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'Terrorist' firework ads spark row (PC be darned; hilarious video)
UK Guardian ^
| 12/24/07
| Mark Sweney
Posted on 12/27/2007 12:17:53 PM PST by Kid Shelleen
Dutch government firework safety ads featuring a spoof Islamist terrorist group have been criticised as insensitive and depicting a negative stereotype of the Muslim community.
The online ads, made for the Dutch government's consumer safety institute, have been made to look like a video message filmed by an Islamist military organisation called the Liberation Army Against Freedom.
Featuring a group led by an Osama bin Laden lookalike figure at their camp, the viral ads are dubbed into Iraqi-accented Arabic and have versions with subtitles in Dutch and English
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posted on
12/27/2007 12:40:25 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(You get more of what you focus on)
To: Kid Shelleen
To: Kid Shelleen
There’s two things I hate...
People who are intolerant of other cultures...
And the DUTCH!
To: Kid Shelleen
To: Chucky is a girlie man
"There’s two things I hate...
People who are intolerant of other cultures...
And the DUTCH!"
Care to explain???
Especially since my grandparents (on my fathers side) are from Holland.
Where's the beef???
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posted on
12/27/2007 12:48:56 PM PST
by
Bigh4u2
(Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
To: Titan Magroyne
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posted on
12/27/2007 12:52:35 PM PST
by
polymuser
(In the twinkling of an eye...)
To: Kid Shelleen
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posted on
12/27/2007 12:53:26 PM PST
by
Godzilla
(Jesus - the REASON for the SEASON)
To: uglybiker
Very good public safety ads.
Funny, topical and informative.
To: Kid Shelleen
Ridicule is a perfect response to the mohammedan menace.
Ridicule and napalm.
Or just napalm if you're in a hurry...
29
posted on
12/27/2007 12:54:01 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: Kid Shelleen
30
posted on
12/27/2007 12:55:08 PM PST
by
outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
To: scripter
31
posted on
12/27/2007 12:55:51 PM PST
by
scripter
("You don't have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." - C.S. Lewis)
To: Kid Shelleen
Is it me or does the Osama Bin Laden character look like Dan RatherWhat's the frequency Ahmed?
32
posted on
12/27/2007 12:55:53 PM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(If higher cigarette taxes discourage smoking, what...do higher Income Taxes discourage? - massgopguy)
To: Kid Shelleen
LOL!!
RARATATATAT!
” Take it easy, man!”
To: Kid Shelleen; RedRover; lilycicero; 4woodenboats; xzins; freema; bigheadfred; brityank; jude24
That is hilarious! “You’re going to lose an eye that way.” LOL.
Ping to a funny fireworks safety ad.
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posted on
12/27/2007 1:03:25 PM PST
by
Girlene
To: Chucky is a girlie man
I don’t understand your remark about the Dutch. I proudly worked for Shell Oil Company Legal US for many years.
35
posted on
12/27/2007 1:05:35 PM PST
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: Chucky is a girlie man
It’s from Austin Powers’, Goldmember
36
posted on
12/27/2007 1:14:32 PM PST
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Girlene
Pretty hilarious, Girl! Thanks!
37
posted on
12/27/2007 1:16:52 PM PST
by
RedRover
To: Kid Shelleen
"Liberation against Freedom"
They sound like our democrats...
Hilarious, thanks!
38
posted on
12/27/2007 1:16:55 PM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: Kid Shelleen
Dutch government firework safety ads featuring a spoof Islamist terrorist group have been criticised as insensitive and depicting a[n accurate] negative stereotype of the Muslim community.There.
Fixed it for them.
39
posted on
12/27/2007 1:18:25 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Kid Shelleen
Dutch government firework safety ads featuring a spoof Islamist terrorist group have been criticised as insensitive and depicting a[n accurate] negative stereotype of the Muslim community.There.
Fixed it for them.
40
posted on
12/27/2007 1:18:38 PM PST
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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