Anti-American ads at German Subway restaurants

[bookfreak]

German restaurants have been found to have tray liners depicting cartoon burgers crashing into "twin towers" with frantic victims running from the flaming wreckage. These come on the heels of previous ads depicting a fat Statue of Liberty and a person with a mouth overflowing with french-fries. Despite complaints, the restaurants uphold their ad campaigns.



http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewCulture.asp?Page=\Culture\archive\200408\CUL20040804c.html


This is just a small segment of the German anti-American backlash. I saw an article in my local paper just this past Friday, which I will post later (I don't have it at the moment). It seems that due to the shrub the Germans despise the US quite vehemently. We can only hope that things will change after the upcoming election.

[malatesta1137]

1. bad link

[bos1]

2. Looks more like Godzilla than 9/11

This whole thing was started by Right Wingnuts, in particular the ones who apparently have the WTC painted on the inside of their glasses.

The image looks much more like a take-off on a poster for a Godzilla movie than anything to do with 9/11. It shows people running from many collapsing buildings (not twin towers) as a giant burger crashes thru the skyline. It even reminds more of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" than "the day everything changed." But some people can only see what they want to see. Lighten up.

[Kellanved]

3. snarf

About ten Subway Restaurants in the Berlin area displayed a letter sized ad for the documentary "Super Size Me".

Despite passing two Subway's every morning, I had to enter one and search for the ad - it is/was really tiny.

Anyway, an American company hanging out ads for an American Movie about another American company - which happens to be the largest Burger seller in Germany. Where please is that anti-American?
I haven't seen a "M" on the American flag - should there be one?

Despite zero echo in the local media, the whole American media echo has managed one thing: showing America as a paranoid Prima Donna.

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[bos1]

4. The Godzilla Factor, part 2

There is a lowdown on the images today at http://warcheerleaders.tripod.com

[cosmicdot]

5. that website's motto: "the Right news. Right now."

check out this poll there


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Riiiight.