promote the game of the Vietnam War banned
In Britain banned the advertising of a new computer game about the Vietnam War, because it refers to napalm.
On a poster game Vietcong Purple Haze, developed by Take2 Interactive, was the phrase "smell of napalm has never been so pleasant."
Advertising Standards Agency, responding not a few complaints, said that the ads "can constitute a serious violation."
As a result of the use of napalm by U.S. forces in Vietnam killed thousands of civilians.
Caused an uproar quote was taken from the official magazine Playstation. Representatives Take2 Interactive said that added it because it is a well-respected publication.
The company also said that in her opinion, the citation refers the public to the famous phrase from the movie "Apocalypse Now.
Take2 Interactive apologized and said that the new promotional posters that it will not.
The Vietnam War claimed the lives of 3 million people, including 58 thousand Americans. Image of a naked nine-year child, fleeing from napalm subjected to bombardment of the village, has become one of the most zapominayuschimhsya images of the war.
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