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Thursday, February 24, 2005
 
Stupid Sympatico

I have to say, I am strongly offended by the latest advertising campaign by Bell Sympatico, which is a major internet service provider belonging to Bell Canada, our national telephone company. While it might seem that I get offended by something or other on a daily basis, think about the crummy world of Mars and Mammon that we live in before you call me the crazy one.

The television ads feature a hyper-controlling set of parents who subscribe to Sympatico High Speed internet and extoll the joys of being able to censor every little bit of life from their children's eyes with the parental control features. These commercials feature, by way of example, an illustration from a textbook of the female body that has been censored. I thought it was in incredibly poor taste to portray basic anatomy as something even the most repressive parent would want to keep from their children (though I know such sad people exist), though at least it was fairly clear in the commercial how creepy and awful the actors portraying the parents were (I mean, it was clear, wasn't it?).

The print ads are abominable, however. I've scanned them here so you can be outraged in the comfort of your home:

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As a man, and someone who loves women and has a shocking fetish for human rights, I'm deeply offended by the implication that femininity is something that has to be surgically eviscerated from the human body. While I personally have crappy, dialup, low-speed, non-Sympatico internet access, I can tell you that I will refuse to use Sympatico when I do upgrade to high-speed internet next year when I'm articling -- unless Bell apologizes. Not just stops running the ads, but apologizes. I'm going to be writing a complaint to them and encourage you to do the same. Here's a link to their corporate feedback to get you started, but as always I recommend sending paper letters because they get more weighted in the hierarchy of public complaints.

The Breast Blog has information about the ad and how to complain:


I subscribe to our daily newspaper, The Mercury. Yesterday's edition included a loose leaf advertisement for Bell Sympatico DSL Basic Service. The caption read, PROTECT YOUR FAMILY. Then offered the following statement. "You'll do anything to protect your kids from inappropriate content. So will we."

So far so good. I know how much pornography fills my in box on a daily basis despite the filters that I have in place. Unfortunately, Bell didn't stop there. Bell added a photograph. And don't we all know that a picture speaks a thousand words.

The photo shows the top of a elementary school desk. On the desk is a pencil and an open text book. According to my friend Katie, a grade five teacher, it is exactly like the textbook she uses to teach health science to her class of 35 students.

The text is open to a page titled "The Female Body". This alone infuriated me. Imagine suggesting that our children should be protected for a grade five text book and specifically from learning about the female body.

But it gets worse.

The Female Body page shows a full frontal drawing of a female body with bones, internal organs and veins visible through the skin. Around that figure are smaller boxes that have featured body parts. The brain, kidney, liver, heart, ovaries and what may be the fallopian tubes. But here's the outrageous part. Someone at the advertising department cut out the image of what appears to be the fallopian tube along with the ovaries. They chopped out the female bodies breasts and pelvic area too.

So here's the message I get from this Bell ad. Our children need to be protected from learning about the sexual organs of the female body in an educational setting and context.

Ignorance is not healthy.

I have already registered an official complaint with Bell's Executive office. I have requested immediate withdrawal of the ad and a public apology in the newspapers that it appeared in. It took me some time to get to the right department, so I'll save you the time by giving you the toll free number if you want to add your voice. 1 866 317-3382.


Here's a good rant about it:


Bell’s new advertisement has made it to my home today. As Nathan, my sweetheart, stepped inside the door, he handed me Bell’s brochure which arrived in our mail today. His comment is that he HAD to show this to me because well… After looking at it, I realized why.

The advertisement is a typical Bell fold-over brochure. This one is promoting its internet service. On the cover is a picture of a textbook (likely a basic anatomy textbook) depicting “The Female Body". The female’s breasts and genitalia are cut out of the page of the textbook. To the right side reads, “You’ll do anything to protect your kids from inappropriate content. So will we.”

Upon seeing this, the first thought in my mind is “What the hell?” Apparently, the female body is “inappropriate content” for our children. So much for the new age of enlightenment. Seeing this ad, I feel like I have been thrown into the dark ages.

There are two important issues that come to mind when I see this ad. First, education about sex (even just the anatomical parts) is a bad thing. It is inappropriate for our children to learn about sex. Second, the female body is a bad thing. It is inappropriate and shameful to see.

...

