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Let me take something of your prize possession and crush it for an iPad. Not all can afford one and such items brings them entertainment.
For some advert to advertise, "your a schmuck for having these, buy an ipad" is just out of order.
It's not that they will go and do so. But more the symbolism of "you don't need any of these ever again because you can do it on this!"
While okay; sure but again those who can't afford an iPad, were instruments are of an important value to see them destroyed is heart breaking.
There are no acceptable targets when it comes to culture.
But can you elaborate on your second paragraph? Should culture always be immune to criticism?
Criticism is one thing, but the poster felt the need to "educate" all of us about how an entire country's opinion is invalid because "it's not an utopia". Nobody brought that up, and disregarding an entire culture's opinion of an advertisement campaign because weebs have unrealistic expectations, in a discussion with a valid and informative point about said culture, is tastelessly petty. And why belittle liberal arts majors anyway?
I feel like this ad is also a litmus test for empathy: if someone can't spot the inferred symbolism or understand why people have a problem with it...they are very impaired in that regard.
I think they didn’t really understand the criticism of the ad, and decided that the reason people were so opposed was out of some irrational reverence for the Japanese, themselves irrational due to some spiritual heritage.