White privilege old stocker makes embarrassing attempt at defending it.
Just stop while you have the chance :lol:
An Alberta oilfield services company has been bedeviled by complaints about a billboard some have called misogynistic, or worse.
The billboard shows the painted image of a mostly naked woman with a machine called a piledriver above her, drilling into the ground.
The message is: "We drill them to hell and back."
The billboard stands beside a highway near Killam, Alta., the headquarters of BeDevil oilfield services.
The sign got some negative attention on social media this week.
One Facebook poster, Faye Hamilton, thinks the billboard sends the wrong message about violence against women.
Georgina Lawrence called the sign misogynistic and said the company should be ashamed. She wants it taken down.
Another woman, upset by the advertisement, said she planned to call the company.
CBC News did just that, and talked to company owner Dan McRae.
He said he has had a few complaints. Someone even called the RCMP about the billboard.
But McRae said police told him the billboard doesn't break any laws.
He can't understand why people are so upset.
"It has nothing to do with women and violence," McRae said. "I would stick up for any woman anytime in a situation like that. We do not believe in that. There is more nudity on a Victoria Secret catalog than you'll ever find on mine. And they don't knock them down."
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Alberta oilfield company bedeviled by billboard complaints - Edmonton - CBC News
Just stop while you have the chance :lol:
An Alberta oilfield services company has been bedeviled by complaints about a billboard some have called misogynistic, or worse.
The billboard shows the painted image of a mostly naked woman with a machine called a piledriver above her, drilling into the ground.
The message is: "We drill them to hell and back."
The billboard stands beside a highway near Killam, Alta., the headquarters of BeDevil oilfield services.
The sign got some negative attention on social media this week.
One Facebook poster, Faye Hamilton, thinks the billboard sends the wrong message about violence against women.
Georgina Lawrence called the sign misogynistic and said the company should be ashamed. She wants it taken down.
Another woman, upset by the advertisement, said she planned to call the company.
CBC News did just that, and talked to company owner Dan McRae.
He said he has had a few complaints. Someone even called the RCMP about the billboard.
But McRae said police told him the billboard doesn't break any laws.
He can't understand why people are so upset.
"It has nothing to do with women and violence," McRae said. "I would stick up for any woman anytime in a situation like that. We do not believe in that. There is more nudity on a Victoria Secret catalog than you'll ever find on mine. And they don't knock them down."
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Alberta oilfield company bedeviled by billboard complaints - Edmonton - CBC News
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