Banned! 12 Shocking Ads that Crossed the Line

These are "banned" print ads from all over the world that were not supposed to see the light of day because they were deemed too racy, violent, religiously offensive or just plain weird.

Some random descriptions: There's the well-known D&G-spawned ad where a group of young men watch impassively as a half naked dude pins a woman down to the ground in what has been variously described as a "mob rape". We also have the weird and down right creepy "beauty to die for" ad leading the gallery of the absurd; the S&M duck which is second in the gallery(I'm sorry but that one is funny!); and more images to be (hopefully) offended by.

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