Bell Canada phone ad offends the Jewbs

[CptStern]

"Belsen was a gas!"

Belsen was a nazi concentration camp where jews were gassed or shot to death ..it's most famous inmate was Anne Frank

a model for a cellphone ad was wearing a button that read "Belsen was a gas!" ..apparently the ad was enormous and the button could be clearly read from a distance ..the ad was hanging in a busy area of one of Toronto's busiest subway stations ..one that incidentily is close to a predominately jewish neighbourhood

The Solo Mobile ad, which Thursday hung high above the crowds inside Downsview Station, depicts a tearful woman wearing a series of buttons, one of which reads "Belsen was a gas," a reference to Bergen-Belsen, a Nazi concentration camp used during the Second World War.

the button is from a Sex pistols song "Belsen was a gas" ..apparently the model (dressed as a punk rocker) was wearing a pin which was popular with Sex pistols fans ..they themselves claim the song was more of a joke than anti-semitic which if you read the lyrics isnt too hard a conclusion to jump to ...seems to me that this is just a case of wardrobe not checking their props before they took the photo for the ad

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_14732.aspx

heh talk about the worst possible way to offend a group by poking fun at their most horrific tragedy

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Hahahaha. Religious people are so funny.

 

[Gunner]

Someone's gonna get fired, that's for sure.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Hahahaha. Religious people are so funny.

Not actually much do to with religion, is it? More to do with genocide.

Pretty stupid.

And hey, being part of a generation whose parents were constantly telling them "we fought a war for you," the Sex Pistols found the quickest route to shocking people was swastikas etc.

 

[DeusExMachina]

"Belsen was a gas!"

Oh man, that is clever...

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

Not actually much do to with religion, is it?

yeah, it was kinda in poor taste

 

[Nemesis6]

Why do you call Jews "jewbs"? It's akin to calling Muslims "muzzies".

 

[No Limit]

Why do you call Jews "jewbs"? It's akin to calling Muslims "muzzies".

Nice edit, took you a while to come up with that anology.

 

[kirovman]

seems to me that this is just a case of wardrobe not checking their props before they took the photo for the ad

It does seem so. Unfortunate coincidence?

 

[K e r b e r o s]

Not actually much do to with religion, is it? More to do with genocide.

Pretty stupid.

And hey, being part of a generation whose parents were constantly telling them "we fought a war for you," the Sex Pistols found the quickest route to shocking people was swastikas etc.

Wait a moment, whats stupid?

The fact a group of people were almost completely off'd in Europe, or is it the fact now they're offended by Sex Pistol fans being dorks?

 

[Sulkdodds]

I was referring to the people who made the advert, for not noticing. Something of an oversight. Genocide is also pretty stupid.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Well, at least I know what Belsen was, now.
I don't care to know the names of death camps. Seems pointless.

Button is pretty poor taste, though. He's fired.

 

[K e r b e r o s]

I was referring to the people who made the advert, for not noticing. Something of an oversight. Genocide is also pretty stupid.

Thanks, gotcha now. :thumbs: