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I don't see a problem with this, but then again I'm not a Muslim
By way of Little Green Footballs comes the latest segment of whining from CAIR:
CAIR: Boeing, Bell, National Journal Apologize for 'Mosque Attack' AdThe sad part is that this is yet another 'insensitivity' that non-Muslims are tripping over their feet to erase from existence and it's not the fist time that those upstanding citizens over at CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) have gotten their panties in a bunch over something that is harmless. This ranks up there with the 'outrage' over those Burger King deserts they recalled a few weeks back.WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said this afternoon that Boeing Co., Bell Helicopter Textron and National Journal magazine have apologized for a print advertisement depicting U.S. troops attacking a mosque.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it had received a statement of apology from Boeing, which sponsored the ad along with Bell. Boeing wrote:
"The CV-22 advertisement that appeared in the National Journal is clearly offensive, and did not proceed through the normal channels within Boeing before production.
"'We consider the ad offensive, regret its publication and apologize to those who like us are dismayed with its contents,' said Mary Foerster, Vice President of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Communications.
Was the ad intentionally geared to show American troops decending on a mosque from this new aircraft? Maybe - maybe not, but it's not like it isn't a distinct possibility, especially from the Religion of Peace™.
The sad part IMO was that Boeing was simply making as advertising point: their new aircraft is designed to transport the War Fighter such that the fight is taken to them. And like so many other people and organizations, they too caved to the impending screams of 'Racists!!' from CAIR lest they be branded as such. I'm staring to think that CAIR should stand for Cannot Argue in Intelligent Reasoning - but tying CAIR and intelligence together is an oxymoron.
Well, here is the Boeing ad (in PDF format) and you decide whether to be offended or to just shake your head and turn the page.
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Cait said:
Maybe they should have shown it descending on the Eiffel Tower.
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