The second issue with the Bell ad is one I consider to be a more important issue. The message that is relayed to me is, “The female body is inappropriate content.” The issue of kids aside (I’ve already gone over how children already know about sex. By that same token, kids know about the female body, even if subconsciously. So why hide the female body from children? It nurtured the child for 9 months, for goddess’ sake!), the message relayed taps directly into women’s issues about their bodies and further promotes a negative image of women. “Women’s bodies are bad. It is shameful to be a woman. A woman’s body should be covered up. Children need to be protected from the shame that is women.” As a women, I’ve learned over the years to appreciate my body. As a pagan, I’ve learned that the body is each person’s temple and it should be treated as such. Not many women are as lucky. Some women struggle with these issues still. Some cultures still treat women as the personification of evil. Some cultures still force women to cover their bodies because it is shameful to expose them. It has been a long road for women to gain equal rights as men. For some, that time still has to arrive. The Bell ad perpetuates the idea that women are shameful and evil. It perpetuates an idea that I thought would never be seen again in this society (North America). I guess I was wrong.


UPDATE: A good friend of mine has created a site for public discussion of this ad. Please have a gander at Agatha's Apples
 

9:53 PM

Comments:

Fuck bell. I use storm, which is cheaper and the service is MUCH better. They buy in bulk from bell, but it's better than the anal raping of bell's residential prices. *shakes fist*

TST
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 9:38 PM

 
I'm very happy to read your comments. Here's what I sent to Bell last night:

I wish to comment negatively on the “Female Body” mailing promoting Symptico DSL Basic service.

I object to this campaign because it suggests that a scientific textbook-style presentation of female anatomy is somehow inappropriate for my children.

I’m sure you are trying to imply that we would like to protect our children from abuse, pornography, degrading sexual images, or predators.

This is an inappropriate way to make that point. How dare you put an educational drawing of an ovary in the same category?
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous at 10:08 PM

 
This is the message I sent:

"I am writing to express my deep disappointment in Bell Canada Enterprises for their recent choice to print and broadcast advertisements depicting the female body as "inappropriate content" that must be filtered out. The ads depict an anatomical illustration of a woman in the sort of textbook that might be used in any school. However, her chest and pelvic regions are cut out of the book, as are the female reproductive organs. I find this a terribly disturbing and offensive message to send to people, as the implication is that there is something about the female body that is inherently dirty.

We allow women to breastfeed in public because it is natural, healthy, and right. We teach biology, anatomy, and sex education in school because ignorance about the body is shameful, not knowledge.

I hope Bell can admit this was not an appropriate message to send to families through advertising. I do not have high speed internet at home, but I can tell you that I will not choose Bell Sympatico when I do upgrade unless there is a public apology."
# posted by Blogger Rob at 10:22 PM

 
I wrote them a letter too. They e-mailed me back, apologizing, saying they'd pulled the advertisement from public distribution immediately. It'd have been nice to have a *public* apology, but at least it was better than nothing.
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Paul Kambulow Says: May 16th, 2008 at 2:32 am
It has also been decades of my own experiences in rightfully complain about unacceptable negatives that still a written letter sent to the right party works best, a letter sent to the the people who have the power to make changes, and that includes all of the news editors and the elected representatives too, for that public exposure and prosecution of the guilty persons serves everyone’s best interest. I am a prolific writer who has now for decades written a wide range of social, moral, political issues but I too was surprised as to how much attention comparatively the the Bell posts are getting now. But for some reasons Bell still is not getting enough attention by the government.. http://thenonconformer.wordpress.com

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Paul Kambulow Says: May 16th, 2008 at 2:39 am
>>the latest customer service mail out today from Bell: “Download movies at warp speed. Nothing is more important than speed when it comes to downloading movies and music. Don’t let viruses, Trojans and worms slow down your computer. We have tips to put your PC in overdrive.” as if it were viruses, Trojans and worms who were slowing down music and movie downloads…

not only is this a typical Bell misdirection, another false Bell diversion but it is a misleading Bell ploy merely to earn more money by selling more of Bell services, for Bell they really do care about the customer’s best interest firstly but only their own… as we Bell customers all seem to know firsthand too.

Paul Kambulow Says: June 11th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I have openly rightfully shared with the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper’s office that Bell Sympatico undeniably is one of the most dirty, immoral, abusive Corporation, firm I have dealt in Canada in my lifetime. One that even falsely suppressed my complaints against it, my right of free speech as well.

