Posted on 07/29/2004 11:01:22 AM PDT by dennisw
By Val MacQueen
FrontPageMagazine.com | June 15, 2004
Sloggi, a womens underwear manufacturer owned by Triumph International of Zurich, Switzerland, is allowing itself to be strong-armed down the path to corporate dhimmitude. It placed its billboards, which granted, demonstrate a slightly obsessive interest in the female derriere after all, how many variations can a thong have, especially when viewed from the rear? near two mosques in English cities, and at many other locations throughout Great Britain. The photos feature four or five women, facing away from the camera toward cartoon flowers, wearing nothing but a thong and a sunhat. One model holds a watering can. The caption is: Its stringtime
Despite the fact that Sloggi had legitimately rented the billboard space and was not showing or promoting anything illegal, the mosques in the vicinities demanded that the offending posters be removed. According to Britains Sky News, the mosques complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which ruled the ads were unlikely to cause widespread offense in general, but it urged Sloggi to be more careful in the future. By any normal dealings in a democracy, this would have been the end of it. The company would have been irked by the ASAs officious advice about being more careful in the future, but it would probably have avoided renting billboards for its underwear close to mosques, just to avoid the hassle. And the complainants would have let it go and waited until the natural span of those particular posters was over. But not the mosques of Greater Manchester and Leeds. Insufficient respect had been paid to Islam. This is a traditional tactic of the Islamic march to domination. One fight at a time, one street at a time, one billboard at a time, one school at a time, one book at a time, one TV news report at a time. Islam must always be acknowledged to be above Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and other ancient religions. The eventual state whereby Christians and Jews acknowledge Islams authority and superiority is called the dhimmitude. Dhimmis will be invited to convert to Islam, but if they do not, they will be allowed to continue to practice their own religions, although with restrictions, and they must profess submission to Islamic laws. Shamefully, Sloggi is marching down that road. According to The Yorkshire Evening Post, Earlier this year, Muslims in Bradford [another city] ripped down a copy of the Sloggi thong poster which had been put up near one of their mosques. Why? And how about the rest of the neighborhood to whom Islam is beyond irrelevant and who also might find the ad offensive? According to The Daily Mail, which thoughtfully provided its readers with a click to enlarge the image of the offending poster, the ad campaign only attracted two complaints the two from mosques in the north of England, which claimed the advertisement could corrupt young men and women of their faith. In a later ruling, June 9, the ASA changed its mind and agreed with them and, for the first time in its 40-year history, banned a poster from being displayed near places of worship. The Daily Mail reports: Media clean-up campaigners reacted furiously, however, because the restriction applies only to mosques. They pointed out that it resulted from just two complaints - from mosques in the North of England - while leaders of Christian churches have complained about lewd advertising for years. (Yes, but the advance of Islam is
one tiny fight at a time
Calls to worship Allah five times a day broadcast over amplifiers attached to the four corners of mosques forced on those who do not believe in this god, in Dearborn, MI
sharia law to mediate civil disputes for Muslims in Ontario
one tiny triumph at a time, in the march to dhimmitude
) John Beyer of the pressure group MediaWatch, said, 'There is no reason to believe that people attending a mosque would be any more or less offended by this poster than someone attending a church, or out shopping or taking their children to school.' He added, 'Christians are upset by this kind of public advertising. I know the ASA has been contacted about just these concerns for many years, yet it has done nothing. While we are delighted that Muslims are not going to be offended on their way to the mosque, the same rules should apply to Christians going about their daily business. 'Christian sensibilities are just as valuable and valid as those of Muslims.' Hark! The dhimmitude advances.
A spokeswoman for Triumph International said: We had our posters taken down as soon as we realized they were causing some offense. In future we will ask our poster company to make sure there are no mosques in the vicinity of any advertisement like this.
Interesting observation.
I've noticed the tendency among some in the secular left (and secular right as well, for that matter) to demagogue the folks who promote the values of traditional Western Civilization, i.e. Judeo-Christian values by attempting to associate them with today's favorite (Western) villain, OBL or other Muslim fanatics.
To associate those who have for 250 years built the first colleges, first orphanages, first poor houses (private forerunner to today's government corrupted welfare system), first hospitals, have given their all for "God and Country" and generally, have put the love in their words of into the action of common charity, with those who kill innocents, preach hate, destroy, murder, enslave, and commit all manner of other evil deeds in the name of a demonstrably, historically fake deity called "Allah", is more than outrageous.
It is evil, in and of itself. It's disturbing.
Ends justifies the means .. relative morality relative truth guilt by association, its all just another word for EVIL.
SFS
Yes, you are correct in your estimation of porn as usual, but I would add that this is soft porn, merely the opening salvo in the mosque wars. Once a court establishes the legality of its existence near a mosque, we need to devise images that would be hard-core and offensive to the Islamicists' eyes, but still passable and non-offensive to the civilized and original inhabitants of Merry ol' England. Given their history of full-frontal nudity on the telly, I'm sure our allies will devise a follow-up campaign to further the war on terror. And before you can say "fish slapping dance," we'll have live-action "demonstrations" being enacted on the sidewalks in front of the offensive mosques!
(Disclaimer quotes added around "Christians", because I don't think they represent Christianity in general any more than Wahabiwackjobs represent Islam in general.)
*** DING DING DING *** No more calls; we have a winner!
This sort of fifth-columnism is not helpful.
The latter are more accurately represented by other bits of history, such as the Salem witch trials.
Er, work on your reading comprehension. What I, and other civilized people, advocate is the abolition of one of those pre-civilized legal relics shared with the body politics dominated by Wahabiwackjobs.
Er, wrong target. It was Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, not a secular leftist or rightist, who expressed agreement with the Wahabiwackjobs in the wake of the 9-11 Massacre. Take it up with them.
Mabye they should post acts of terrorism around the
mosques and body parts blown all to pieces. They would like this. Islam is not known for showing it's bare
bottom, but it is known for terrorism and murder.
Excellent point, Tessalu! Unfortunately, I fear there are those on this very thread who would rather see "body parts all blown to pieces" than they would a nicely shaped woman in a mildly sexy pose.
Let me second that point as well. Here we have practitioners of the 'religion of peace' beating women for showing an ankle but having no problems showing a beheading or disembowling on TV for all ages to see.
I saw a picture of a Palestinian woman -- in traditional dress -- taking her children to enjoy the notorius diarama of the post-suicide bombing in a Sbarro pizzaria, complete with fabricated body parts.
Maybe what they need is to see MORE women's backsides and less blood and guts.
Also, it's hard to subjugate women if you're on your knees grovelling. Try it sometime, Achmed, it's fun and they deserve it...
Very few things on this planet are as pleasing to the eye as a nice ass.
"Very few things on this planet are as pleasing to the eye as a nice ass."
How shallow and crude.
Damn straight.
Soft porn is showing the act of sex without showing penetration.
This is not soft porn.
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