'In Your Face' Advertising

Sir, - I believe I am reasonably tolerant.

Sir, - I believe I am reasonably tolerant.

While waiting for a delayed flight recently, I noticed a fellow traveller, a white-haired priest of about 70, strolling up and down unobtrusively praying his rosary in one hand. Just before boarding I went to the toilet and noticed the priest about four urinals to my left. Over each urinal at head height was an advertising photograph of a couple kissing intimately. The scene left me with a mildly amusing mental image of "in-your-face" advertising.

I was reminded of that image when I saw the proposed advert for a gay magazine showing a photograph of two sportsmen kissing intimately. Where are we going?

"In-your-face" advertising is one thing, but we have lost all sense of decorum if such images are acceptable on billboards. I object. - Yours, etc.,

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John Woods, Greenore, Co Louth.