Stranglehold TV advert banned  Too violent, says ASA. OFF.  A TV
ad for Midway game Stranglehold has been banned by the
Advertising Standards Authority for being too violent.  Viewers
complained that the game glorified violence and gun crime and
could be a dangerous incitement to susceptible people. Or stupid
ones. There were also suggestions it was shown too early in the
evening, and that there should be nothing on TV until 9pm apart
from In the Night Garden and Doctors.  Midway and its
advertising company argued the ad was edited to ensure no blood
or gore appeared, and that it did not show any characters being
shot.  However, the ASA said the near-continuous gunplay and
voiceover glamourised violence. The advert was also said to
suggest violence was an acceptable solution to a situation.
Which it never is of course, unless you're dealing with Nazis or
people who might have some really big weapons which you haven't
actually seen but are definitely there except they're not.  The
ASA said these issues could n