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September 24, 2006
US: Car Dealership Declares Jihad on the Automotive Market
Why all the whinning, dear CAIR? Doesn't Jihad mean "to struggle in the path of Allah?" Car Dealer Draws Criticism for Ad Declaring 'Jihad'
COLUMBUS, Ohio - 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 to Muslims.Several stations rejected the spot from Dennis Mitsubishi, which boasts that sales representatives wearing "burqas" - the head-to-toe traditional dress for some Islamic women - will sell vehicles that can "comfortably seat 12 jihadists in the back."
"We firmly believe the ad does not in any way disrespect any religion or culture, but we feel, I guess, that maybe poking a little fun at radical extremists is fair game," dealership president Keith Dennis said on Saturday. "It was our intention to craft something around some of the buzzwords of the day and give everyone a good chuckle and be a little bit of a tension reliever."
While Dennis defended the ad as a harmless attempt to bring levity to a serious situation, the Columbus chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called it disrespectful.[...]
Note: I find this funny to no end.
Posted by Ruy Diaz at September 24, 2006 6:17 AM
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Brilliant.
And as Ali Sina says - it's ridicule that will get them every time. Laugh at them.
Or, as we call it here in the UK: "Taking the piss".
And my oh my don't they take themselves sooooo seriously. They are in a permanent state of sense of humour failure.
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at September 24, 2006 6:43 AM
Let's hear more of this......
Posted by: scorpio at September 24, 2006 6:20 PM
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