the United States are both produced in the United States.

    Just for those who want to express themselves with their wallet. I myself don't drink.
    • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -7/+7Smirnoff is OK but what about Skyy?
      • robbh66, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2You obviously don't know what you're talking about,,,
        • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3I don't? Why do you say that?
          • petebot, on 04/08/2008, -0/+2Because Smirnoff tastes like poo-flavored gasoline.
    • doyoulikeworms, on 04/05/2008, -5/+12Smirnoff is garbage.
      • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -4/+14And yet, when blind tested, it beats Grey Goose, Ketel One, etc. every time.

        It is perception, nothing else, that convinces people to pay more. It is the same for loyal cigarette smokers. They are CONVINCED they can pick out their brand, but in blind test, they are no better that statistics for guessing.

        They have you convinced. No harm I guess. If you think you are getting better vodka, then you are, and you are willing to pay for that belief.
        • robbh66, on 04/05/2008, -4/+1I believe it if you can actually point out somewhere online this has been published.

          I'll tell you how my blind taste-test works: It's called severity of hangover, ***** voka= worse hangover. McCormicks is #1 on that list and Smirnoff isn't far down it.
          • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -3/+5I am pretty sure I can't find a "which vodka gives a worse hangover" study. I was discussing taste tests.

            You might want to think about why it is you know how bad so many different liquors are for hangovers ;-) A very good friend of mine did an impurities paper on alcohols. There is a reason everyone has a bad Tequila story. Gin and Vodka are very high on the low impurities list, with Tequila beating everything else by a wide margin.

            I'd love to chat about your scientific study via puking and hangovers, but I have a plane to catch...
          • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -2/+7Smirnoff is triple distilled. If you get a hangover from Smirnoff or Skyy vodka you can't handle vodka. Those are two great, clean vodkas. Now if you want to talk ***** vodka you can talk about Grey Goose or Belvedere on the "I'm an idiot who likes to overpay for ***** vodka" end, or you can talk about the Popov and Karkovs (and whatever ***** 9.99/handle brands you have in your area) on the "I just don't give a *****" end.

            Honestly, Karkov isn't bad when you put it through a brita filter. But I always just sprung for the 19.99/handle vodka that beat out the "premium" vodkas in quality.
          • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -3/+5@ssn

            During a break in college one year my roommate and I stayed on campus, and almost no one else did. We had all this alcohol lying around including a full handle of Jose Cuervo a friend brought up that was almost full. After killing what little we had in open bottles of Parrot Bay and Skyy we went onto the Jose Cuervo and killed the handle. Bad idea. After a night on the bathroom floor, I had the worst hangover of my life. The next day I had to take a girl to the airport, and the bus ride was bumpy as all hell. My puke was flowing down those cracks in the bus's aisle as we went up and down hills. To this day I can't smell tequila without feeling nauseous, though I can (now) drink margaritas with tequila in it.
        • KMye, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1After the 20/20 thing we tried one out at our dive with GG, Stoli, Schmirnoff and well. Two of three guys (ahem, including myself) were able to pick out the Schmirnoff and well. Schmirnoff has a very distinctive, though I don't personally think so bad, taste. Lo and hehold a girl then, and one of my best friends (on a GG, Schm, test well on another occasion), both GG lovers, both picked the well as their favorite. I think there's something specifically about Grey Goosies.
          • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1I've always thought that Belvedere and Ketel One were even worse than GG.
        • doyoulikeworms, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1No. I held no preconceptions about Vodka brands, actually Smirnoff had been one of the few brands I had heard of at the time (early college life...ah...). It was bad then, bad now.
    • jgtg32a, on 04/05/2008, -3/+6Who care where its made just as long as its good, I don't like France but I love Grey Goose
      • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -0/+6France was developed by some old guy from my hometown. And it's been proven to be a ripoff. On 20/20 Stossel conducted blind taste tests using self-admitted "vodka snobs" in NYC of several "premium" vodka brands and Smirnoff. Smirnoff won hands down.
        • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4You beat me to it. I have seen two more blind taste test things like that, and Smirnoff wins every time.
        • insllvn, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1I would like to see some of these blind taste tests, I am not skeptical, just interested.
      • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3D'oh. Of course "France" wasn't developed in my hometown, Grey Goose was.
    • 1o23r, on 04/05/2008, -0/+0Im all about Takka and Royal Gate!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • judychung1980, on 04/05/2008, -6/+0And sh*ts like you are all talking about FREE TIBET. Then it is only FAIR to say FREE CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you know how it feels, you pieces of sh*ts!!!! LEARN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIVA MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • bxblox, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1eww smirnoff
    • purzzzell, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Tito's Handmade FTW!
  • Chipmonker, on 04/05/2008, -55/+160Hah! Absolut lost my money. I wonder if they are running a "Deutschland uber alles" campaign in Germany?
    • lostarchitect, on 04/05/2008, -6/+31it's a joke.
    • textrant, on 04/05/2008, -0/+13You think German's are stupid enough to drink that crap when they live next to Poland, which make some of the nicest spirits known to man.
      • Chompy, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Who the hell would waste time drinking vodka in *GERMANY*?
        • elTito, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Man cannot survive on beer alone. Even German beer (which, though I don't remember much of my time in Germany, IS very good).
      • DemDude, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I, as a german, have five bottles of Absolut in my bar right now, because most polish spirits are cheap crap. That's why there's hardly any polish vodka in germany - we're just not too keen on going blind.
        @Chompy: Well, we really don't live on beer alone, only most of the time ;-)
    • duggdowncatisad, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7your comment makes sense, apart from the whole mexico-not-having-concentration-camps thing. Sorry to be such a nit.
      • Herostratos, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Dunno why you are dugg down... You make absolute(tm) sense.
    • judychung1980, on 04/05/2008, -7/+2And sh*ts like you are all talking about FREE TIBET. Then it is only FAIR to say FREE CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now you know how it feels, you pieces of sh*ts!!!! LEARN SPANISH!!!!!!!!!!!!! VIVA MEXICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • shig, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1Tibet is a sovereign country, and I'd like to think America is too. ***** Mexican Imperialism (Alta California and the conquered Chica Mecs which wounded but failed to kill Santa Anna the imperialist bastard who thinks Mexicans aren't worthy of freedom) and ***** China. Viva Guadelupe Hidalgo!!!
      • joegibes, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I'll Take it!

