"If We Have a Sense of Humor, I Expect Them to Have One as Well"
As a Jew with a pretty solid claim on owning a functional sense of humor, I have to say that Hadar Goldman, co-owner of the Zarmon Goldman advertising agency in Tel Aviv, is being disingenuous. His company's ad, depicting a wild-eyed Arab sheik wailing on a Nissan Tilda for its [theoretical] effect on his bank balance, is over-the-top, over-the-line and not-so-funny. What if an Arabian agency created an ad that portrayed Jews as money-grubbing shysters? "It's a humorous campaign that was loved by both the Jewish and Arab worlds," Nissan spinmeister Daniella Ribenbach told The Jerusalem Post. Uh, we'd like to see some data on that Danny. Meanwhile, "It's my opinion that Nissan made a huge error by igniting these [racist] instincts," official Hani al-Wafa told Saudi Arabian TV. "In order for Nissan to keep its interests in the region, it must apologize." And so it will.
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What is offensive about the commercial? He threw his shoe?
Im not arab or Jewish, I kind of find stereo types funny... ok, they are really funny! but this was over the line and just not funny at all, at least the VW add with the terrorist car bomb made me laugh!! This was over the top, offensive and downright stupid! Im with you Robert, these guys went too far.