Have you seen this commercial? It starts with a guy speed walking in yellow shorts, his backside moving in that swishy way that speed walkers do. Suddenly Mr. T busts through the wall of a house in a Snickers military vehicle. T is offended at the guy’s lame lil exercise..

“Speed walking. I pity you fool. You are a disgrace to the man race. It’s time to run like a real man.”

And he opens fire on said.. “fool.”

The ad aired on UK stations on July 13 - 20; its debut was set for the US, but the Human Rights Campaign group got word of it through the vine and hit Mars (the makers of Snickers candy bars) with a bold letter, saying the ad was not only unfunny, but promoted .. “The notion that the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community is a group of second class citizens and violence against GLBT people is acceptable.”

In response Mars pulled the ad that they thought was .. “fun”

“This ad is the second in a series of UK Snickers ads featuring Mr T, which are meant to be fun and have been positively received in the UK,” a Mars spokesman said. “However, we understand that humour is highly subjective, and it is never our intention to cause offense. Accordingly, we have pulled the Mr T speedwalker ad globally.”

This isn’t the first time a Snickers ad has caused controversy.

In 2007 a Snickers commercial aired during the Superbowl that showed two men with disgusted looks on their faces after they accidentally kissed while eating a Snickers bar from both ends. There is definitely someone in the marketing department with some issues.

While it might be hard to find the laughs in gunning down a ‘fool’ (not really).. what’s funnier than Mr. T yelling.. “Get Some Nuts!”