        Hello China? i have something you may want, but it's gonna cost ya... That's right.. all the tea...
    • dmsean, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4you FAIL.

      it would be more like: "take back france for the french"
    • DemDude, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I hope you're being sarcastic, but since you're probably american, I'll just say that, if Absolut were to run ads like that in germany, they'd instantly lose their entire market share.
  • brothaslide, on 04/05/2008, -55/+224California has one of the largest economies in the world - we should give California back to Mexico so it can be run into the ground and turned into a third world state by the corrupt Mexican government.
    • pcore, on 04/05/2008, -23/+15Don't you know that it relies on our corrupt-free American government!?!?
      • whataboutdave, on 04/05/2008, -5/+28Everything is relative. The US may not be free of corruption, but where would you rather start a business? I have a feeling Mexico would not be near the top of your list.
        • nomadxx7, on 04/05/2008, -3/+3One would think China wouldn't either but that's exactly where businesses are going. To each there own. Cheaper labor = more corporate profit.
        • quaxon, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1NAFTA wants a talk with you...
      • thafooz, on 04/05/2008, -4/+7You've got it backwards; the US relies on CA. California passes all of the progressive measures before the US, and receives close to last in federal benefits per dollar sent to D.C.
        • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4Yes. Thanks for that housing bubble, California!

          But seriously, California has great research Universities that surely get lots of federal grants, I'm sure it gets tons of farm subsidies, and I'm sure there is a fair number of "poor" people in California. Not only that but it gets lots in disaster relief, something that states like the one that I'm from almost never get, from earthquakes, mudslides, and forest fires. I'm going to have to see your source on that claim.

          And if you call not allowing for drilling off of your coast while we import oil from Venezuala and Islamic Fundamentalist governments and giving drivers licenses to illegals "progressive" then I guess being "progressive" isn't a good thing. I'll just add that California is synonymous with urban sprawl and encroachment on pristine wilderness. It doesn't help that this "progressive" utopia is overpopulated in relation to the amount of fresh water that people use. Progressives like you are destroying the Colorado River.
    • Vostok, on 04/05/2008, -14/+77The territory we took from Mexico was simply claimed by them, more Native Americans lived in the territory then Mexicans. During the war we occupied Mexico City. We could have taken the entire country but we just took the parts they were not using. So Mexican claims to the territory are rather mute to begin with.
      • DephexTwin, on 04/05/2008, -2/+15*moot
        • CarStan, on 04/05/2008, -3/+1gb2 4chan
        • phort99, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)
          a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise; "he organized the weekly moot"
          consider: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
          arguable: open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question"

          Moot is not the only moot.
      • keltin, on 04/05/2008, -7/+2...and they were pretty 'mute,' too.
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0I think your sources are mute, dude
    • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -14/+8yes, that damned corrupt mexican govornment at the beck and call of al those huge mexican corporations...

      /pots and kettles huh?
      • JCPahl, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Mexico has the largest number of billionaires per capita in the world, and one of the poorest and largest lower classes also. We're not quite that corrupt yet.
      • fuckcracker, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2Let me guess your a stupid cracker.
    • metric7, on 04/05/2008, -7/+8It's already half way there.
    • warlokaz2004, on 04/05/2008, -9/+19The REAL Irony is the area Mexico claims we 'stole' only belonged to Mexico 28 years -- Spain settled the southwest U.S. Then Mexico rebelled, picked a fight with the United States, and the U.S. rolled down to Mexico City. The Only reason we 'stopped' at taking the Southwestern United States was because it was a fairly empty frontier that was (aside from California) considered of no real use. That and the concerns of adding millions of Catholics to the mostly white-protestant U.S. ; and concerns about the expansion of slavery. This 'reconquista' idea is propped up by the Aztlan racists who want to create their communist paradise here in the U.S.
    • 35263526, on 04/05/2008, -6/+15Because the U.S. government is _so_ very uncorrupted...
    • Herostratos, on 04/06/2008, -3/+7Probably. But the this thing was A ***** JOKE, not to be taken seriously. And suddenly you guys erupt into not only anti-absolute vodka, but also anti-mexican hate? Americans are ***** crazy. Nationalism does ***** up your brain.
  • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -80/+89Get a grip, right wingers. It's only a freaking advert.

