…and the “public service” ad blames the EMPLOYER for what??

The EMPLOYEE KNEW about the harness, and did nothing to get it fixed or replaced????

The EMPLOYEE is sitting there with a lit torch…not using goggles…not paying full attention to the torch…right beside tanks (presumably acetylene or something equally dangerous)????

So what exactly is the point of the “PSA”: that employees should hate their employers, blame them for everything, and take no personal responsibility whatsoever???

How does this promote any public good?

landlines on December 4, 2007 at 2:43 PM

It’s Socialism, baby! It’s always someone else’s responsibility…

Welcome To Canada (Bienvenue Au Canada)!

I’m in like-minded company.

Are you a bad person if you laugh?

Mazztek on December 4, 2007 at 12:04 PM

ahahahaha … I shouldn’t laugh, but all I could think of after I watched that was Chris Rock and a Saturday Night Live skit. That was awesome.

On a side note, there are no accidents? Well, not in that case I guess.

SilverStar830 on December 4, 2007 at 12:06 PM

Racist!

/liberal mind meld

- The Cat

and no I won’t paste any of those links here.

These are just drama.

I remember when Resevoir Dogs came out in theatres. People were sick (some literally) and many would hollar and leave the place. I thought, “Dude, its not real.”

Really? It doesn’t look that complicated to me: the liquid in the pot isn’t scalding hot; it’s probably room temperature or a little cool. Any old stuntman could take that slip.

Am sure you’re right. But the pot was still “steamin’” (CGI?) when she fell and what’s worse, her head ‘SLAMMED’ into the corner of the hot grease stove {{{shudder}}}

Too realistic for me. Really hope that any kids who see it, feel like you do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5kiz7GhJt0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf_LWq88H5I&feature=related

About the laughing? Shock is a part I think. Personally, didn’t laugh at the first one since it looked so real (still wanna know how they filmed that “slip and fall”). That was upsetting and I still can’t forget it.

Really? It doesn’t look that complicated to me: the liquid in the pot isn’t scalding hot; it’s probably room temperature or a little cool. Any old stuntman could take that slip.

Maybe they should do a PSA of a baby inside the womb, talking about their upcoming birthday, just before the abortion doctor sucks their brains out with his handy Hoover vac.

Bravo!

It’s been slightly over a year but I still need a little of that humor to get over loosing my brother.

doriangrey on December 4, 2007 at 1:55 PM

Am so sorry about your brother.

About the laughing? Shock is a part I think. Personally, didn’t laugh at the first one since it looked so real (still wanna know how they filmed that “slip and fall”). That was upsetting and I still can’t forget it.

This one? The same UNTIL the crash dummy fell off the roof and bounced off the truck. Yes I laughed – because it looked so fake.

And THAT’s why I LMBO at this:

Sweet. Though it would have been better had he bounced off the windshield and into some sort of industrial grinder with a faulty emergency shutoff.
saint kansas on December 4, 2007 at 12:01 PM

The EMPLOYEE KNEW about the harness, and did nothing to get it fixed or replaced????

The EMPLOYEE is sitting there with a lit torch…not using goggles…not paying full attention to the torch…right beside tanks (presumably acetylene or something equally dangerous)????

So what exactly is the point of the “PSA”: that employees should hate their employers, blame them for everything, and take no personal responsibility whatsoever???

How does this promote any public good?

So who are these ads supposed to affect?

bbz123

These ads are designed to affect people who think about and internalize what they see in PSA ads. People who are thoughtful, and willing to change their attitudes and actions based on this information. People who are “self-aware” in a real sense realizing who they are, what they do, and how they can be better. People who won’t simply ignore this, or think it’s referring to someone else, or that it can’t happen to them.

So, basically, nobody. We’ve got the wrong kind of people for this to work.

doriangrey on December 4, 2007 at 1:55 PM

A relative of mine, many years ago, died of colon cancer…if only he hadn’t sat around with his thumb up his ass he might have survived.

True story ;-)

I truly am sorry for your loss…but I’m the kind of oddball that sees the black humor in ‘tackling brain cancer head-on’.

That’s why I chuckle at these kinda vidz…

Ochlan on December 4, 2007 at 1:42 PM

It’s been slightly over a year but I still need a little of that humor to get over loosing my brother.

doriangrey on December 4, 2007 at 1:12 PM

I truly am sorry for your loss…but I’m the kind of oddball that sees the black humor in ‘tackling brain cancer head-on’.

That’s why I chuckle at these kinda vidz…

God bless Canada. But I think they put the wrong leaf on their flag.

Professor Blather on December 4, 2007 at 1:15 PM

Cough cough should have perhaps been a pot leaf cough cough…

Somebody should make that commercial:

“Hi! In a second I’ll plummet to my death from this skyscraper. We’d initially had nationalized funding (hey, we’re Canadian!) to overhaul all our safety equipment, but the government decided to re-allocate the funds to make some wicked cool commercials. So I’ll be dead in a second here … but don’t miss those spots. They’re entertainment gold, baby!”

God bless Canada. But I think they put the wrong leaf on their flag.

Dorian…I think it should also be noted that videos such as these are also often times only showed to those who actually work in the fields addressed by the video. I mean even back in the day when I worked as a bagger at Vons we dealt with these things. My reaction itself comes from the idea that these are shown without any real warning on TV. Say you’re a construction worker and you have a 5 year old kid. He sees this ad and it’s burned into his mind that this could happen to daddy. You want to spend the nights awake reassuring the kid that daddy will be alright? Will you be happy this just showed up on your TV one night with no warning?

CTDeLude on December 4, 2007 at 12:53 PM

Personally I wouldn’t have a problem with it. I don’t live in a world where everybody marries the prom queen and lives happily ever after and nothing bad ever happens to anyone. I had to watch as my youngest brother explained to his children (one 4 and the other 5 years old)last year why their uncle wasn’t going to be able to play with them anymore.

One of my brothers died of brain cancer last year, in my youngest brothers house. He had to explain that to his children, and he, like any good responsible parent tackled it head on and did so without scaring his children or scaring them.

I guess what I am trying to say is that I think honesty is the best policy, you cant shield your children from reality forever, but you cant help them face it without scaring the cr@p out of them or scaring them for life.