Because Bell Sympatico has UNACCEPTABLY TOO often HAD breached my ISP contractual agreement and NEXT Bell Sympatico had forcibly falsely disconnected my ISP service with them too thus next I have been forced to switch over to the Canadian www.acanac.ca/ -Residential High Speed ADSL without any Limits and No Blocked Ports or Traffic Shapping, plus Unlimited Downloading 100 GB of Online Storage Up to 5 Mbps Download and 800 Kbps Upload $18.95 per month This offer is available on a 1 year term and the first year of service. www.acanac.ca/Webhosting.html Call Tel: 1-866-281-3538 , 1-416-849-8520 On top of that I repeatedly do ask why Bell is now so expensive in comparisons to it’s competitor that uses the same TROUBLED EVEN Bell internet lines..

I also find it really hypocritical, how basically unfair, totally unacceptable, one sided too it still is that that Bell Sympatico very loudly still demands full payments for their supposed services from all of their customers, when they Bell Sympatico clearly too often and unacceptably Bell Sympatico did not meet it contractual obligations to many of it’s customers, even when Bell Sympatico have not only provided a very poor, inadequate, incomplete services to many of their net customers, but in the process Bell Sympatico had also lied to, and had abused their customers.

It is undeniably also that rather than initially honestly admitting the truth in Canada that Bell Sympatico lacked their advertised capabilities to provide adequate ISP, actually high speed internet services. Bell Sympatico when confronted with their failure to deliver the speeds as promsied to it’s cusomers had instead resorted to misleading statements, and lying to too many of the customers. Bell Sympatico had abused them further by falsely and lying in Canada diverting the blame on the customers own equipment, local connections, and the customer’s operating software as well. And finally when confronted by technical knowledgeable, competent persons with the undeniable proof that Bell Sympatico had been guilty of false, misleading business practices, Bell Sympatico next tries to screw the customers some more by Bell Sympatico trying next to charge them extra monies for the services they Bell Sympatico had promised long time ago to start of with too and had not delivered, their high speed downloads sites and adequate support services now too.. You can readily check your actual downloads speeds at http://2wire.com/bandwidth/ or many other similar sites too. Such witnessed by even me immoral acts, behaviors by Bell Sympatico has never been denied back to me and is never acceptable now still too and Bell needs to be fully regulated by the federal Consumer Affairs Ministers, even confronted, punished appropriately by the justice ministers as well for it’s much too many unacceptable bad, immoral acts too.

Bell Sympatico now even wants an extra payment of 75 dollars if I do not return ASAP their high speed modem as soon as possible, conveniently forgetting that they themselves had wrongfully had breached my ISP contract, and also that they had falsely refused to refund me for an overcharge of an extra 55 dollars, to me for this high speed modem that I had never even requested from Bell Sympatico in the first place, and they too easily seem to forget that fact they Bell Sympatico had falsely also now tried 4 times to withdraw, steal my money from my bank account even during the time I as supposed to have free 6 months high speed unlimited internet as well. An agreement they too had falsely breached now.

Now Bell Sympatico’s executive care Sasha Rollins had complained to me in writing 3 times back that in the last 18 months I have written 280 letters of rightful complaints to Bell about their inadequate, pretentious, services, even their false breach of their contract obligations. Me I am even next still even rightfully complaining to Bell Sympatico now that I had even firstly to to write any of these 280 letters of complaints to Bell Sympatico, and I as a direct result do even rightfully still do demand full payment of 2500 dollars from Bell Sympatico NOW for all my wasted time in even having now to do so now as well, plus further payment for the many years I had paid for a high speed internet services but never got one from Bell Sympatico as well. And I rightfully still expect this rightful 2500 dollars payment to me now from Bell Sympatico ASAP AS WELL , and so also NEXT I too will demand an extra 250 dollars in payment if they do not pay me my 2500 dollars COMPENSATION as soon as possible.

And so the Circus with Bell Sympatico continues..

Reader's Write Says:
June 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
For the record, most of what Paul Kambulow has to say is bullsh*t.

In addition after spamming bell, and members of parliament, he was warned that his service would be terminated due to harrassment.

It got to the point that Paul Kambulow had the cops visit his place no less than 4 times for what he had to say to members of parliament (threats?).

Paul, go away and take your bullsh*t with you.

