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[NittanyLion]

Wow this is rediculous, its a damn scarf...



http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...3-23109,00.html

DUNKIN' Donuts has reportedly axed an online advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray over a fringed black-and-white scarf that critics said offered symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.

In the ad, Ray wears the scarf around her neck and holds an iced coffee.

US critics, including conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, complained that the scarf looked similar to the black-and-white checkered kaffiyeh, the traditional Palestinian scarf, the Associated Press reported.

The kaffiyeh "has come to symbolise murderous Palestinian jihad. Popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos, the apparel has been mainstreamed by both ignorant (and not-so-ignorant) fashion designers, celebrities, and left-wing icons," Ms Malkin said.

Dunkin' Donuts told AP the scarf had a paisley design, and was selected by a stylist for the advertising shoot.

"Absolutely no symbolism was intended," the company said.

But the Dunkin' Donuts ad was pulled because "the possibility of misperception detracted from its original intention to promote our iced coffee," the Associated Press reported.

Ms Malkin later said it was "refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists".

[devilsfan0405]

When will people stop over-analyzing every little thing that they see? Enough already. Doesn't this Ms. Malkin have anything better to concern herself with?

[hens13]

devilsfan0405, on May 29 2008, 12:01 PM, said:

When will people stop over-analyzing every little thing that they see? Enough already. Doesn't this Ms. Malkin have anything better to concern herself with?

Mr. Malkin has a stanley cup to win, lol. Things that go on t.v. are always over-analysed now a days. When you can link one thing to another, people get mad.

[LocalOnthe8s]

Seriously, why do people have to make big conclusions on minor things?

[vascudave]

personally.....i'm glad. if the stupid scarf could have been misunderstood to look like a kaffiyeh, then i'm glad they didn't use it. it always seems we're being sensative to all others around the globe, but when it come to home, we have to take crap from everyone else. i think i'll go by a cup of d.d. now.