HEY MIRZA Here's yer SENSITIVITY TRAINING
Posted on 09/24/2006 2:38:35 PM PDT by Pikamax
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 never been released, it is not out for public listening," said one employee who declined to give his name. He would not say whether the dealership had changed its mind about airing the commercial.
Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Motors Corp. could not immediately be reached for comment.
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.
He also said the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to "offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training."
Does anything except murdering nuns, decapitating bound hostages, blowing up children and burning down churches NOT upset Muslims?
But training your 4 year old kid to be a suicide bomber is okay.
I can't wait until this hits youtube! That's great! Very inspired. Maybe I will use that in my next radio ad.
"We declare jihad on high seafood prices!"
ROTFLOL!!
Hey !! Muzzies!! Kiss this!! you know in America we make a joke out of everything! If you don't like it, LEAVE!
Fill in the blank:
________________ upsets Muslims.
First prize: 1 week trip to Mecca
Second prize: 2 weeks to Mecca
Third or lower prizes: Dismemberment of right hand
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Have they threatened to kill anyone yet? Don't worry - they will. On the other hand, would you want to buy a car on "Fatwa Friday"? I'd be afraid to turn the key...
HEY MIRZA Here's yer SENSITIVITY TRAINING
And what would that be--a beheading?
Knives and motorbikes are okay.
Not swords and autos.
If it does I certainly haven't heard it or seen it. Seems they much prefer the doing than being recognized for it. Well now, isn't that spea-shell?
Just show him the sole of your foot - that's offensive to Muslims. Stick a piece of bacon on it for effect.
FTB. "T" stands for "the" or "them".
Enough already-- forget the PC-ness, let's all start calling these people and their actions for what they are--Barbarians!
Just a typical father-and-son 'weekend outing', like I remember in the 50s, with my Dad and The Boy Scouts. LOL!
Let's get this absolutely straight. Murdering people is OK, but selling them cars is not? Is that what they're saying? And, if not, what ARE they saying?
This thing should be a huge hit. And car dealers have associations that talk advertising campaigns over. If this really works then it will not be long before car dealers will all be running these ads.
The stations that turn these ads down will be in a world of hurt. Car advertising is about 20 percent of a radio station's gross. If car dealers figure they don't need the top rated stations they won't use them.
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