Unhate: World Leaders Make Out in Benetton Ads
It's pretty unlikely that we'll see Kim Jong-il and the president of South Korea ever kiss each other on the lips. However, if you want to see what that would look like, check out the new ad campaign from the United Colors of Benetton.
The Unhate campaign grabs your attention with a smooch and hopes to promote something much bigger—tolerance and closeness between people, faiths and cultures.
The images are definitely turning heads, but they are also proving to be controversial. The White House isn't exactly pleased with Obama's image being manipulated, and the Vatican had a few things to say about the image of the Pope kissing Egypt's Ahmed el Tayyeb, imam of the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo. Although Benetton has pulled that ad and released an apology, the Vatican said on Thursday they would take legal action to stop the distribution of this image.
What do you think of these ads?
If you want to get involved, you can upload your own kiss alongside a message of tolerance and "unhate" on Benetton's Kiss Wall.
