A barrage of negative feedback led to North Dakota tourism officials pulling a print advertisement that was called "sleazy" by some people on Facebook.Jersey Shore-esque! You have got to be kidding.
The ad shows two men at a bar table and three women on a sidewalk eyeing each other up through a window. The image falls under the message, "Drinks, dinner, decisions," with a tagline, "Arrive a guest, leave a legend."
Facebook commenters found the ad distasteful and Jersey Shore-esque, saying the objectification of women outweighed the message of promoting nightlife in North Dakota.
I thought the ad was objectifying men. I guess the barrage of negative feedback came from the same folks in southwest North Dakota who don't like the idea of a bunch of men living together.
The photo is at the linked site. Something tells me this photo will be hard to find in a few days. "Cut and paste" now.
For all you roughnecks out there, this photo is THE pin-up you need in your man-camp unit. Or send it to your geographically-separated significant other to reassure her this is as racy as it gets in the oil patch.
But you have got to be kidding! Two guys and three gals -- smiling at each other -- fully clothed; separated by a window. Jersey Shore-esque? I've been to the Jersey Shore, and this photo does not in any way look like Jersey Shore.
Time for a new tourism director, it appears. Perhaps start with a full-spread glossy on the two gentlemen's clubs in Williston, the first places of entertainment that tourists who arrive by train see in Williston. [Note to readers: I have come into Williston on numerous occasions on Amtrak, and have never, never noticed the clubs. They are in non-descript buildings -- I can't even remember if they have neon lights -- at the top of the hill from the station. I doubt anyone walks up the hill into Williston; they take a cab or get picked up by a family member or a friend.]
Looks like a perfect poll! Maybe later.
But this is absolute craziness. Too racy? Parents need to look at the videos their UND and NDSU children-students are posting on the net. Just saying.
[Actually, looking at the men AND the women, I didn't find much worth objectifying. Whatever that means.]
Actually this was the real disappointment: not one tall Norwegian blond in the group.
I'm talking about the men.
