Quran Burner Gets Free Car
Want a free car? Threaten to burn a Quran, the holy book of Muslims around the world. It also helps if you are a Christian pastor, and you threaten to do it on the anniversary of 9/11.
Yesterday, Gainesville pastor Terry Jones picked up a free 2011 Hyundai Accent worth $14,200 from former New York Giants tackle Brad Benson, says the Orlando Sentinel. Benson is now New Jersey’s largest car dealer. Benson gave away the car in return for a commitment to never burn the Muslim holy book.
Jones never burned the Quran, but he said that it wasn’t the free car that kept him. The pastor told The Associated Press that the offer Benson had made in a radio ad was not the reason. He took the car nonetheless.
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Anyone who is outside the New Jersey airwaves should take a listen to some of the 'regular' Brad Benson radio spots. This guy does a new rambling attempt at funny every week, like I used to do with answering machine messages. He's like the loud uncle that thinks he's hilarious. Of special note is his old '40 foot erection' announcement when he brought a goal post to the dealership.
He is constantly on NJ101.5 and uses the hot story of the week to work into a commercial. Definitely the loud uncle. Definitely not funny.
"Pastor"-dude deserved nothing more than pity, scorn, and a swift kick in the pants.
There's some inflammatory editorial license playing out here. The headline should read "Quran Non-Burner Donates Free Car to Women's Shelter", since he neither burned a book nor kept a car. But it's much more entertaining to poke fun at Christians, since they don't threaten to kill anyone for doing so.