Actually that is pretty funny. How is this the "worse possible stereotype"?
I can thing of a lot worse stereotypes that could apply to this group (rich arab oilmen). Can't you? I think, even without the benefit of understanding Russian, the message is clear. "Rich oilmen hate this car, because it saves gas" It definitely uses a stereotype. I saw a man in front of a limo with robes and a head covering. I didn't think he was the chauffeur. Nor the valet. I believed he was rich, and the limo was for him. Why? Not sure. When he attacked the car, I didn't think it was because he hates cars, or because it belonged to his ex wife, or it was in his parking spot. I "knew" it was because he was in the oil business, and he was attacking the car because it claims to get good gas mileage. (The same way I knew why the gas pump was attacking cars in a recent American ad campaign. Which is patently unfair to nonviolent gaspumps everywhere). If asked before that where the "rich man" got his money, i might have guessed oil, but real estate, import/export, inheritance, investments or construction would have been guesses as well. Where are the hateful stereotypes? On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Its understandable though, how would you react if a Mexican ad depicted > Jewish Americans using the worse possible stereotype. Its the same reason > many blacks are objecting to that nasty Mexican comic, > http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/09/mexican.comic/?iref=hpmostpop > > In other words its feeding prejudice and stereotyping. > > > Israeli TV Ad Spoof of Oil-Rich Arabs Fuels Saudi Anger > > > > Saudi Arabia is not laughing at an Israeli television commercial and > > has threatened to boycott the Nissan car company if it does not cancel > > its commercial spoofing oil-rich Arabs. > > > > The Russian-language Israeli advertisement shows viewers wealthy Arabs > > as being furious over the Nissan car because of its relatively low use > > of gasoline. A Saudi official told a television interviewer that he is > > demanding that Nissan apologize for the commercial or face a boycott. > > > > http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/151045 > > > > Saudi Arabia is, of course, the one people think of when they think > > oil rich Arabs. At least they're the first name that pops up. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