    Take deep breaths and genuflect before your statuette of Ronnie Reagan. Now rinse out your panties, it'll be ok.
    • fleischner, on 04/05/2008, -31/+31In honor of what today's date is, I'm sure you'd be fine if they showed a picture of a black person in chains and used the same headline, "In an Absolut world." Come on, it would just be an ad, right?
      • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -21/+28No I wouldn't be fine with racism. But I am fine with fake maps. Can you not see the difference between the two?

        No wonder you're a right winger....
        • cheappop, on 04/06/2008, -2/+4No, they are just about the same. They are both ads that cross a certain line. Also, this is not about left and right wings you ***** asshat. They refer to an alternate outcome of a significant historical event that is a sensitive subject for a lot of people.
      • kingofinternet, on 04/05/2008, -5/+16yeah those things are equivalent haha
    • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -24/+27And here's chicofaraby siding against America. How shocking.
      • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -17/+16By laughing at loonies who are wailing and bleating over a fake re-drawn map I'm showing that I hate America.

        Wow. Just wow.
        • mikesbaker, on 04/05/2008, -9/+10why do you hate america?
          • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -4/+5When did you stop beating your wife?
          • quaxon, on 04/05/2008, -5/+5take a look at its violent history and its present corrupt government as well the governments actions in the past decade and you can see why i hate america.
          • dillibob, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1i got your joke, dont worry
    • vault, on 04/05/2008, -12/+16It's the content of the ad, not the fact it's just an ad. Are you saying it's impossible for advertising to be offensive?
      • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -10/+13No, you mook, I'm saying that it's not real. It's not a plan of attack. It's not a conspiracy. It's only a freaking ad. No white people were conquered in the making of this ad.

        You can choose to be offended, but that only shows how stupid you are.
    • Mesmorize, on 04/05/2008, -11/+17In an Absolut world all the Arab states have been nuked off the maps and people like you are dead.
    • lostarchitect, on 04/05/2008, -13/+27I am pretty shocked that people are digging chicofarby down. he's right--it's just an ad! relax. you'd probably think it was funny if a companion ad showed the US annexing Canada.
      • Chompy, on 04/05/2008, -2/+9Perhaps, but Canadians probably wouldn't.
      • metric7, on 04/05/2008, -5/+4Mexican hate groups advocate this annexation and this ad plays to their hatred
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -2/+6It is just an ad, and it's historically accurate. It's giving Mexicans pride, saying that they used to own that land, and in an Absolut world, they still would. However, showing the U.S. owning part of Canada would be very offensive, since it has nothing to do with history. It's not about having something back that you once owned, that would be invasion. Showing the U.S. and Canada both part of the British empire would be accurate however.

        In the case of the current Ad, I think it's ***** stupid for anyone to get uptight about it and boycott the product. If it were the U.S. owning all of North America, I think it would be perfectly justified to boycott it, as it had nothing to do with history. That would be as offensive as having all of Europe and the world as Nazi Germany, same insinuation of invasion.
    • elTito, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4I love how your responses to everyone are more or less flowery versions of "OMG UR STOPID!1"
    • siszam, on 04/05/2008, -8/+9Don't imply that everyone who wants American laws upheld are right wingers. I'm a socialist who is married to a Mexican. I don't appreciate people entering the country illegally, working illegally, taking social benefits from tax payers and expecting the same treatment as legal immigrants.
      • zarrel40, on 04/06/2008, -3/+2I'm pretty sure there was no mention of American laws or even immigration in this add. All this add is showing, is in a perfect world for mexicans, they would have their country back. No mention of illegals crossing the border and stealing our welfare, which i too think is ridiculous and am in no way supporting, but all this is, is an ad, to make people laugh, and help them remember their product name by humor. Nothing truely political about it.
    • Railz, on 04/06/2008, -1/+5I consider myself left winger, and I still find this somewhat of a tasteless joke - People in Texas have had this serious problem of sovereignty for awhile and don't like to be reminded of it.
    • akamurph, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3Chicofaraby, Nanci Pelosi called, she wants her panties back - please stop sniffing them.
  • nymphetamine, on 04/05/2008, -27/+34I understand how this could upset some people, but not Americans. Why the hell should Americans be upset by this?
    • whataboutdave, on 04/05/2008, -19/+12Are you slow?

      To say that in a perfect world the western US would be reclaimed by Mexico is extremely offensive.
    • slimjim85, on 04/05/2008, -2/+9I put this ad in the same boat as all of these "Jesusland" things that were going around after the last elections

      http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/ima ...

