Not really political, but Jesus Christ this is funny.

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"'Jihad' auto dealer ad upsets U.S. Muslims Radio commercial for Ohio auto dealership, allegedly promising "Fatwa Fridays," has not been aired. CINCINNATI (Reuters) -- A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering "Fatwa Fridays" with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday. The radio advertisement for the Dennis Mitsubishi car dealership in Columbus, Ohio, has "a whole jihad theme," said Adnan Mirza, director of the Columbus office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "They are planning on launching a jihad on the automotive market and their representatives would be wearing burqas ... ," Mirza said. "They mentioned the pope in there and also about giving rubber swords out to the kiddies -- really just reprehensible-type comments." Details of the radio ad, which has not yet been broadcast, have been reported in the local media, but officials at the dealership declined to comment about the content of the radio spot. Two employees at the dealership said they had been deluged with calls about the commercial. "The ad has has never been released, it is not out for public listening," said one employee who declined to give his name. Mirza said several local radio stations had already rejected the ad and he hoped the controversy would convince the dealership to rethink its sales strategy. "We've made it clear to this dealer that this campaign runs contrary to our company values and we strongly urged him not to run the campaign," Mitsubishi Motors North America said in a company statement released Monday afternoon. "The dealer has agreed not to run it." Mirza said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training.""

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/09/25/jihad_car_ad.reut/index.html

9/25/2006 3:30:17 PM

lol, they are gonna get murdered and firebombed now

9/25/2006 3:38:37 PM

how dare you call islam a violent religion as we firebomb your store and kill your saleman for mocking us

9/25/2006 3:42:34 PM

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"Mirza said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training."""

LOL

9/25/2006 3:46:33 PM

LOL

CULTURAL AWARENESS IS FOR FAGS

9/25/2006 4:08:56 PM

maybe not the smartest way to sell cars but definitely hilarious

and i'll damn sure bet the ad stays with consumers

9/25/2006 4:13:28 PM

a little more detail
http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/23/20060923-D1-04.html

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"Sales representatives "will be wearing burqas all weekend long," the ad says. One of the vehicles on sale "can comfortably seat up to 12 jihadists in the back." "Our prices are lower than the evildoers’ every day. Just ask the pope! " the ad says. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies." "

this is the dealerships defense:

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"Calling the commercial aggressive, Masterson said, "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.""

yeah, gg - you're really "sticking it to the terrorists" with this one.


Who is the marketing genius who came up with this one?

9/25/2006 4:49:57 PM

Oh boo hoo we're so offended.

You know what's offensive? SUICIDE BOMBINGS

9/25/2006 6:34:33 PM

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" Sales representatives "will be wearing burqas all weekend long," the ad says. One of the vehicles on sale "can comfortably seat up to 12 jihadists in the back." "Our prices are lower than the evildoers’ every day. Just ask the pope! " the ad says. "Friday is fatwa Friday, with free rubber swords for the kiddies." "

lolololololololololololol

9/25/2006 6:36:05 PM

wait, since when did muslims have a right to be offended in our country???

Crank up your trucks and buy some long rope, Ohio. Time to put them in their place.

9/25/2006 6:39:16 PM

It's not stupid because it's offensive

It's stupid because it's mind-bogglingly childish.

9/25/2006 7:02:00 PM

AHAHahahaah...

Well, he wanted to piss them off.

Looks like he did it, they're even offering to program him for free!

9/25/2006 9:01:09 PM

let the muslims get mad

fucking psycho sand niggers

christians get made fun of all the time but there isnt christians flying airplanes into their buildings or strapping bombs to their bodies and walking in businesses

[Edited on September 25, 2006 at 9:22 PM. Reason : ]

9/25/2006 9:20:58 PM

The biggest difference is that the Christian nations have all the power in the world so they don't give a fuck if you talk shit about them. If you do manage to get under their skin, they just stop your free UN aide and watch you starve on CNN.

9/25/2006 9:25:37 PM

^ Wait, all that means is that christians are in the best position to do something about being offended, yet they do nothing.

Meanwhile, Jihadis are in no position to do anything productive yet they destroy themselves trying...

9/25/2006 10:42:00 PM

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"You know what's offensive? SUICIDE BOMBINGS"

9/26/2006 12:22:18 AM

^^exactly my point. Let them hurt themselves.

9/26/2006 11:02:39 AM

Thats pretty funny lol.

Now we just need a dressed up Jesus Mobile decked out with crosses that can fit 50 mexicans and a mobile bank with the star of david.

9/26/2006 11:06:31 AM

ahahaha

they are having a debate about this on Donny Deutsch on CNBC right now.

Paul Mooney (of Chappelle Show fame) is one of the 3 being interviewed and actually managed to go off on a tirade about how the term "cup of joe" is racist. Apparently he thinks it means "Old Black Joe" and isn't derived from Josephus Daniels, the naval secretary who had rum replaced with coffee, hence the term "cup of joe" on american naval vessels at the turn of the century.

9/27/2006 1:16:06 AM

dude

just because some terrorists happened to be muslims does not make all muslims terrorists.


it's no fucking wonder the rest of the world hates you pricks.

9/27/2006 1:55:26 AM

the rest of the world (read: muslims) needs to lighten the fuck up

9/27/2006 8:57:06 AM

They get all bent out of shape over a commercial that didn't even air and meanwhile Ford goes unpunished for their "Beep Beep" and Taylor Hicks campaign blitzes

9/27/2006 9:18:18 AM

hahah muslims get mad about this, but don't get mad when their own people are doing the real shit that makes them look bad

9/27/2006 9:49:37 AM

^how many muslims do you know? any?

9/27/2006 4:09:26 PM

9/27/2006 4:10:33 PM

Out of unassailably innocent curiosity, how many Christians are upset when Cookout puts stuff like "God Bless the USA" on an American flag and displays it over its storefront (even when it's not a religious or national holiday)?

You can PM me if you don't want to say anything here.

9/27/2006 4:11:04 PM

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"The biggest difference is that the Christian nations have all the power in the world so they don't give a fuck if you talk shit about them."

That's not really true. Christians get upset about all sorts of things. If a auto dealer ran an ad mocking Christian or Jews, you can be pretty damn sure folks would complain.

9/27/2006 4:16:10 PM

Depending on the word mock. It's a contextual thing, not an absolutist one.

[Edited on September 27, 2006 at 4:27 PM. Reason : ...]

9/27/2006 4:26:55 PM

Christians even get upset about Harry Potter. As long as Muslims are just complaining and not getting violent, they're acting as any other religious group would act.

9/27/2006 5:05:56 PM

exactly

complain all you want


JUST QUIT BLOWING SHIT UP YOU FUCKING IDIOTS

9/27/2006 5:19:50 PM

And on the basic level, I think that's what I could rationally speculate about. How likely are hypotheses that we could generalize to form though?

1) Being an idiot is unpreferable.
2) Blowing up shit is unpreferable.

9/27/2006 5:32:16 PM

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"JUST QUIT BLOWING SHIT UP YOU FUCKING IDIOTS"

As far as I know, nothing was blown up in this case.

9/27/2006 5:33:53 PM