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Comedian who does the Dead terrorist advert canned
The Times ^
| Sept 30, 2008
| Sapa
Posted on 09/30/2008 4:45:34 AM PDT by BCW
A television commercial for an "Ahmed the dead terrorist" ringtone mocks Islam and must be withdrawn, the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled.
Its ruling followed a complaint by a Moegamat Khan against the GloMobile commercial, flighted on SABC and DSTV.
The commercial shows American standup comedian Jeff Durham holding a skeleton puppet with a white cloth around its head, which demands that the audience keeps quiet and says: "Silence! I kill you!"
The ASA said Khan had complained that this was offensive to the Islamic religion, and created the impression that all Muslims were terrorists who would kill to get people to be quiet.
The ASA said it appeared to be common cause that the puppet was meant to represent a terrorist who was a suicide bomber.
While it was debatable whether the puppet was wearing any particular head gear, or a bandage as GloMobile claimed, the name Ahmed appeared to be of Arab origin and was one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
"To associate this divine inspiration to a terrorist is offensive to the people who believe in him [Muhammad]," the ASA said.
It ordered GloMobile to withdraw the commercial in its current format.
TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment; Religion
KEYWORDS: americaalone; censorship; durham; eurabia; freespeech; islam; islamiclaw; islamicsupremacists; islamintheuk; islamonazism; islamophobia; jeffdurham; khan; londonistan; moegamatkhan; muslim; muslims; proterrorist; safrica; sharialaw; starkravingsocialism; thereisnoenglandnow
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No more laughs folks! - I mean it! We must offending people with our good sense of humor and freedoms - Our forefathers established the greatest nation in the world - but now comedians have taken it too far and at what price???
Muslims being offending - I mean really, must we take this seriously - I don't think so.
BCW http://babylonscovertwar.com
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:45:35 AM PDT
by
BCW
To: BCW
Jeff Dunham is great and has had a surprisingly long career for a modern day ventriloquist.
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:47:51 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Paying taxes for bank bailouts is apparently the patriotic thing to do. [/sarc])
To: BCW
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:48:07 AM PDT
by
ikka
To: BCW
I take it Jeff is Republican.
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:50:59 AM PDT
by
itsthejourney
(Sarah-cuda IS the right reason)
To: BCW
[...] the name Ahmed appeared to be of Arab origin and was one of the names of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Why is this relevant, when the dead terrorist's name is "Achmed?"
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:51:58 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: BCW
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:52:47 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: BCW
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:53:20 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: BCW
If muslims are offended does that mean they admit that muslims are terrorists?
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:53:33 AM PDT
by
Netizen
(If McCain really put 'Country First' he'd have been working on securing our borders.)
To: BCW
It’s not the comedian and his puppet who are responsible for “creating the impression that all Muslims are terrorists who would kill to get people to be quiet.” Muslims who are concerned about this perception of their religion should focus their attention on terrorist-Muslims, not on comedians with puppets.
To: cripplecreek
He does a wonderful standup as well....
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:54:20 AM PDT
by
nevergore
("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
To: cripplecreek
Maybe they should just use one of his Christmas songs for a ringtone:
Bin Ladin is Coming To Town
Oh Holy Crap
Silence! Night
and of course...
Jingle Bombs
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:54:27 AM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(Obama will give us enough hope to hang ourselves.)
To: Gondring
Yeah it’s spelled A...C...phlegm...M...E...D.
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:54:27 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Paying taxes for bank bailouts is apparently the patriotic thing to do. [/sarc])
To: BCW; Admin Moderator
Why was this moved to the Chat forum? This is an article from a legitimate news outlet, re the action of a government in a non-Muslim country to silence critical political parody of Muslim terrorists.
To: BCW
The Iraqis (male and female) love Ahmed the Dead Terrorist. It's so funny to hear them doing the "Silence! I keel you!" thing. They interject it into lighthearted conversations on occasion.
They think it's funny for exactly the same reasons we think it's funny.
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:57:25 AM PDT
by
Allegra
( Freedom won!)
To: BCW
If he continues to do the act will they cut off the puppet’s head.....
I kill you...
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posted on
09/30/2008 4:58:33 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Obama : Pandora's box in arabic, filled with all evil that men can do and void of hope)
To: BCW
The ASA said Khan had complained that this was offensive to the Islamic religion, and created the impression that all Muslims were terrorists who would kill to get people to be quiet.<
Why is it that it never seems to be that MUSLIMS BLOWING UP PEOPLE is never offensive to the Islamic "religion"?
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posted on
09/30/2008 5:01:12 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(OBAMA: In your heart you know he's Wright.)
To: BCW
I object to this stereotype! Not “all” muslims want to kill us ... only a couple of million do.
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posted on
09/30/2008 5:01:19 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: cripplecreek
I’ve got two of Jefff Dunham’s DVD’s and the Achmed the Dead Terrorist is the funniest routine; offensive only to terrorists, or the humor impaired PC types.
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posted on
09/30/2008 5:03:44 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(Welcome PUMAs!)
To: GovernmentShrinker
Why was this moved to the Chat forum? This is an article from a legitimate news outlet, re the action of a government in a non-Muslim country to silence critical political parody of Muslim terrorists. Good question. It is newsworthy because it would appear that censorship is alive and well.
Anyone tried having a portrait of Mohammed on public display and have people throw dung at it and call it art? Maybe that would go over better, though I doubt it.
It seems its ok to take shots at Jews, and Christians, but not muslims. What's up with that?
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posted on
09/30/2008 5:04:48 AM PDT
by
Netizen
(If McCain really put 'Country First' he'd have been working on securing our borders.)
To: GovernmentShrinker
Why was this moved to the Chat forum? This is an article from a legitimate news outlet, re the action of a government in a non-Muslim country to silence critical political parody of Muslim terrorists. Good question. It is newsworthy because it would appear that censorship is alive and well.
Anyone tried having a portrait of Mohammed on public display and have people throw dung at it and call it art? Maybe that would go over better, though I doubt it.
It seems its ok to take shots at Jews, and Christians, but not muslims. What's up with that?
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posted on
09/30/2008 5:06:28 AM PDT
by
Netizen
(If McCain really put 'Country First' he'd have been working on securing our borders.)
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