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Car dealership's 'jihad' to begin 'fatwa Friday'
WorldNetDaily ^ | 9/23/06 | WorldNetDaily

Posted on 09/23/2006 2:18:23 PM PDT by wagglebee

An Ohio auto dealership, declaring that "terrorists are fair game," is promising to launch "a jihad in the automarket" with an Islamic-themed promotional campaign, despite several radio stations' rejection of its ad for being "insensitive."

Keith Dennis of Dennis Mitsubishi in Columbus, who appears in the ad, promises prospective customers that the salesforce "will be wearing burqas all weekend long." One of the featured vehicles "can comfortably seat up to 12 jihadists in the back," he says.

"Our prices are lower than the evildoers' every day. Just ask the pope!" the ad continues. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies."

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Thus far, at least eight stations in the Columbus market have said they won't air the ad.

"We won't play that," Jeff Wilson, general manager of Radio One stations WCKX, WJYD and WXMG told the Columbus Dispatch. "With no disrespect to their creativity or their desire to build business, everything we're about is promoting the values of diversity. To air things of that sort would go against our mission statement."

Dennis Mitsubishi spokesman Aaron Masterson says the company, which writes and produces its own ads, was not prepared for the reaction from some stations and admits that the "aggressive" campaign is breaking new ground.

"We talk about the pope, fatwa, terrorists. You hear one of these words, and [the radio executives'] minds froze on it," he said. "According to the people who have heard it, it is the most controversial commercial they've heard in the last 15 years."

Asma Mobin-Uddin, president of the Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the Dispatch that the ad's tone and imagery were "mocking and disrespectful to many different areas. One is Islamic faith and Islamic culture."

"Using that as a promotional pitch when so many are dying from the criminal activity of suicide bombers, that's not funny," she said. "I don't think it's appropriate when it causes real pain. It exploits or promotes misunderstanding in terms already misunderstood or misused. That type of ad does nothing but promote discord in a very difficult time. The timing is just amazing. Maybe that's part of the shock value."

Still, Masterson's neither discouraged nor dissuaded and promised that the commercials would soon air with few changes.

"It starts next Friday morning," Masterson said. "As far as I can see, the top 10 stations – minimum – in the market. We made it very clear we wanted market saturation to get the point across.

"This is one where we feel we're taking a bull's-eye on terrorists. After all the nonsense that the terrorists put the public through, they're fair game."



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Ohio; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cardealers; islam; jihad; prop
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To: eyespysomething

Thats a good logic problem for an LSAT!


61 posted on 09/23/2006 4:52:08 PM PDT by Mrs. Shawnlaw (No NAIS! And the USDA can bugger off, too!)
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To: wagglebee

Makes me want to drive to Columbus and buy a car!


62 posted on 09/23/2006 4:54:28 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sorta like the Ford SportKa one that has the cat's head lopped off? That was same creators, right?


63 posted on 09/23/2006 4:57:37 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: ovrtaxt

I thought about it too.


64 posted on 09/23/2006 4:57:53 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

You know what? Even if the ads got pulled and never see the light of day, his advertising mission is accomplished.

Maybe he can send CAIR a thank you card. :)


65 posted on 09/23/2006 5:01:02 PM PDT by ovrtaxt (We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
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To: wagglebee

What a creative concept for an ad! I love it.


66 posted on 09/23/2006 5:09:30 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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To: Stegall Tx

Remember "What kind of car would Jesus drive?" How about "What kind of car would Mohammed drive?"


67 posted on 09/23/2006 5:10:59 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (Stop the ACLU - Support the Public Expression of Religion Act 2005 - Call your congressmen.)
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To: Gondring

Answer: "Washington Irving"

Question: "So who was the first President, Sam?"

Anyway, fun to watch the no sense of humor ROPeople go bonkers. When the balloon does go up, though, I will apply International Law of Land Warfare Rule # 30-06 to any jihadi suspect.

Hmmm... I believe 150 grain Cor-Lokt will work best.

;^)


68 posted on 09/23/2006 5:13:37 PM PDT by elcid1970 (atio)
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To: C210N

"Does this Burka make me look Fatwa?"


I love it. I cant stop Laughing.


THIS SHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER!


69 posted on 09/23/2006 5:16:55 PM PDT by Texas4ever (Anything off the dollar menu :))
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To: Texas4ever
THIS SHOULD BE A BUMPER STICKER!

It is, of course... One (slightly different) example at stickergiant.com:

70 posted on 09/23/2006 5:33:44 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: wagglebee

It's not funny. The jihadists should not even BE in the USA.


71 posted on 09/23/2006 5:37:50 PM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged (The Leftist-Jihadists-Media Alliance: Marxist jihad aided by mainstream media.)
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To: montag813
I think the ad campaign is hilarious, and certainly ballsy, but fair is fair. The stations owns the licenses and they get to say what goes on the air. Besides, this will get the dealer a ton of publicity no matter how many stations air it.

If any of their sales staff are reading this, I suggest giving away a free AK - 47 and a Browning High Power as part of the event.

72 posted on 09/23/2006 5:54:45 PM PDT by sig226 (There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who do not.)
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To: richmwill
Funny how we hear from this man now, crying about his "being offended".

She's actually a woman, but I'm glad CAIR let her speak, nyuk-nyuk!

73 posted on 09/23/2006 6:30:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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To: Stegall Tx
I know this mockery of Christianity filled me with a desire to burn down an auto dealership.

Is that all? Just reading about that made me want to fly a plane into the dearlership!

74 posted on 09/23/2006 6:33:42 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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To: wagglebee; North Coast Conservative; Pontiac; boxerblues; NeoCaveman; GOP_Lady; DollyCali; ...

N.E. Ohio pings!!


75 posted on 09/23/2006 6:36:42 PM PDT by Las Vegas Dave ("Liberals out of power are comical-Liberals in power are dangerous!"-Rush Limbaugh.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Stegall Tx
dearlership = dealership d-oh!
76 posted on 09/23/2006 6:41:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Hugo Chavez is the Devil! The podium still smells of sulfur...)
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To: Gondring

Great pics at the pumpkin show site! I love this kind of Americana.


77 posted on 09/23/2006 6:42:15 PM PDT by radiohead (Hey Kerry, I'm still here; still hating your lying, stinking, guts you coward.)
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To: wagglebee

I like the mocking tone of the commercial to our islamonazi enemy, but I don't know how effective they will be in their goal of selling cars.

The public might be afraid that a car bought by a man in a burka would likely be a real bomb.


78 posted on 09/23/2006 6:58:00 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: wagglebee

"We're slashing heads of the Benjamins to get you a good deal!"


79 posted on 09/23/2006 7:24:32 PM PDT by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestu s globus, inflammare animos)
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To: BunnySlippers
"I say let's ridicule them to death."

Bzactly. People who take themselves too seriously self-immolate when ridiculed.

80 posted on 09/23/2006 7:35:11 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("We will slaughter anyone who calls Islam violent!")
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