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Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:11:16 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#11 <i>Dennis ads aren't using jihadist imagery to mock car buyers, they're mocking jihad to entice people to buy cars.</i><p> And the Smirnoff ad campaign is mocking gangsta rap tropes in order to sell vodka drinks. Do you honestly think anyone is actually go Fri, 6 Oct 2006 22:23:20 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#10 <i>Jihad is important.  Some of the branches of Shia hold jihad to be as central to their faith as prayer and making the hajj. So, when a car dealership tries to get some cheap chuckles out of using the imagery of terrorists loaded into their cars by Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:43:30 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#9 <i>would be like using Christian images of Christ's crucifixion to sell nail guns.</i><p> Frankly, this sounds awesome. Fri, 6 Oct 2006 19:32:18 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#8 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad">Jihad is important</a>.  Some of the branches of Shia hold jihad to be as central to their faith as prayer and making the hajj.  So, when a car dealership tries to get some cheap chuckles out of using Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:30:28 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#7 <i>The latter has all the trappings of equally offensive to the African-American community as the auto campaign: appropriated language and actions for the sake of profit, and mockery from a culture which has typically been antagonistic to urban blacks. No Fri, 6 Oct 2006 18:22:10 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/26/172457/586#6 <i>In Islam, jihad has a number of meanings that don't just refer to terrorism. 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