      Is the ad in bad taste? 'Absolut'ly

      Is it offensive? I dont think so, I think the ad was more looking for a smile/laugh... not a political statement. Could be wrong, thats just how I took it.
    • metric7, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4You people dont know from sarcasm
    • kingramstone, on 04/05/2008, -1/+14I agree and I'm from the United States (California actually). It's a well-played satire that shouldn't really piss anyone off unless they take themselves too seriously.
      • Idiggapony, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Satire? Satire of what?
      • geddon, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Satire of a country arbitrarily deciding that land in another country is rightfully their own.
    • geddon, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2Because it contradicts the Emancipation Proclamation! (They pronounce it 'de Emancipate Proclamario' down there...)
    • Caiman, on 04/05/2008, -4/+5These ***** yanks and their patriotism... grow a sense of humour for ***** sake.
    • MyBacchanalia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3....people sure don't like their Mexico! jajaja 'those people' 'down there', I ain't part of Mexico, no how.
    • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0mmmmhhh...cause they´re stupid?
  • hutectro, on 04/05/2008, -44/+28The ad is for the Mexican market, but it would be interesting to show it to non-Mexican Hispanics in the USA and gather their reactions. I assure you, it's not going to be positive.
    This Ad is nothing more than ATTACK on United States and it's citizens and the Ad should be taken down .
    • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -18/+50"This Ad is nothing more than ATTACK on United States"

      Do you realize how goofy that looks to us sane people?
      • CiXeL, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2you ever encountered a racist mexican who hated white people and actually believes in reclaiming the lands of Aztlan?
        i have and it sucks.
        • MyBacchanalia, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3it must hurt to put up with the ...harsh future reality....of the reclamation of the lands of Aztlan to the Mexican people.
          I saw this ad showing Canada as being part of the British Empire again...and one of Spain being part of the Ottoman Empire and it sucked.
    • lostarchitect, on 04/05/2008, -3/+13Would you think it was funny or even just non-offensive if the ad showed the United States owning part of Canada? Then shut the ***** up.
      • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -0/+4if I remember correctly the USA has never made a successful advance into Canada, however the opposite is true.

        Since WWII the USA hasn't made a successful advance into ANY country... except maybe grenada...but even then my grandmother would have made a better job of it..
        • kinseyincanada, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2you tried that and we burnt your damn white house down
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -2/+2The map is historically accurate. USA owning any part of Canada would not be, so yes it would be more offensive, since it would show that you wanted to conquer all of North America, not just take back something that used to be yours. It would, however, be accurate for both Canada and the USA to still be part of the british empire.
    • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -4/+5yes.. I mean in this day and age countries don't go invading each other for no reason...

      oh..wait..
    • Calcularius, on 04/05/2008, -8/+8Maybe the US *DESERVES* the attack.
      Maybe the world would be better if America was smaller.
      The Mexican people sure seem to have a stronger work ethic than Americans, despite their corrupt government.
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3"Maybe" the world would be better?

        Do you REALLY need the maybe? We can just assume pretty safely that it would be.
    • alk509, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6I'm a non-Mexican hispanic in the U.S., and I think the ad is hilarious. If America takes half their land and 150 years later all they do is poke fun at the fact that they lost (while some Real American Patriots pay them $5 an hour to mow their lawns so they don't have to pay $10/hour to a fellow American), I say let them.

      The ad is clearly meant as a joke, not a call to arms.
    • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -0/+1*****, he UNLEASHED THE FURY!!!!!!!!
  • herkimer65, on 04/05/2008, -46/+41The bottle of Absolut in my freezer will be the last in this house. I rarely drink vodka so won't affect their bottom line. We'll see if the .jpg I just sent to everyone in my address book can do a better job of it.

    farväl Absolut!
    • Owwmykneecap, on 04/05/2008, -16/+5Losers like you drink?

      *****, and i though it was for fun people.
      • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -7/+4I hope you're not considering yourself a fun person, cause the only fun I'd have with you is the beating I give you. More exercise than fun, but it could be fun!
        • monolithium, on 04/05/2008, -0/+8Typical internet toughguy.
          • Owwmykneecap, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Yeah I hope his e-penis can't reach across the Atlantic.
      • herkimer65, on 04/05/2008, -10/+3Losers like me? You're probably thinking about Herkimer56. Now HE is a definite loser.

        As far as your kneecap goes, I could certainly make you say Oww.
        • Herkimer56, on 04/05/2008, -7/+6No, he knows a loser when he sees one. So does everyone else who sees your postings.
      • MyBacchanalia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1my grandmother was fun, i went out with her once back when I was a kid and she took us to different pubs...and the bookies...and to more pubs! boy she sure loved the drink until the lung cancer got her.
  • baalzebub, on 04/05/2008, -11/+34i am sticking with good ol' Jack Daniels sippin' whiskey...

