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Podcast: Yah Lah But
Episode: YLB #11 - DJ Joshua Simon gets âTED-axedâ during Pink Dot & the âoverly sexualâ Korean ice cream ad starring an 11-year-old
Description: Last weekend, the organizers of a TEDx talk at Sâpore Poly (SP) advised one of the speakers, local DJ Joshua Simon, to edit out references to LGBT themes which âmight be sensitiveâ. He ended up cancelling his talk, pointing his fingers at SP, who pointed at MOE, who pointed at...SP. Sheesh. Who was wrong? Who was right? Elsewhere, a Korean ice cream ad for Baskin-Robbins that showed an 11-year-old girl eating ice cream (and only that) was deemed to âsexualâ. It was pulled off, and Baskin-Robbins issued an apology. Why? Or why not? Should kids even be in ads? Or...