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Grim Reaper [1987]

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A television advertisement screened in Australia around 1987 to alert people to the dangers of AIDS. This advert has generated considerable controversy since, as the "grim reapers" in the ads - which were meant to symbolise HIV, were taken to symbolise gay men.

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Uploaded: November 22, 2006 at 9:11 am
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Length: 01:04
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Tags: 1987  advertisement  aids  australia  awareness  bowling  bowling-alley  gay  grim  grim-reaper  hiv  nacaids  reaper  tv  

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7beers (September 7, 2008 at 7:58 pm)
This ad is totally false. It has always been, and still is, the case that anal intercourse and needle-sharing drug usage are FAR more likely to lead to HIV transmission than vaginal sex. Any medical article will tell you that. But since this is not PC, this truth tragically gets swept angrily under the carpet. (Plus, homosexuals are incomporably more promiscuous than almost any heterosexuals, except maybe prostitutes.)
7beers (September 7, 2008 at 7:53 pm)
As does cancer.
7beers (September 7, 2008 at 7:51 pm)
People might not like fucky0utube88's in-your-face anti-PC writing style but what he's saying is 100% medically true. Read a few articles in medical journals on the stats of AIDS and you will see that this is the case. And as far as Africa goes, read how Michael Fumento blasts that myth out of the water -- as he has many.
sumkunol (September 5, 2008 at 12:50 pm)
Even seeing this as a child in the eighties, I was never confused as to the reaper representing AIDS (as opposed to homosexuals). Just goes to show that people being thick/hyper defensive is another universal constant. Granted, it's not particularly PC pointing out particular groups but as far as stats are concerned clusters are clusters. Anyway, interesting parallels with that controversy and the current Media attention centred on the gay donor refused by the RC blood bank, y'know?
tupacthuglife777 (September 2, 2008 at 10:51 am)
ghost vs ghost grim reaper vs the poltergeist lol will never happen but i will love to see that fight
stkildaboi (September 1, 2008 at 6:23 pm)
A lot of Australian ads were straight to the point in the 80's. Theres a part 2 to this ad though called the "Glam Reaper" made as a 20th anniversary for this one. At least the new one isn't so bad. An ad like this on Australian TV these days would cause an uproar with the way the talk about the gay community in such a bad light. Good point to get across, but bad choice of. I found it a little offensive toward the homosexual community.
debit256 (August 31, 2008 at 1:10 am)
grim reapers bowling is one hell of a sight to see
Cdubs2006 (August 30, 2008 at 8:34 pm)
LOL, The mom got hit and the baby went flying.
jpoux27 (August 28, 2008 at 9:29 pm)
I had a car accident in 2002. I was 3 weenk in hospital. The doctors said I rode the edge of death. I remember having a dream where I was playing chest against I don't remeber what it was but my life was at stake during that game. I guess I won the match cause I'm still alive
MetalheadsAbyss (August 28, 2008 at 9:17 pm)
sounds fun

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