Coke ran the ad hoping to boost sales,making money is thier only agenda and thats fine... thats what a company is supposed to do. But they took a traditionaly patriotic song that has stirred national pride for decades and presented it in a way that was more global than Amercian. I see the backlash as a reasonable response to the singing of one of this countries most cherished songs in a most unconventional way. There are just some things you just shouldn't mess with and evidentally this song is one of those things. I think if they would have been singing "I'd like to buy the world a coke" it would have went over alot better. LOL
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