How to piss off the Catholic Church

SzczerbiakManiac · 12-01-2008, 12:16 PM

Björn Borg (yes, the former tennis star) just launched a dating service. (I have no idea why) As part of the promotion for that service, this video was produced.

I happen to think it's awesome, but I suspect Herr Pope and his red-adorned cronies won't be particularly pleased by it.

innerSpaceman · 12-01-2008, 12:23 PM

I saw that video last week, but had no idea it was to do with a Borg dating service. Do I have to be ordained to sign up?

Ghoulish Delight · 12-01-2008, 12:29 PM

That's awesome. Dugg.

Kevy Baby · 12-01-2008, 01:33 PM

That is blasphemous! I mean, who would be believe a female priest!

Strangler Lewis · 12-01-2008, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

. . . a Borg dating service.

For Trekkies?

LSPoorEeyorick · 12-01-2008, 01:54 PM

Love that commercial!

I initially didn't think was really a dating service. I thought it was a viral campaign designed to raise awareness about marriage equality, because it seems it's just the kind of photo-upload feature we do a lot at work. Put your photo in an existing video... that kind of thing.

So inspired by the commercial, I put in info of a man seeking a man, and they don't have a two-man video, only a man and a woman. They put in an apology at the end.

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Originally Posted by Bjorn Borg "Love For All" site

Armed with puppy eyes we offer you our deepest apologies for making a film in which the two people loving each other are forced to appear to be of opposite sexes. Bjorn Borg strongly resents any type of conservative or judgmental attitudes toward anything that has to do with sweet lurve. In short: please forgive us! (The truth is we just couldn’t afford to shoot three different versions.)

So surely it's not a viral anti-8 campaign. It seems you can "chat" with the random person they fix you up with, but if it's really a dating site, it's the worst one I've ever seen (and I met my husband on one; I've seen a lot.)

Still, terrific commercial.

Tenigma · 12-01-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I saw that video last week, but had no idea it was to do with a Borg dating service. Do I have to be ordained to sign up?

You will be assimilated!

Ghoulish Delight · 12-01-2008, 04:00 PM

Incidentally, I can think of many many more ways to piss off the Catholic Church.

Isaac · 12-01-2008, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Incidentally, I can think of many many more ways to piss off the Catholic Church.

Let me at 'em..........:

"Mary was only a virgin if you don't count anal."

JWBear · 12-01-2008, 04:22 PM

Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, but Peter was a better lay.

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