Porn, vomit, er, Microsoft... what's not to like?

Apparently the following advert, attributed to Microsoft, has been pulled after people started complaining...tsk, some people!



Putting aside the fact it features an obvious reference to a piece of pornography so vile it makes a grown woman vomit, what is there to get upset about? Sure, Superman then comes on the screen and tells consumers how they can browse such hardcore pornography without getting caught, while a man writhes around in sick... but... hang on, this defence is crumbling.

Could Microsoft really have thought this was a good idea? Surely it's an elaborate hoax? Though it does conform to a tried and tested PR ploy - get an ad either banned, or at least stir a shocked reaction from more sensitive souls. However, I think this ad skips freely past any reasonable line in the sand and bares both buttocks in the direction of common sense.