    if Sam Houston and James Bowie were alive today i wonder what they would think, "Remember the Alamo"...
    • Z06Nick, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Wait, you mean there is alcohol besides Jack Daniels worth drinking??
      • HenvY, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Yeah, how about a decent whiskey?
      • sanguinekane, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1Heresy, nothing is better than good ol' no. 7 =) .
        • HenvY, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1How about a real, malt whisky, instead of a blend?
    • Kbriggs, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3I'll still be drinking Hornitos....I certainly don't give a rat's ass about a little ad. We definitely have bigger problems in 2008.
    • kolinkoolface2, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1nicely put, jack is my drink of choice.
  • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -10/+19Absolut has always been overpriced anyways.Tanqueray Sterling Vodka and Skyy vodka are better. Too bad you can't get a handle of Skyy for 19.99 like I could a few years ago when I was still in college.
    • doyoulikeworms, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2You can get a handle of Skyy for exactly $19.99 at costco :)
      • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3I can't buy liquor (beer only unless you go to a package store!) at the supermarket or Wal*Mart here in Connecticut. The nearest Costco is 2 hours away, I'd be surprised if they actually sold liquor.
        • EtherGnat, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I know the Costco nearby in Texas has an entirely separate mini-store devoted just to liquor, presumably to get around liquor laws. They may do the same in Connecticut.
      • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Your Costco sells 80 proof and up?!?!? Beer and Wine only at mine. I am going to look more carefully when I get back ;-)
    • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2But I really like Absolut Mandarin and soda, with a slice of Orange. Grey Goose Orange is even more expensive...
      • jcm267, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2While we're going on about flavored vodkas. I recommend Smirnoff Watermellon vodka mixed with Mountain Dew.
        • ssn697, on 04/05/2008, -4/+3It is 70 proof instead of 80 proof though, isn't it? Thanks a lot though jcm... My girlfriend just read your comment, and did a big "MMMM!!!!"

          I see Watermelon and Mountain Dew flavors in my future ;-) I will be back in Montana in 5 hours, and it ***** SNOWED last night. Looks like we will be staying in, watching the basketball, and drinking Smirnoff Watermelon and Mountain Dew. I will report back on our findings...
        • diggcommentguy, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2I call ***** on ssn697.
          • ssn697, on 04/07/2008, -0/+1Is this some sort of Larry from the Liars club post? What part of my post is *****? I assure you, it took me until 3 this afternoon to recover from JCM's recommendation.
    • lasergangsta, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1MONOPOLOWA- great smooth stuff for like $12/bottle. i like it better than skyy.
    • MyBacchanalia, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I be sticking to my 40s of good ol' Malt Liquor. It'll get you drunk!
    • lilaliend, on 04/08/2008, -0/+1Yes. Absolut is quite nasty, but Skyy!? Seriously!? That shiot is the nastiest vodka on the shelf. I'd rather suffer thru drinking a $6 bottle of vodka in a plastic jug.
  • mikesbaker, on 04/05/2008, -30/+96This map makes me angry for some reason... oh yea thats right I'm from Texas.
    • textrant, on 04/05/2008, -13/+30You are clearly not from Texas because you know where it is on a map :P
      • mikesbaker, on 04/05/2008, -3/+10i know where it is I just don't give a crap about anywhere else
        /sarcasm
    • seduirai, on 04/05/2008, -10/+11Wouldn't you also be angry that Texas shows up on a map of the United States, and also that Texas is no longer an independent Republic? In 1000 years we can all be angry about something else. It's just an ad. I would think it would actually make some Mexicans angry that all this land is no longer theirs. As an American, I'm not offended by the ad because today – it's fiction. Like a map of Never-Never land.
    • geddon, on 04/05/2008, -4/+3Not anymore, Mexican! Where's yr green card? Are you registered to work in these Unidos Estados?!?
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0why do you think that because he writes something hre he's, a. he's mexican, b. he lives/works in the u.s? you think people living outside the u.s. cant read this? hello??
    • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -7/+7If you were really from Texas, you'd be outside beside your barn firing a shotgun at random objects while making out with your cousin.
      • diggdallas, on 04/05/2008, -5/+2No, thats Arkansas. In Texas he'd be out "armadilla" huntin in his oil fields while his bleach blond bimbo wife was at home blowing his brother.
      • hinchb, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3hurrrrrrrrrr stereotypes are funny
    • had3l, on 04/05/2008, -3/+7The Mexican in me is smiling and cheering, while my American part furiously beats him with a bat like a piñata.
      • tahcoboy, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2You my Good are an idiot, have a nice day :)
      • rex84, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2That's some kinky sex you're involved in there, bud.
    • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0so r u proud to be mexican?
  • Bossman1086, on 04/05/2008, -34/+26Makes sense. The US dollar is worthless anyways. When the peso passes us, they'll be raking it in.
    • FUR10N, on 04/05/2008, -9/+12You say the dollar is worthless, but seriously, think about countries like Zimbabwe where they have to print 10,000,000 dollar banknotes. There are very few other countries that pass our dollar.

      You are just another misinformed idiot.
      • Monarch818, on 04/05/2008, -5/+3Joke dumbass! Looked like sarcasm to me ***** Fur1on
      • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4They stopped accepting the US dollar in some parts of Europe, euros only now. Who wants to own something that's just going to drop in value?
  • Vazelos, on 04/05/2008, -23/+18Smirnoff is a better vodka anyway
    • textrant, on 04/05/2008, -7/+1Smirnoff is only a better vodka if it is compared against water. Anything else it loses. Even Coke.
      • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Actually, in blind taste tests it also kicks Grey Goose's ass.
    • tugger, on 04/05/2008, -3/+4No, it's not.

