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From just about everywhere:

[Update] I should note, this campaign was specifically targeted at Mexico, not the U.S.

I’ll also note that many commenters have said, wow, don’t Mexicans drink tequila? Exactly the (commercial) point of the campaign: trying to increase market share in a region where there is only a small one now. Can’t fault them for that.

Q&O has a couple of even more provocative, conversation-inducing ads from the Absolut World this map seems to have escaped from. (NOTE: these are parodies. The Aztlan map is real.)

Me, I’m wondering what the response would have been if the Mexican campaign had been balanced by an American campaign with a map showing most of Mexico, say down to the narrow waist just above Guatamala, being taken over by America, although that would have taken actual cojones, instead of Neuticles .

I mean, heck, that would pretty much take care of the immigration problem, it would be a lot easier to defend the border, and maybe–just maybe–conditions in the area would rise to American standards rather than California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, etc, falling to Mexican standards. I’m sure Mexicans would be better off under the American Bill of Rights than whatever passes for the Mexican constitution, even given the many encroachments our government has made on it. (Again, even if you don’t agree with that, the question is, can you imagine Absolut remotely thinking they could get with such a campaign? )[/update]

[updated update]Absolut’s mealy-mouthed non-apology here.I’ve posted a comment there similar to the above rant.[/updated update]

Below the fold is a bunch of stuff I’ll never drink again, from a list posted by Ted Twombly on Absolut’s customer comment site:

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Sister Sue noticed school buses in the background of several news clips of student pro-immigration demonstrations. She wondered if HISD was supporting the demonstrations.

I called Norm Uhl, a spokesman for HISD. He said the buses are at demonstrations only to get students back to school in a safe and orderly fashion, rather than just giving them a free pass for the day. Students are getting to the demonstrations on their own. He made it clear that HISD did not support students skipping class to attend the demonstrations, and that HISD was deciding on appropriate punishment.

OK, then. And thanks, Mr. Uhl.

If the recent demonstrations by illegal aliens and their children had any chance of gaining my sympathy, they’ve lost it completely.

First, demonstrators flew at least as many Mexican flags as American flags.

Now there’s this:
[Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.]

It’s impossible to deny anymore.

We’re not seeing a movement to help find poor, honest immigrants fleeing a corrupt, oppressive kleptocracy a decent place in a society with decent working conditions and a decent wage, with strong civil liberties and open-door politics.

No, this is a militant Reconquista movement. [H/T Michelle, again.]

It is blatantly an attempt to import that same corruption and oppression, and make America no better than Mexico.