sam sall
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Dubai newspaper publishes 9/11-themed anti-smoking advertisement
September 18th 2007 02:40
Found on Reddit, this ad was placed in The Khaleej Times, a paper in Dubai.
Personally, I don't find the ad offensive, merely factual. It doesn't appear to slanting an opinion one way or the other, instead, it uses the tragedy to illuminate the effect of smoking.
Of course, one could argue that the paper is suggesting that the Sept. 11 attacks were a minor event compared to other, more deadly causes for death.
Most of the comments on the Reddit thread are preoccupied with the idea of smoking that, surprisingly, there hasn't been any infighting about the nature of the ad.
Personally, I don't find the ad offensive, merely factual. It doesn't appear to slanting an opinion one way or the other, instead, it uses the tragedy to illuminate the effect of smoking.
Of course, one could argue that the paper is suggesting that the Sept. 11 attacks were a minor event compared to other, more deadly causes for death.
Most of the comments on the Reddit thread are preoccupied with the idea of smoking that, surprisingly, there hasn't been any infighting about the nature of the ad.
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Possibly hard to run the same add in the West and not get an angry response from a noisy minority.
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damo, I can imagine an angry response, it's true..
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