Newspaper Marketing agency ad steps out of line, gets banned.

The Newspaper Marketing Agency ad nicknamed "killer heels", created by TBWA London, which shows a man spiked on a stiletto has been banned by the ever-vigilant watchdog ASA.

The ad received 81 complaints that it was offensively sexist and overly violent.

The ASA said about the ad "featuring an oversized stiletto-heeled shoe skewering a businessman in a pool of blood was offensive because it trivialised and stylised violence."

Despite the visual pun being 'cartoon-like' to avoid offense, people objected to the ad.

"The advertisers claimed that, because the image was removed from reality and in a fashion context, it would not be seen to condone or encourage violence or homicide," the ASA said...

And probably added under their breath "boy we're they wrong..."