# Offensive advertisement : kick up a fuss or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-advertisement-kick-up-a-fuss-or-not/601308>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 30, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-advertisement-kick-up-a-fuss-or-not/601308 "2011-10-30T20:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offensive-advertisement-kick-up-a-fuss-or-not/601308/21 "2011-10-31T16:00:21Z")

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> [@Chessic\_Sense](#):
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> Yet another person that fails to understand how analogies work. You’re aware that when one says “Time flies like an arrow,” it doesn’t imply that time is used to hunt wild game, aren’t you?

I’m aware that fruit flies like a banana. We have too many of them around our house right now. Both bananas and fruit flies.

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