Is that HP's new new Way og going about and promote the company? Well maybe. During the Q&A session following the shareholder meeting, a spokesperson from a parents' non profit organisation accused HP of supporting TV shows that include graphic violence, excessive sexual contents and foul language and requested the company to change its advertising guidelines. According to the shareholder, last year HP sponsored the season finale of FX, Alias on ABC and a CBS program that included an attempted rape on a pregnant woman.

Your advertising dollars reflect your corporate values. Will HP continue to pay for this cultural sewage that is delivered to our homes on a regular basis or will HP be a responsible corporate citizen?

Mark Hurd promised to have a look at the issue to which he was not supportive of. So, whoever decided to sponsor those "sexually charged" shows better start looking for another job!
In any case, the parents of America are giving Mark Hurd until April 1st to officially respond to their concern or *else*... Now, that issue lets me thinking (which I admit does not happen much these days), as why is HP not an UberPulse or an UberGizmo sponsor... perhaps our content is not graphic or violent enough for the company's advertising guidelines... too polish maybe? But if this is actually the case, and I promise it won't "hurd us" (excuse my French!)... send us some f***** feedback... PRETTY PLEASE ;-)

While we are at it, Hurd also did a mea culpa for last year's board actions:

We want to have a board that shareholders can be proud of. Let me assure you, no one is proud of what happened last year, no one and you have my commitment that we will do our work to deliver you a board that you can be proud of

Now back to our regular scheduled non-violent programme ;-)