Bin Laden says "boycott French clothing brand Attentats" in new video

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Posted by dabitch on 9. February 2008 - 12:08

Yes, of course it's just an ad. This is Adland after all. Sheesh, you didn't think I was serious did you?
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Submitted by Hygge on 9. February 2008 - 20:30.
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Weird...

Submitted by areia on 10. February 2008 - 12:17.
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I laughed. Am I going to hell now?

Submitted by tod.brody on 10. February 2008 - 12:31.
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Yes, and there won't be fourteen virgins waiting for you!

Submitted by alex on 11. February 2008 - 12:10.
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Christoph Luxenberg's recent study of the Koran, translating from Syriac rather than Arabic, points out that the so-called 72 virgins, were more likely to have been 72 'white raisins of crystal clarity'. Not as much fun, I suppose.

Submitted by tod.brody on 11. February 2008 - 12:35.
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The Guardian has a good article, Virgins? What virgins?, on the translation of the word, Abkarun, and the correct number of Abkarun given to martyrs in the Koran.

But I only metioned fourteen for areia because you don't get full credit for just laughing.

Submitted by dabitch on 11. February 2008 - 13:41.
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Submitted by Imanaddy on 11. February 2008 - 14:09.
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You are evil!

Submitted by Allan1 on 15. February 2008 - 19:22.
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For whatever reason*, I can't see the additional vid the Dabitch posted.

However, just the other day some friends & I were discussing the 72 virgin thing. Turns out (according to one of my friends), it's actually 72 Virginians you get to be with when you die. So the 911 hijackers get to see Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Drury [he played the title character on the old TV series, "The Virginian" - and I don't even think he's dead - and IMDb agrees with me], etc.

:-)

Allan...
* => This is most likely due to restrictions on my client's site, rather than a problem with Adland/Ad-rag/Commercial-Archive/....

"Remember, no matter where you go... There you are." (Buckaroo Banzai).
"Hey, barkeep, 2 Rock Over Hip-Hops and 1 Bach Over Vivaldi with ice."

Submitted by Wendall on 14. February 2008 - 14:17.
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This ad would either be wildly successful or burned at the stake in the USA. Probably both.

Submitted by dabitch on 15. February 2008 - 17:04.
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Which makes it a perfect viral, really. (even if it doesn't brand-build /shift goods)

Submitted by tod.brody on 15. February 2008 - 19:44.
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Yeah, your client probably doesn't want people sitting around all day watching YouTube on their time. :-)

Submitted by Allan1 on 15. February 2008 - 22:39.
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They really don't even want me doing this!

Yeah, YouTube is blocked, as is CNN.COM video, MySpace, and my Gmail accounts, Yahoo accounts, and MSN account.

Oh well...

Allan...
"Remember, no matter where you go... There you are." (Buckaroo Banzai).
"Hey, barkeep, 2 Rock Over Hip-Hops and 1 Bach Over Vivaldi with ice."

Submitted by tod.brody on 15. February 2008 - 22:55.
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They have some nerve. ;-)

Submitted by adlib on 16. February 2008 - 12:16.
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youtube and myspace have been blocked at my office as well, so I couldn't see this until I got home. Holy politically uncorrect batman.

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