tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post3276041953488947733..comments2023-11-03T11:11:57.989+01:00Comments on Chronicles from the Front: Hyundai's Blasphemous World Cup Advert: a call to actionLazy Disciplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-16412247292399690462010-06-16T16:38:07.508+01:002010-06-16T16:38:07.508+01:00Thanks, Geremia!
I posted about Hyundai pulling t...Thanks, Geremia!<br /><br />I posted about Hyundai pulling the ad the other day. Several people have received the same letter.<br /><br />Best,<br />LDLazy Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-16790977300594395702010-06-15T20:27:15.371+01:002010-06-15T20:27:15.371+01:00I just received this email from them, as did other...I just received this email from them, as did others on WDTPRS:<br /><br /><i>Hello and thank you for your feedback regarding Hyundai advertising.<br /><br />Hyundai Motor America would like to thank you and other consumers for sharing concerns about a new ad titled "Wedding" which aired during the opening games of the FIFA World Cup broadcast last week. We take comments of this nature very seriously. Because of feedback like yours, we have removed the ad from all Hyundai communications and stopped airing it.<br /><br />We credit the passionate World Cup viewers and Hyundai owners for raising this issue to us. The unexpected response created by the ad, which combined both soccer and religious motifs to speak to the passion of international soccer fans, prompted us to take a more critical and informed look at the spot. Though unintentional, we now see it was insensitive. We appreciate your feedback and hope you will accept our sincere apologies.<br /><br />With appreciation,<br /><br />Hyundai Motor America</i><br /><br />Also, it looks like they have made an effort to pull the ad off TV and online: <a href="http://www.ewtnnews.com/new.php?id=931" rel="nofollow">Hyundai pulls television ad after Catholic uproar</a>Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-82640702304144550922010-06-15T15:58:33.652+01:002010-06-15T15:58:33.652+01:00Dear Geremia,
You might enjoy this post.Dear Geremia,<br /><br />You might enjoy <a href="http://fidetrat.blogspot.com/2008/10/pax-and-salaam-are-they-same-thing.html" rel="nofollow">this post</a>.Lazy Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-60513023308435508572010-06-15T15:50:05.944+01:002010-06-15T15:50:05.944+01:00Islam advocates killing infidels (e.g., see this Q...Islam advocates killing infidels (e.g., see <a href="http://al-quran.info/?x=y#&&sura=4&aya=89&trans=en-george_sale&show=both,quran-simple&ver=2.00" rel="nofollow">this Quran verse</a>, among many others), so in a sense it is a "rite" of that "religion," <a href="http://sententiaedeo.blogspot.com/2010/06/assenting-to-things-above-natural.html" rel="nofollow">really a totalitarian political ideology</a>.Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-40552936849747094632010-06-15T06:52:50.939+01:002010-06-15T06:52:50.939+01:00Dear Sean Yates,
I do find the VW ad to be in par...Dear Sean Yates,<br /><br />I do find the VW ad to be in particularly poor taste, though, in order for it to be offensive in a way similar to the Hyundai advert, suicide bombing would have to be a rite of Muslim religion.<br /><br />Are you really arguing this?<br /><br />Best,<br />LDLazy Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-47066685265937378302010-06-14T20:42:32.062+01:002010-06-14T20:42:32.062+01:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOY-5uxeaYQ
EQUALI...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOY-5uxeaYQ<br /><br />EQUALITY!!!<br /><br />get a clue peopleSean Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00595417432968699684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-75415735968398518142010-06-14T18:40:31.646+01:002010-06-14T18:40:31.646+01:00Geremia,
I visited, and followed, your most excel...Geremia,<br /><br />I visited, and followed, your most excellent blog. Very interesting stuff!Lazy Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-43043370412574171632010-06-14T18:16:48.312+01:002010-06-14T18:16:48.312+01:00Dear Geremia,
Thanks so much for visiting the blo...Dear Geremia,<br /><br />Thanks so much for visiting the blog and making use of the sample letter. I hope to see you here again, soon (and in this, I am confident that I speak also for my colleague in blogging, the HP).<br /><br />Best,<br />LD<br /><br />p.s. "mimicKry" is an archaic, but acceptable, spelling.Lazy Disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839410764981702225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-83477608591147897252010-06-14T17:09:50.760+01:002010-06-14T17:09:50.760+01:00Thanks for the sample letter. I faxed it to them a...Thanks for the sample letter. I faxed it to them at <b>714-593-3500 and 714-965-5070</b>.<br /><br />Also, "mimickry" is spelled "mimicry" (no "k").Geremiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812810552682098086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37352287.post-5890762624834644632010-06-14T13:03:51.996+01:002010-06-14T13:03:51.996+01:00Well written.
I saw someone comment that they tho...Well written.<br /><br />I saw someone comment that they thought what was being mocked was the soccer culture, not the Eucharist and the Church. Somehow that doesn't wash with me.<br /><br />At best, the message seems to be a trivialization of religious belief and practice: "isn't it curious how humans get passionate about one thing or another?"CDEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01442791960391683444noreply@blogger.com