I have to chime in and say I think Wolfy has the right idea about
the Mountain Dew ad. I saw it as a parody of Rudy Giuliani and the
California Fish & Game Department and all the other alarmists who
scream ferrets are such dangerous animals. I think the ad was making
fun of them. Of course, ferrets don't run around wearing hockey masks
and wielding chain saws, and I don't think anyone with a lick of sense
would actually believe they do. That is the whole point. It reminds
a lot of all the fuss made over Jonathan Swift's essay, "A Modest
Proposal". If you're not familiar with it, you can find information
about the essay on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal . 

Satire isn't meant to taken literally. Just had to add my 2 cents
worth.

Holly,
Icarus & Cato

[Posted in FML 5616]