Posted on 11/29/2005 12:38:40 PM PST by LibWhacker
That's just it. I DO find this offensive. But I know if I complained about it as a Christian, I would be laughed it--even by other Freepers. Why do Muslims get the kind of consideration we can't get in a supposed Christian society?
Better yet, have a special day set aside every week for an outdoor roast pig barbecue.
I'd rather remove the mosque. I'm offended that is close to a pic of cute girls.
You may be right, but if memory serves, there was a thread not too long ago on a strip bar or something similar located across from a church.
I used to think it was bad when a strip club moved into the neighborhood, then they stated putting up all those mosques ...
Tough $hit! Go back to your third world muslim country if you find it offensive!
Thats better.
And I find it offensive to exit a gentlemen's club and have to see a mosque.
In fairness, I think many Christian churches would also object to such ads being posted in the immediate vicinity of their houses of worship. A few years back, the city bus stop shelter right next to the largest mosque in Manhattan sported a larger-than-life close-up of a woman wearing itsy bitsy bikini underpants. For many worshippers, this bus stop would not be reasonably avoidable. The poster mysteriously disappeared a week or so after it went up, and presumably wasn't removed by authorized personnel since the ad space then remained empty for some time. It is insensitive to put up ads like that in a place where it's guaranteed to offend a huge number of people. I expect the patrons of St. Patrick's Cathedral would have responded in a similar manner.
Eff em! It's a free country isn't it? At least I think the United Kingdom is a free country.....
It would be more offensive to me to have to view a mosque from my window.
What if the mosque offends us?
Solution, go back to Saudi Arabia.
High standards, eh? Like these high standards:
Well, for one thing, they're in the U.K.
For another, doesn't look like they've gotten more than press coverage. Christians get that much consideration all the time, right here at home, when something offensive pops up in the neighborhood. Then it becomes a matter of zoning ordinances.
"the media company we use for advertising has gone through all the right channels"
Sounds like the media company did a very good job. All they had to do was put up one billboard poster and they've got local media coverage and now are being discussed on international websites! I reckon, wait a week, then take the thing down and apologise for any offence caused and that should be enough for another newspaper story.
I just hope the media company are on commission!
Yes! Some probably find mosques in their neighborhoods offensive! And my response to them would be the same....so?
No one has a right to NOT be offended.
You're right, but I am not required to be fair.
Right. Go stick it in front of a Christian church. We wouldn't want islamites offended.
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