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Ohio car dealership draws fire for ad declaring jihad
AP via WFRV ^
| Sept 23, 2006
Posted on 09/23/2006 9:00:43 AM PDT by jdm
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) A car dealership's tongue-in-cheek radio advertisement declaring ``a jihad on the automotive market,'' will not be changed, the company said, despite drawing sharp criticism that the ad's content is offensive.
Several stations rejected the spot from Dennis Mitsubishi, which boasts that sales representatives wearing ``burqas'' head-to-toe traditional dress for Islamic women will sell vehicles that can ``comfortably seat 12 jihadists in the back.''
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.''
In the ad, Keith Dennis of Dennis Mitsubishi talks about a ``launching a jihad on the automotive market.''
The ads will begin airing next week, dealership general manager Aaron Masterson said, although it was unclear whether any radio stations had accepted the spot. A message was left seeking additional comment at Dennis Mitsubishi on Saturday.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: advertisement; columbus; jihad; mitsubishi; ohio
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To: jdm
I guess if they want to keep the "peace", next month they will have to have salesman dressed as Priests, performing exorcisms on high prices..
To: jdm
Fire away
info@cair-ohio.com
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:28:55 AM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower I(t was greatTraffic Keep Right)
To: jdm
Now ya did it!!! Riots, car bombings, eyc, will be shown at noon...
allah offended again...
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:36:15 AM PDT
by
Issaquahking
(Trust can't be bought)
To: bonfire
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:38:26 AM PDT
by
stm
(Katherine Harris for US Senate!)
To: jdm
This guy is SMART! He knew perfectly well, the controversy it would kick up!
How much FREE advertising is he getting...? HAHAHHAHAH!
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:40:39 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: jdm
The time will soon come when most if not all real Americans of all faiths, or no faith at all will start wearing a small cross on all our clothing and dare the foreign heathens to claim disrespect.
What are the PC politicians gonna do? Arrest us all? for "disrespect"?
Achmed... disrespect this!
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:51:54 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: stm
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:53:14 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: jdm
If I lived in Columbus, I know where I would buy my next car.
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:54:16 AM PDT
by
BW2221
To: jdm
``Using that as a promotional pitch when so many are dying from the criminal activity of suicide bombers, that's not funny,''Take it up with the bombers, not a car dealer.
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posted on
09/23/2006 9:56:25 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: jdm
People who are easily offended.....OFFEND ME!
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:00:47 AM PDT
by
jslade
(The beatings well cease when morale improves!)
To: jdm
The Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations decried the ad as disrespectful. Whine, whine, whine! You can tell they're liberals by the frequency of their whine. Muslims are the worst. I've never seen anything like it. If they don't like the way we do things in America, go back to your own country, and leave ours alone.
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:05:15 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
To: NRA2BFree
The Muzzies should be happy. They're always claiming that jihad means much more than killing people. The dealer is helping them prove their case.
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:12:09 AM PDT
by
BW2221
To: Cicero
I've wondered if Toyota couldn't make a killing advertising their four-wheel-drive pickups by noting that warlords and terrorists love the things. In Afghanistan Toyota is definitely the 800 pound gorilla. They must have 80 percent of the market. I've never seen so many Land Cruisers in my life. Even our own forces use them.
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:17:09 AM PDT
by
AlaskaErik
(Everyone should have a subject they are ignorant about. I choose professional corporate sports.)
To: BW2221
The Muzzies should be happy. They're always claiming that jihad means much more than killing people. The dealer is helping them prove their case. Exactly! LOL!
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:18:04 AM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(ISLAM IS A CULT OF DEATH AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
To: jdm
"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.'' Bull. It's not "misunderstood" and "misused". Jihad is fighting (war) for "allah's' cause. It's done by Muslims for the purpose of spreading Islam, no matter how bloody or what the cost.
What he's really bothered with is that it is a truthful display of one of Islam's most important pillars, which ALL muslims are bound to uphold and participate in.
To: Borges
Ridicule is a powerful weapon, never underestimate its usefulness.
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:19:53 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Borges
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:20:34 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Publius6961
"The time will soon come when most if not all real Americans of all faiths, or no faith at all will start wearing a small cross on all our clothing and dare the foreign heathens to claim disrespect." That happened to one of my son's a while back. He was wearing his cross as usual, hanging out in a bar with his friends. Some muzzie can up to him and tried to tear it off his chain, saying it "offended" him.
Needless to say, the muzzie got what he deserved.
To: jdm
Makes me think of the movie, "Used Cars"....
And the skit on the other car dealers lot on a TV ad..
"That price is TOOOO fricken HIGH, then he shoots(with a shotgun) out the headlight and lowers the price.."
Extremely funny.. Actually that movie is or should be a classic.. Any thats not seen it, should rent it.. One of the first movies by Kurt Russel..
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:44:26 AM PDT
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
To: Nathan Zachary
Isn't it an offense for a Muzzie to be in a bar?
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posted on
09/23/2006 10:50:36 AM PDT
by
BW2221
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