Paul Kambulow Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
June 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Reference my rightful Bell Sympatico complaints

The above reader’s write as I can see by his posts now clearly works for the devil, and Bell likely.. Dirty slander and personal attacks clearly is the another bad Bell way of operation, he firstly needs to get all his facts straight.. No cop ever had ever visited my home because of any threats to any MPs any politician for that matter ever.. My public exposure in writing so effective alone.. thus the above write is a slanderer and a liar. He likely does work for Bell executive services, and his name likely is Sasha Rollins too again. Cause Bell Sympatico has before this already slandered me and I had objected to this rightfully too to all, on the net too before, as I have rightfully complained to all about this as to how dirty Bell they really are when you make a valid complaint to them. Real dirty, Big liars too, incompetent too. . The reader should prove to all now the fact I had threatened any politician for the record, for the pen is mightier than the sword, ,do tell him give us all a copy of specific police reports he lying refers to firstly or to shut up this still Big liar.. But yes Sasha Rollins from Bell he did not want to talk to me on the phone now we will let the whole world read about it still in full.. and who will hire him after he gets does next laid off for failing to deal adequately. dealing poorly with a Bell Sympatico customer clearly now too. http://www.google.com/search?q=Bell+Sympatico+complaints+kambulow&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1 The CBC market place confirms how bad bell is and not appreciated by many customers now too.. 2 million past Bell customers have left them even.. more more are leaving Bell too.

A Prime Minister, a Ontario Premier and a Mayor had sent the police to my home in reply to my emails to them 6 times, because I wrote to them and also with a copy to the news editors, other MPs , and they really did not like it.. too bad for them.. and too bad for Bell too.. the ex premier of Ontario Ernie Ewes lost the election immediately next, so gone are are the bad liberal PMs Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and the bad Alberta mayor too.. even the other alcoholic Premier, Progressive Conservative politician Ralph Klein, the laughed at clown by the rest Canada, but hey I am still writing my email, internet posts for decades too eh.. My most popular recent posts read by thousands world wide too are about Bell, the Pentecostals, and evangelical pastors, the bad Christian Missionary alliance church, even about the bad cops, the bad RCMP and the unacceptable alcoholics now too..

But this Bell Sympatico corruption, abuses are not a simple matter .. Sure Bell does wants me to go away, but do dream on.. I and many others do have hundreds of posted rightfully undeniable complaints about the bad Bell from out witness, experiences and about the the bad Conservatives who work on behalf of the crooked corporations that everyone can read, and many already have now too. Some persons had even phoned me at home about them. I told Bell Sympatico and Bell’s Sasha Rollins long time ago when he had threatened to take me to court to go ahead, I need the good publicity, andnext I will enter all my 280 past complaint letters to Bell into the court’s permanent records too. I also do have a anckldgement reply from Jim Prentice minister of Consumer affairs to my letters, and two replies from the Prime Minister’s office on these Sympatico matters and they are also posted on the net.

Immoral, lying Bell Sympatico does not deny it did not honour it’s contract agreement with me but looked for some false excuse to try to shut me up, and did it work, of course not.. once my emails letters are sent they cannot be taken back by anyone, the damage to bell is rightfully done too as a result now..

Hey Paul was supposedly warned by Bell about harassment???? but firstly that is totally an inside Bell privacy matter.. a violation of the customer’s privacy firstly and the CRTC should look into this in full now as well. How will others feel when they read how Bell wrongfully violates their customers privacy now too? AS per my right of free speech I can write to anyone worldwide and I do even about bell now.. The 3 Bell letters and they are posted on the net too had said a warning that I could not sent any more letters of complaints to Bell, or post any complaints on the net, or talk to any Bell employee, or to the RCMP as well even about how bad Bell was, or Sasha Rollins of bell executive care was, Sasha Rollins had my filed transferred to him alone and he would would not return any of my phone calls, and did not deny my my charges of his wrong doings posted also on the web and now it is too late to do so as well.. and he Sasha Rollins or his Bell subordinates would not send me any official signed ISP payment invoices for the last 6 months, he or his subordinates added extra charges to my unlimited 6 meg download account this year too, he or his subordinates charged me extra for a new modem I never requested, he and his subordinate falsified the fact I had renewed my bell Sympatico contract in 2008, and he would not send me a copy of this new 2008 contract as well.. Bell had lied they were proving me high speed system for years but when I did a speed test I found this was big lie.. and I proved it as well to all. All THIS I WRITE AGAIN IS ALL UNDENIABLE TOO.. AND all the major news editors got copies of these charges, so did they key Mps, others, and they are posted on the web for all to read still to date. BELL UNACCEPTABLY PLAYS A DIRTY GAME FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE NOW.

Paul Kambulow Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Concordia University 1968 Montreal, Quebec

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PS writing a letter of complaint now to a news editor, elected official is not spam,

Bell Sympatico wrongfully had cut of my internet services last month cause they had wrongfully objected to my rightful complaints and me also going public about it world wide.. I next got a cheaper service at 1/5 the cost from Bell form another firm, that ironically still gives me the same service even from Bell that I had before.. so they Bell had meant it for evil but it next had caused me to save loads of money instead.

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