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ddvmor


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Sounds like the title for another Indy movie... but it's not. It's a bit of ultra-conservative nonsense from our good friends across the Atlantic!

US chain drops 'terror scarf' ad
The US chain Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an advert following complaints that the scarf worn by a celebrity chef offered symbolic support for Islamic extremism.

The online advert for iced coffee featured the well-known US television chef Rachael Ray.

She was wearing a black-and-white checked scarf around her neck that resembled a traditional Arab keffiyeh.

This fashion choice incensed at least one prominent conservative blogger, who said it evoked extremist videos.

The blogger, Michelle Malkin, called the garment "a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos".

Stylist's choice

Other criticism followed and the coffee and doughnuts chain has now decided to drop the advert.

In a statement, Dunkin' Donuts said the silk scarf had been "selected by Rachael Ray's stylist and that no symbolism was intended.

"But given the possibility of misperception the commercial was no longer being used."

This has caused a fair amount of consternation in some quarters but the conservative blogger at the centre of the row has praised the decision.

"Fashion statements may seem insignificant, but when they lead to the mainstreaming of violence - unintentionally or not - they matter," Ms Malkin has written.



Uh oh. terrorists sometimes wear trousers, too! Let's ban trousers shall we, Ms Malkin!

-- Edited by ddvmor at 13:19, 2008-06-02

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JonnyStead


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Um and they have hair and they breathe air - and walk on the ground! we'd better ban ALL of that too!

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It's silly but in these times somewhat understandable...I don't blame Dunkin' Donuts for pulling the ad...

By the same token, I wouldn't walk through Harlem in a white sheet if I was going to a masquerade party as Casper the Ghost...Too much chance of misunderstood intentions...Ben

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Aodan


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this is the 3rd time I've seen this topic come up. And it makes me cringe every time.

Sometimes.. a scarf is just a scarf. Apparently, this has been a fashion trend since the mid 80s. For whatever reason the hipsters adopted the look. Incidentally, if you do a GIS for keffiyeh, the first page is nearly entirely hipsters.

As for Michelle Malkin.. she is a waste of oxygen. I wish she would be sent on a mission to the space station and get lost along the way.

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