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This Business Will Get Blown Up
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Ohio Car Dealership Blasted for Jihad Ad
'Our Prices Are Lower Than the Evildoers' Every Day'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sept. 24) - A car dealership's planned radio advertisement that declared "a jihad on the automotive market" has drawn sharp criticism for its content but will not be changed, the business said Saturday.
Several stations rejected the Dennis Mitsubishi spot, which says sales representatives wearing "burqas" - head-to-toe traditional dress for Islamic women - will sell vehicles that can "comfortably seat 12 jihadists in the back."
"Our prices are lower than the evildoers' every day. Just ask the pope!" the ad says. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies." A fatwa is a religious edict.
Dealership president Keith Dennis said the ad does not disrespect any religion or culture. He said it was "fair game" to poke "a little fun at radical extremists."
"It was our intention to craft something around some of the buzzwords of the day and give everyone a good chuckle and be a little bit of a tension reliever," he said.
The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the ad as disrespectful.
"Using that as a promotional pitch when so many are dying from the criminal activity of suicide bombers, that's not funny," chapter president Asma Mobin-Uddin said. "I don't think it's appropriate when it causes real pain. It exploits or promotes misunderstanding in terms already misunderstood or misused."
The ad, written and produced by the company, will begin airing next week, although he was uncertain of which radio stations had accepted the spot, Dennis said.
'Our Prices Are Lower Than the Evildoers' Every Day'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Sept. 24) - A car dealership's planned radio advertisement that declared "a jihad on the automotive market" has drawn sharp criticism for its content but will not be changed, the business said Saturday.
Several stations rejected the Dennis Mitsubishi spot, which says sales representatives wearing "burqas" - head-to-toe traditional dress for Islamic women - will sell vehicles that can "comfortably seat 12 jihadists in the back."
"Our prices are lower than the evildoers' every day. Just ask the pope!" the ad says. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies." A fatwa is a religious edict.
Dealership president Keith Dennis said the ad does not disrespect any religion or culture. He said it was "fair game" to poke "a little fun at radical extremists."
"It was our intention to craft something around some of the buzzwords of the day and give everyone a good chuckle and be a little bit of a tension reliever," he said.
The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the ad as disrespectful.
"Using that as a promotional pitch when so many are dying from the criminal activity of suicide bombers, that's not funny," chapter president Asma Mobin-Uddin said. "I don't think it's appropriate when it causes real pain. It exploits or promotes misunderstanding in terms already misunderstood or misused."
The ad, written and produced by the company, will begin airing next week, although he was uncertain of which radio stations had accepted the spot, Dennis said.
Comments
Those Arabs can't take a joke...or freedom of speech.
It's all free money for them...they are insured.
Mitsubishi: We built the planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor.
I am going to get flamed for this, but I think the dealer should advertise something like this:
Mitsubishi: We built the planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor.
No flame from me. +1
Wow, this has to be the first time a auto dealership has exhibited bad taste and poor judgment in advertising.
LMAO because it is true! In most cases going to a car dealership (excepting Mercedes) is like visiting a circus with all the ballons floating around and the clowns (sales men) running loose on the lot. The "evil doers" as far as the UAW and many Americans are conerned is Mistsubishi itself and that dealer could probably get a better reception for his advertisements if he was selling Fords or GM products instead of Japanese cars.
Wow, this has to be the first time a auto dealership has exhibited bad taste and poor judgment in advertising.
haha
I am going to get flamed for this, but I think the dealer should advertise something like this:
Mitsubishi: We built the planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor.
Why I wouldn't be caught dead in a kamikaze sled.
I must admit that when I come up behind a car with the triple diamond on the back, my index fingers position themselves to where the gun buttons should be on my wheel [:D]
It won't get blown up for the simple reason Moslems would be fools to draw attention to themselves. The world is getting pretty fed up with their BS.
Nailed it!
... ya sure haven't seen Mexicans marching around waving Mexican flags demanding their rights latley! LOL ... they learned that lesson pretty quickly - they tried the American flags next ... even THAT'S petered out! LOL [:D]
I am going to get flamed for this, but I think the dealer should advertise something like this:
Mitsubishi: We built the planes used to bomb Pearl Harbor.
A darn fine example of engine reliability too! Over a hundred aircraft crossing the open ocean, spent an hour loitering over the harbor, and a return flight with no engine failure other than battle damage. You can hate them, but the attack was brilliant.
You can hate them, but the attack was brilliant.
So was Hiroshima
Funny as hell too.
Maybe they are hoping it will get burned or cars will get beat up.
It's all free money for them...they are insured.
you can bet an accounts anylist is reviewing their policy[:I][:D]acts of war are never covered by insurance