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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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posted on
08/06/2008 12:51:55 PM PDT
by
SmithL
Timing is everything.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:52:32 PM PDT
by
SmithL
(Drill Dammit!)
To: SmithL
LOL. What impeccable timing.
3
posted on
08/06/2008 12:52:38 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: SmithL
Man, heads are gonna roll over this one.
4
posted on
08/06/2008 12:54:41 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(300 Million People Going Bust Over High Gasoline Prices and Hussein Obama Wants to Hug Trees.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:55:17 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(http://moosedroppings.wordpress.com -- Because 20 million self-important blogs just aren't enough.)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: SmithL
To: SmithL
Can you imagine the marketing money that’s in the trash now because of this murder? Pens, keychains, tote bags, note pads, everything that was stamped with this slogan—rubbish! Not to mention any possible media buys associated with it.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:56:17 PM PDT
by
rabidralph
(Watch out for the Obamakazis.)
To: SmithL
oh no.
That’s like “The China Syndrome”’s reference to Pennsylvania. Everyone gasped when that line was said. I was one of the gaspers.
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posted on
08/06/2008 12:56:24 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(She lives! 22 weeks, 9.5 inches. Go, baby, go!)
Comment #10 Removed by Moderator
To: SmithL
Greyhound Bus Lines! Head off today!!!
11
posted on
08/06/2008 12:59:49 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
To: SmithL
"You meet the most unusual people when you ride the bus...
![](http://a.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/moussaoui_reward_080124_mn.jpg)
Berg's encounter with 'terrorist' revealed (CNN Friday, May 14, 2004)
At one point during the bus ride, Berg said, the man sitting next to his son asked if he could use Nick's laptop computer. "It turned out this guy was a terrorist and that he, you know, used my son's e-mail, amongst many other people's e-mail who he did the same thing to," Berg said.
Government sources said Berg gave the man his password, which was later used by Moussaoui, the sources said.
The sources said the man who used Berg's e-mail knew Moussaoui, now awaiting trial on federal charges that could bring a death sentence. But the sources would not disclose details of how the men were connected.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:00:15 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: SmithL
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?
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:00:25 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(Strong copy for a strong America)
To: Tennessee_Bob
Greyhound Bus Lines: “We taking snoring seriously.”
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:01:13 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: Abbeville Conservative
So,
Is this because of Global Warming or Iraq? In either case, it's definitely Bush's fault!
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
Red6
(Come and take it.)
To: rabidralph
Ah but the ad agency gets to sell them ANOTHER campaign. It wasn’t the advertiser’s fault that the first one bought is being shelved.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:02:38 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Hi there.)
To: Abbeville Conservative
“Greyhound - Lets you keep your head while all about you are losing theirs”
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:03:06 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(ANWR would look great in pumps.)
To: rabidralph
Time to put their heads together and take a stab at a new campaign.
But seriously, all those trinkets should fetch some $$$ on E-Bay, unless they have a really broad anti-morbidity-factor policy.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:04:55 PM PDT
by
Freedom_no_exceptions
(No actual, intended, or imminent victim = no crime. No exceptions.)
To: weegee
Ah but the ad agency gets to sell them ANOTHER campaign. It wasnt the advertisers fault that the first one bought is being shelved.Yeah, but it's going to cost an arm and a leg.
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:05:01 PM PDT
by
SlowBoat407
(ANWR would look great in pumps.)
To: AxelPaulsenJr
Man, heads are gonna roll over this one. LOL! You are sooo bad. ;o)
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posted on
08/06/2008 1:09:11 PM PDT
by
NRA2BFree
(A TAXPAYER VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA IS LIKE A CHICKEN VOTING FOR COLONEL SANDERS!)
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