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Holiday Inn uses ACKBAR instead of GOD
Posted on 09/26/2005 5:24:42 PM PDT by VastRWCon
Edited on 09/26/2005 6:03:51 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator.
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Just saw a commerical on the OFactor from Holiday INN and some guy in a robe replaced the word GOD with ACKBAR? Did anyone see/hear this too?
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Just saw a commerical on the OFactor from Holiday INN and some guy in a robe replaced the word GOD with ACKBAR? WTF? Did anyone see/hear this too?
I wish I had more details but if someelse heard this...
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:24:43 PM PDT
by
VastRWCon
To: VastRWCon
To: VastRWCon
That would be "allahu akbar!" or "God is Great" in Arabic...
Does Holiday Inn have that many Muslim customers?
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:27:42 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(Speaking several languages is an asset; keeping your mouth shut in one is priceless.)
To: VastRWCon
The word is alah not "akbar".
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:27:50 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: bahblahbah
Ah when I see it again I will post the exact comment, but in ENGLISH it was supposed to be GOD but in the commercial it was ACKBAR...
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:28:04 PM PDT
by
VastRWCon
To: VastRWCon
Didn't see it. Can you possibly get more info?
To: VastRWCon
IT'S A TRAP!
To: dc-zoo
I know that I went to college with a bunch of saudi's... it was just very ODD that they replaced a commone statement containing the word GOD with ACKBAR?
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:29:41 PM PDT
by
VastRWCon
To: VastRWCon
No Surprises!
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:31:03 PM PDT
by
Cagey
To: VastRWCon
I was watching The Factor but I didn't see it. Why would a Holiday Inn commercial mention religion?
To: Zeroisanumber
Nice pic of Admiral Ackbar
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:31:20 PM PDT
by
fotw
To: VastRWCon
Are you sure it wasn't the Ramada Inn?
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:31:20 PM PDT
by
Eagle Eye
(Liberalism is an ill fated luxury that we cannot afford at this time; it does not work in a crisis.)
To: VastRWCon
Anyway, watch for yourselves and decide the meaning on your own. I just thought it was ODD considering.... it all.
To: VastRWCon
was your college a flight school?
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:31:43 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(The faster you finish the fight, the less shot you will get.)
To: Eagle Eye
Perhaps the Ramadan Inn....
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:32:04 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(If you don't support the mission, you DON'T "support the troops"!!!)
To: VastRWCon
Holiday Inn is a franchise operation and may have a large muslim ownership of franchises. Just a guess, but this may be a token nod to that segment of their franchisees. A key.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:32:13 PM PDT
by
Dark Skies
("The only way to find yourself is in the fires of sorrow." -- Oswald Chambers)
To: Eagle Eye
To: VastRWCon
On the holiday inn website they have all their current commercials.
One with akbar is not among them....
To: VastRWCon
Holiday Inn uses ACKBAR instead of GOD Boy, is Jeff going to be hissy when he finds out.
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posted on
09/26/2005 5:32:38 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
("The coffee is strong at Cafe du Monde, the doughnuts are too hot to touch..." Save the Big Greasy!)
To: Rakkasan1
U Maryland College Park. GO TERPS!
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