      Thats like calling starbucks coffee 'high quality'
    • BN2L, on 04/05/2008, -0/+3Smirnoff is budget vodka, even blue label tastes like antifreeze
    • DemDude, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1No.
    • insllvn, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Dammit, my colorless, odorless, tasteless liquor of choice is better than your colorless, odorless, tasteless liquor of choice.
      • ChromaVita, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Whoever really thinks vodka is odorless and tasteless has never had vodka.
  • protodon, on 04/05/2008, -25/+97Even if they did have all that land they'd still be trying to get into the the US.
    • FF9999, on 04/05/2008, -3/+3Absolutly right! The mexicans will keep taking and taking till they have everything we have! A lot of wimpy liberals won't even say a word, that wouldn't be PC!
    • kolinkoolface2, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1i think they would not even know what to do with all that access land. It's only going to make their journey across the border even harder by extending the boundaries.
    • tahcoboy, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3nope not true, why would they? Theyd be too busy skiing in Colorado :)
  • riverrunner, on 04/05/2008, -23/+108I for one welcome our Absolut Mexican overlords
    • koji, on 04/05/2008, -1/+6That's the spirit muahahahaha
    • daishin, on 04/05/2008, -8/+3No.
    • codeyellow, on 04/05/2008, -1/+3According to this map i'm already in Mexico (in Cal). Time to pull out the illegal fireworks and pass the vodka to my younger siblings!
      • Saladas, on 04/05/2008, -3/+2Ok, first see ur own rednecks in the USA and later talk about Mexico, Sck3r
    • hinchb, on 04/06/2008, -4/+1jesus this comes up in every ***** thread and you somehow think you are hilarious funny. I'm sure someone else made a chuck norris joke, how someone switched some words and made IN SOVIET RUSSIA joke. You're all terribly unfunny, please go choke on a cheetoh you stupid sack of *****
    • dougzerx, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0This is an FSM country ! No wait, vodka and spaghetti? The sickest country in the world. Arrr!
  • TheRealToma, on 04/05/2008, -29/+23And to regain their losses in USA,
    *Picture of border patrol people shooting Mexicans*
    "In an Absolut World"
    • dasomen, on 04/05/2008, -12/+11Stupid bastard, it is because people like you that the rest of the world hate your 'Americans' so f**ing much.
      • Sinnic, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3Enjoy your impotent rage, sir.
      • solid12345, on 04/05/2008, -1/+5You are one to talk dasomen, your country shoots Guatemalans who try to sneak into Mexico.
    • 1o23r, on 04/05/2008, -3/+3Racism makes me so upset.
      • solid12345, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4It is not racist to control your border, Mexico shoots Guatemalans trying to sneak across, why are they immune from criticism?
    • TheRealToma, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2For the both of you that commented, I was being ironic, since most of the comments above mine were filled with utter hate for Mexicans and Vodka. Ultimately, the company has won because their advertising has created huge amounts of debate and word of mouth. Boycott all you like, Absolut will continue business as normal. Sad really.
    • tahcoboy, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Damn it well at least (insert sarcasm) for us please! You do know how hot blooded we get here :)
  • keithgplayer, on 04/05/2008, -21/+33This makes absolut-ly no sense. Alienating a country that can afford your product is not a good marketing strategy.
    • aLFaDaRK, on 04/05/2008, -1/+10That's why the ad wasn't released in the U.S., it's called a strategy. They make countries feel patriotic and happy, and they buy the product. They just didn't foresee americans having hissy-fits and making it popular on digg.
    • FishHammer, on 04/05/2008, -1/+4GREAT pun, there, keith!
    • tahcoboy, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2:)
  • Observant1, on 04/05/2008, -31/+56the tax exempt Ford foundation has spent millions teaching south americans that a large part of the US belongs to them, "Aztlan". "La Raza" (the race, racism) "reconquista" (that they retake it by force or invasion). the first time I saw this ad and objection to it was infowars / prisonplanet websites. our own government plans to use sonic cannons that make people nauseous, and beams that cause burning pain, against protestors and demonstrators, but the border remains wide open with Mexican military often onto US soil helping illegal immigrants and drug smugglers get across the border, even shooting at our border patrol. they COULD use those cannons and beams at the borders as a border fence, but the idea is more fun to use them on citizens? there is a lot of information about the reality, this ad by Absolut, is an insult. so many are here and coming here illegally working for cash and receiving other benefits, that it IS harmful. Michael Moore told us years ago Pillsbury got an 11 million dollar corporate welfare grant for the pillsbury doughboy to say "teehee bueno" in south america, as if pillsbury couldnt afford their own advertizing campaign there maybe? this ad is like blatant bragging about what is happening as a result of promoting racism.
    Mexico is some of the richest and best lands in the world, for natural resources as well as human resources. if there wasnt so much corruption there and people were earning decent wages I tend to think they wouldnt even want to be here, and when they DO come here they dont want to become a registered slave to this system, which really isnt much better than the one they already know from where they lived before, and on that I cannot blame them a bit. I dont buy into the promoted racism, induviduals are cool or they arent regardless of "color", but I get offended at all the commercial signs in the hardware store are all large letters in spanish above, with smaller letters underneath in english. I get offended at the public schools making the primary language spanish. this does not make me a racist, ciitizenship requires 5 years naturalization and learning the language, if theyre here illegally but are cool people, able read, write, and speak english, I probably wouldnt know or care anyway, thats their own business about how they behave, and what they may face if caught. if they're uncool I dont want em around and it has nothing to do with where they were born or what particular "ethnic branch" of the ONE human race they may be grouped to. one planet, one human race with many cultures... but I do NOT want one world government, is what the NAFTA and SPP/NAU are making happen. turning the US into a cheap labor farm, using a very corrupt (mexico) cheap labor farm and racism to help do it. I'd rather see the corruption in Mexico and the US fixed.
    • kingofinternet, on 04/05/2008, -18/+14boy are you crazy
    • deltron, on 04/05/2008, -11/+24Wall of text FTL.
    • kratsnitram, on 04/05/2008, -9/+38Mexico is part of North America, not South America, fool. South America begins around the Panama/Colombia border. Please people! Understand basic geography!
      • Observant1, on 04/05/2008, -1/+7geography mistake aside, it doesnt invalidate the concepts.
    • eavesdrop, on 04/05/2008, -9/+9When Mexicans say La Raza, they refer to their own people, not a race. Mexicans are actually the only ones who say “La Raza”, People from El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Brasil, etc. do not say this despite they being the same color skin and probably “race” as well. This is a common mistake that media and xenophobic people like minutemen like to exploit, they say Mexicans are racist because they say Viva La Raza. When its closest translation is probably “Long live the People.”
      People doubt this and refer to spanish translations of ‘raza’ and read that it says race, spain’s spanish is different from Mexican spanish. Mexican Spanish is a dialect of Spain’s. Castellano is what is spoken by the Spaniards. The dialect is very different.
      • adamsaverian, on 04/05/2008, -7/+6La Raza refers to the "race" of Mexicans. Many of them have become like the German Nazi's, believing that they are a superior race. MOST Mexican Americans do not think this way. It's a only the Mexican gangs, and wanna be thug-life Mexicans who think like this. They're a bunch of idiots. However, in recent news, some of this Mexicans have carried out small terrorist attacks in Texas and California, but the mainstream media wont touch it. Again, this does NOT represent the mainstream of Me
        • chicofaraby, on 04/05/2008, -5/+6"Many of them have become like the German Nazi's, believing that they are a superior race. "

