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Greyhound scraps ads after Canada bus beheading
AP via SFGate ^ | 8/6/8 | ROB GILLIES, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 08/06/2008 12:51:54 PM PDT by SmithL

TORONTO, Canada (AP) -- Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of its passengers was accused of beheading and cannibalizing another traveler.

The ad's tag line was "There's a reason you've never heard of 'bus rage.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Canada; Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: ads; assault; beheading; busrage; gaffe; greyhound; murder
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To: Flycatcher

Chinese muzzie. Double bad I guess.


21 posted on 08/06/2008 1:10:53 PM PDT by SolidWood (McCantor 2008. Stop Obamarx!)
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To: rabidralph
Pens, keychains, tote bags, note pads, everything ...

All very collectable now, though.
22 posted on 08/06/2008 1:11:48 PM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: SmithL

What’s that up the road . . ?


23 posted on 08/06/2008 1:11:57 PM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: SolidWood

Why? Did he kill again an hour later? < /s >


24 posted on 08/06/2008 1:12:19 PM PDT by weegee (Hi there.)
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To: Flycatcher

The perp is from China.


25 posted on 08/06/2008 1:12:35 PM PDT by richmwill
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To: NRA2BFree

I’m laughing my head off over here...


26 posted on 08/06/2008 1:13:29 PM PDT by richmwill
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To: SmithL

COL Jack O’Neill: “Oy. Bad day. Very bad day.”


27 posted on 08/06/2008 1:13:50 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: SmithL

I think that they will need to reword their travel info. a bit.

Traveling by Bus
Enjoy Your Trip
All Greyhound buses are equipped with air conditioning, an on-board restroom, reclining seats with “headrests”, footrests and tinted windows. Feel free to bring reading material, radio “headsets” and a small pillow for your comfort. Food and non-alcoholic beverages may be carried on board for personal consumption.

Radios, laptops and other electronic items may be carried on board, provided that they do not disturb fellow passengers and that “headphones” are used. (External power outlets are NOT available on Greyhound buses.) Greyhound buses are not equipped for movies on board, although some connecting carriers may offer this service.

Most buses make intermediate stops to pick up additional passengers en route to their destinations.

Maybe they should say “final destination?”

http://www.greyhound.com/travel_information/bus.shtml


28 posted on 08/06/2008 1:16:11 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: SmithL
This was a level headed decision.

Whoever made it is a cut above the rest.

29 posted on 08/06/2008 1:18:45 PM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: Flycatcher

He was an immigrant from Red China who arrived in Canada in 2004.


30 posted on 08/06/2008 1:18:47 PM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
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To: Flycatcher
Not to hijack the thread here, but whatever happened to the perp? Was he Muslim? Or was he just a Canadian pacifist returning from an anti-Steyn rally?

He's a fairly recent immigrant from Western China.

31 posted on 08/06/2008 1:20:48 PM PDT by Catholic Canadian ( I love Stephen Harper!)
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To: SmithL

32 posted on 08/06/2008 1:21:11 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: SmithL

MAybe they can offer to reduce prices — say 10% off the top of the bill.


33 posted on 08/06/2008 1:24:18 PM PDT by jim_trent
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To: SlowBoat407

“Greyhound - Head and shoulders above the rest.”


34 posted on 08/06/2008 1:30:23 PM PDT by Argus (Obama: All turban and no goats.)
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To: SmithL
"There's a reason you've never heard of 'bus rage.'"

Because we cut off your head and eat you.

In all seriousness, I understand Greyhound is now serving headcheese on every trip.

35 posted on 08/06/2008 1:31:22 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Whoever came up with the ad will never become the head of a major corporation.


36 posted on 08/06/2008 1:33:34 PM PDT by dfwgator ( This tag blank until football season.)
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To: SmithL

Greyhound : Going out of our skull to get ahead.


37 posted on 08/06/2008 1:40:36 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (A citizen using a weapon to shoot a criminal is the ultimate act of independence from government.)
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To: SmithL

I must have missed the part where the crazy Muslim tried to eat the victim!


38 posted on 08/06/2008 1:41:28 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: SmithL
That ad campaign would be perfect for Amtrak now.


39 posted on 08/06/2008 1:42:31 PM PDT by Tatze (I'm in a state of taglinelessness!)
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To: SmithL
How about, "Ride Greyhound because seriously, how often do you get to see a decapitated human head?"

40 posted on 08/06/2008 1:44:41 PM PDT by fleagle ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
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