The image to the left is a french poster from Amnesty International designed to spread awareness of torture and its deep flaws. It shows a bloody and battered Iggy Pop and below him is a quote saying that Justin Bieber is the future of Rock n roll. The idea being that these are sentiments that someone like Iggy Pop would never share or believe under normal circumstances but people will say whatever their captor wants to hear to avoid more torture. Therefore as a method of obtaining information, torture is unreliable. The gruesome nature of this image is arguably justifiable as it is trying to illicit change for the better and the shock of this image is more likely to make people act than a more mundane poster that people would quickly forget about. This image is still inappropriate however because Amnesty did not get permission to use Iggy Pops image and simply Photoshopped an unflattering image of him with a caption designed to put forward a view which is the opposite of what he believes on a poster delivering a political message that they have no way of knowing whether or not he agrees with.
This image shows Lauren Phoenix, a well known porn star. It shows her sitting naked on a couch wearing a pair of tube socks. The implication is that she is just about to film or has just finished filming an adult film and kept the socks on during as she likes them so much. This on its own would make for a very inappropriate advert however in the bottom corner of the image it also encourages its clientele to Google Lauren so that you can view her films, making this not only an advert for American Apparel socks but also for pornographic films. The image below is a billboard expressing a distaste for religious people trying to force their views on others. It does not have an anti-religious sentiment and expresses the view that religious people are of course entitled to their beliefs however where this billboard is inappropriate is not in its message but rather in the imagery it evokes. It compares religion to a penis with the final line being "PLEASE don't try to shove it down mt children's throats." This of course conjures up the idea of children in sexual situations for no good reason and has the power to make people very uncomfortable and offended with no justification.
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http://wa1.www.therock.net.nz/portals/0/content/funnyshit/religion-penis-11.jpg
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