Controversial ad's

Controversial advertising is communication that is attention grabbing, shocking, offensive, inappropriate, unethical, thought provoking, humorous and emotive, and that pushes the boundries of social conditioning. Controversial advertisiements usually end up banned.

So why then do marketers produce such ads?
The objective of controversial advertisements is to break through the clutter, grab viewers attention, be remembered, and to create publicity.

But how can publicity occur if the advertisements get banned?
This is where e-marketing comes into play. Banned commercials are easily accessible through Youtube, email forwards, Facebook, blogs, and websites. Thus marketers are still able to achieve their objectives of breaking through the clutter, being remembered and creating publicity....and are able to do it much cheaper as they no longer have to pay for t.v time, magazine spots etc.

Seen any cool or interesting banned ad's?