          Holy cats. The right wingers are losing their freaking minds.
          • techweenie1, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1holy ***** the left wingers are in absolut denial
      • snoox, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2b-b-but were scared, they speak a language we don't understand...we must do something :(
    • stonedthot, on 04/05/2008, -6/+6Wow didn't know americans were so easily offended, its an advert, its a joke, get a grip. Also you ever noticed the irony in the fact that americans moan so much about mexican immigration. The nation of immigrants complaining of those damn, native..... immigrants.
      • techweenie1, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2dude if the muslims put out an advert like this aimed at Scotland you would be just as pissed.
      • jlburke, on 04/08/2008, -0/+0haha!!
    • Zindrix, on 04/05/2008, -8/+13WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT WALL OF TEXT

      My eyes are bleeding.
      • keithgplayer, on 04/05/2008, -1/+2Let me guess. You're here on digg for pretty pictures and videos that hopefully don't contain text.
        • Zindrix, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1No, I'm here to demonstrate how to use the "Enter" key once in awhile to create this thing called a paragraph.
    • mistergosh, on 04/05/2008, -3/+8Aztlán was at north. Probably around the state of Nayarit or further, in what is now USA's soil. That doesn't mean mexicans wan't or need or strive to reclaim that land. It's a semi-mythic place, not a "home" or something like that.
      The Reconquista was a movement that allowed Spain recover the land they had lost to the moors, not a mexican plot to overthrow the USA.
      La Raza is a way of saying "We the People", and does not refer to a race. You see: Mexicans don't have a "race" identity. They are mestizos. Mixed blood, mixed tradition, mixed heritage. When they refer to the raza, they're using the a vulgar to refer to everybody.
    • geddon, on 04/05/2008, -4/+4In layman terms: The United States has effectively pushed its southern borders below the Texas line, thus extending its practice of slavery into the 21st century -- JUST as legal as it was a hundred years ago (but without all the food and housing issues). The way we look at Mexicans today reveals how we viewed Africans around the turn of the century: "human" but "labor," ultimately worth less than our own.
    • swiftheart, on 04/05/2008, -2/+1Yeah, I've heard the Aztlan thing before. Let me tell you, as a Latin American, no Latin American group has its ***** together sufficiently in order to try reconquista.

