Dipshit Advertising, Inc.
Do you drive fewer miles annually than a 9/11 terrorist?
Via @jackshafer, guess whose face showed up on an ad:
Casey Chan posts on Jalopnik about the inclusion of Mohammed Atta's face in this ad:
How the hell does this happen? Well no one really knows exactly. The best guess is that InsuranceSavings, the website who posted the ad, was using random images from the wide web of the Internet as their advertisement photo. And knowing how dark and screwy that wide web could be, is it really all that surprising that somebody plastered the face of a terrorist on a driver license? Ugh.
Stealing images has its price. As does hiring idiots who are unable to recognize one of the most recognizable terrorist faces in the world.
On the other hand, Atta is unlikely to sue for the unauthorized use of his image. I mean, what if they used Oprah?
Steve Daniels at February 24, 2012 9:12 AM
Kinda blew up on 'em, huh?
BlogDog at February 24, 2012 9:16 AM
The subliminal message is drive more, or you're going to die. Brought to you by the Saudi Arabian oil industry, no doubt.
MarkD at February 24, 2012 1:01 PM
What's with jihadis and eyeliner?
Janet C at February 24, 2012 4:13 PM
Did Dipshit, Inc. use this picture out of plain ignorance? Or did they do this deliberately, as in: "There is no such thing as bad publicity"? The former would be just stupid, but the latter would be quite mean and cheap in my opinion.
Rainer at February 25, 2012 3:41 PM
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