flyingtiger1013 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,171705,00.html Subway sandwich shop chain has apologized for an ad campaign poking fun at French cowardice after some Francophiles in America complained that it was disrespectful. The ad featured a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words, "France and chicken, somehow it just goes together." A photo of a chicken dressed like Napoleon accompanied the advertisement. A spokesman for Subway said the campaign was meant to champion French cuisine. The ads were removed once company execs realized that people were offended, he said. "Saying that the French are dirty or cowards is a little bit like saying the sky is blue. Nobody is going to contest it," Denis Chazelle, a long-time French resident of the Washington area, told AFP. "I think (French bashing) is worse now than it was two years ago because, although it's not as relentless as it was, it has become a lot more accepted and part of the landscape." Scary A Halloween haunted house attraction in Birmingham, Ala. was forced to change its name after mental health advocates there complained that the name was insensitive to people with mental illnesses, reports the Associated Press. The Operators of "Slag's Insane Asylum" changed the name to "Slag's Un-ending Nightmare" and agreed to remove the image of a man in a straitjacket. Peeved Pagans Pagans in the UK forced a police department in Kent to change the name of an Halloween-era anti-crime effort because they said it was "grossly irresponsible" to link their religion's name to crime, according to the BBC. "Operation Pagan" was to be launched later this month around Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night in Ashford. Police apologized and changed the name, however, when members of the 5,000-strong Pagan Federation complained. "They wouldn't have called it Operation Christian, Operation Jew or Operation Muslim for obvious reasons, so why Operation Pagan?," said Pagan spokesman Brian Botham. 'Body Blow'? Muslims in the Seattle area are irate over an ad for the Osprey aircraft in the Armed Forces Journal that features the plane unloading a number of U.S. troops near a mosque, according to KOMO-TV. The ad -- a computer-generated composite image and not a genuine scene -- by Boeing and Bell Helicopters reads: 'It descends from the heavens" and goes on to read: "Ironically it unleashes hell." Jeff Siddiqui with the American Muslims of Puget Sound was devastated, and called on Boeing to fire the agency that produced the ad. "At first I was infuriated," he said. "Then I thought it's just one of those body-blows that Muslims and Arabs in this country keep receiving." Boeing has apologized. "We consider the ad offensive, regret its publication and apologize to those who, like us, are dismayed with its contents... We immediately requested that our partner's agency withdraw and destroy all print proofs of the advertisement." - Too bad. I would have liked to have seen that one! Hallmark Blues A mayor in Kansas is raising a stink about a Hallmark greeting card, according to the Associate Press, saying it is offensive to people of his great state. Topeka, Kan. mayor Bill Bunten officially complained about the card, which bears the title "CSI: Topeka" and features a cartoon of two people standing over a corpse, with one saying, "Looks like he was bored to death." Inside, it reads "Hope your birthday is anything but dull." "I find it offensive," Bunten said. "It's probably drawn up by somebody from West Virginia who hasn't been here." A Hallmark spokesman said the company didn't intend to offend anyone, and that they had hoped the people of Kansas would take the card in good humor. Paddy Power Catholics in Ireland are up in arms about an ad for a bookmaker that features Jesus and the Apostles gambling at the Last Supper, reports Reuters. Bookmaker Paddy Power's billboards, on display in Dublin, play on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting and show Jesus with a stack of poker chips, Judas with 30 pieces of silver and other apostles clutching hands of cards. "There's a place for fun and games," says the caption. "This is an insult to the religious sensitivities of a lot of people and should be withdrawn immediately," said Jesuit priest Micheal MacGreil. "To abuse this image, which is central to Christian beliefs, in a vulgar advertising campaign is totally and grossly inappropriate and Paddy Power should apologise to the people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Hallmark BluesA mayor in Kansas is raising a stink about a Hallmark greeting card, according to the Associate Press, saying it is offensive to people of his great state. Topeka, Kan. mayor Bill Bunten officially complained about the card, which bears the title "CSI: Topeka" and features a cartoon of two people standing over a corpse, with one saying, "Looks like he was bored to death." Inside, it reads "Hope your birthday is anything but dull." "I find it offensive," Bunten said. "It's probably drawn up by somebody from West Virginia who hasn't been here." A Hallmark spokesman said the company didn't intend to offend anyone, and that they had hoped the people of Kansas would take the card in good humor. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Oh, heaven forbid, disrespectful towards France. maybe the ad campaign should have read "Chicken and smelly hairy pitted snobs from France... two things that go together." Screw them. When they have something nice to say about us, maybe then we'll stop making fun of them. Le Boo Hoo. Le Wah. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 people need to grow spines, and stop complaining to everybody about everything. i certainly don't get offended when i see a drunken irish "stereotype". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 people need to grow spines, and stop complaining to everybody about everything. i certainly don't get offended when i see a drunken irish "stereotype". That's because it's true :jk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Oh, heaven forbid, disrespectful towards France.maybe the ad campaign should have read "Chicken and smelly hairy pitted snobs from France... two things that go together." Screw them. When they have something nice to say about us, maybe then we'll stop making fun of them. Le Boo Hoo. Le Wah. ~Bang Fetchez la vache, Fetchez la vache For those Monty Python fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soliloquy Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 - Too bad. I would have liked to have seen that one! Ask and ye shall receive: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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