      And if they did, they wouldn't want that land anyway, their own countries would be in good shape.
  • Zap2, on 04/05/2008, -21/+54I think its funny...come on, the idea of this happen is out of this world, its not going to happen, so I think its funny
    • stonedthot, on 04/05/2008, -4/+38Yeah, no offence america but sitting here on the other side of the pond, it really looks like you can't take a frikkin joke.
      • saisumimen, on 04/05/2008, -3/+16Did you guys read some of the comments from these fools? "BAWWWW! No more Absolut in MY house!" and "this ad is trying to incite war with the US" were some of my favorites.

        Our education system has slipped from being one of the best to one of the worst in the entire world. This thread alone is a testament to that.
        • FF9999, on 04/05/2008, -2/+3Why do you say it won't happen? The percentage of Mexicans, legal and illegal, most of whom support Mexico over the USA, is increasing every year, they may very well end up the majority. And at that point who would stop them if they want to become a part of Mexico?
          • Beveridge89, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3Those are all issues which, believe or not, have nothing to do with this advert, which is designed to sell Vodka in Mexico.
          • saisumimen, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2@FF9999

            WTF are you talking about? Is this really white America's nightmare these days? That Mexicans will unite into some kind of army and "go to war" with the US?

            Just thinking about this is giving me a headache.
      • Superthug, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I'm not sitting on the other side of the pond, and no we definitely cannot take jokes.
    • kolinkoolface2, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4i think it's already happening.... look at cali, texas and the like.... there major population centers are growing hispanic at an exponential rate.
      • lovekudu, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1You seem to have little grasp of history. If you did, you might instead notice those places have stopped 'growing' anglo. Notice the names of both are Spanish sounding?
        • kolinkoolface2, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1doesn't mean the people within them are. The very name "America" is spanish..... doesn't mean we are all spanish. That argument is like saying ooo yea England, that means only English people live there. Not true, it's a very diverse area of people. I think it is you that needs to take a look at common sense, and possibly just simply looking at a map.
  • whataboutdave, on 04/05/2008, -35/+28I really don't care if this ad was only intended for the Mexican market. I've bought my last Absolut.
    • Owwmykneecap, on 04/05/2008, -9/+11I can't believe you have no sense of ***** humour....

      Cop on.
    • Rulex, on 04/05/2008, -2/+4Good for you!. LOL, this is crazy!, we've got to figure out how that much sand got in this people's vaginas, maybe a trip to the beach with no towels???
    • diggdallas, on 04/05/2008, -1/+1That'll show 'em good
    • drgmdp, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I really don't care if this ad was only intended for the Mexican market. But no one gives a ***** about what you do or not.
  • deltron, on 04/05/2008, -17/+15I am very hungover THANKS to Absolut right now and this ad makes me even more sick...
  • Look4Truth, on 04/05/2008, -22/+18They absolutely sold out to the global order. Amerika, land of the bleak home of the slave.
  • ieataquacrayons, on 04/05/2008, -28/+120So a company runs an ad campaign that is offensive to some but witty to others. Doesn't this happen all the time? If it was the other way around most of you would be enjoying it. Go ahead and digg me down but I think I am on point.
    • keithgplayer, on 04/05/2008, -12/+41I don't think everyone around here would be happy if the marketing campaign had a picture of the world with every continent labeled as USA. and the slogan being "An Absolut World." They are free to make this political statement, just as I'm free not to buy their product anymore.
      • sutro33, on 04/05/2008, -12/+7The problem with your argument is that the whole world didn't used to be the United States, while the area depicted on the map used to be Mexico.
        • keithgplayer, on 04/05/2008, -4/+6The response was to, if it was in our favor it would be more accepted. Being that our country is acting as an Empire, my point stands.
      • Beveridge89, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1I wouldn't make me happy, I suppose, but it wouldn't offend me, and certainly wouldn't stop me buying their product. At the end of the day, its just an advert with nothing overtly offensive in it.
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -8/+30Exactly. And I bet the people getting all offended by it are the same who get up in arms about "political correctness."

      Come on, it's just a damn ad set up to cause controversy, and you guys bought it hook, line, and sinker.
    • Ellipsys, on 04/05/2008, -0/+7If it as the other way around, every single "minority" rights coalition would be up in arms.
      • o0adam0o, on 04/05/2008, -0/+2Hmmm...your just helping person your replying to....i dont see what u did there...
    • whataboutdave, on 04/05/2008, -5/+2Witty? Do tell.
    • iRaachie, on 04/05/2008, -3/+10Blah, I'm from So. California and I get the joke. I'm cool with it.
      Anyone from Southern California that gets offended by this joke needs to take a look around.

      Absolut has been coming up with good Ads lately.
      • hwy9nightkid, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1I love this ad, I am confused on what to do now though, being Swedish AND Mexican haha
  • Fiber, on 04/05/2008, -25/+51I don't see the problem either. It's an ad made for mexico, it isn't running in the US. From a marketing standpoint it's great, it's just not the best from our view. It's just an ad anyway, no real political power. It's supposed to make you go "hah" and thats it. Stop looking for things to be mad at, imo.
    • keltin,