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[Pic] There's NO WAY the Dubai Newspaper Printed an Ad Like this on 9/11!

bp3.blogger.com — That's just freakin rediculous!

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  • vinblackham, on 11/02/2007, -25/+741...can't believe I spelled "ridiculous" wrong either!!!
    • duggtodeath, on 10/10/2007, -9/+126Stop smoking.
      • Kinneas12, on 10/10/2007, -11/+43http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1554/picture2bj6.png
      • DavidBGie, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8Those 5.4 million people chose to smoke. By the way, people knew cigarettes where bad for you in the 60's. They were not "tricked". The victims of 9/11 had no choice. That ad is stupid and the people who believe it are morons.
        • dyckdownunder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Am I the only one who sees the point of the ad? Its not about choice, its about bringing a sense of perspective to the issue. Everyone agrees 9/11 (or like everywhere else is the world, 11/9) was a tragedy, but not many people see the tragedy of smoking, or the scope of it's destruction. Its an excellent way to relate it. I applaud the ad.
          • DavidBGie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15.4 million people taking a chance on cancer, knowing it then dying later is NOT a tragedy! The 9/11 victims did not bring on their own death someone decided to kill them. There is NO comparison ... PERIOD! Wake up stupid people!!!!!!
    • DrMonkeyLove, on 10/10/2007, -22/+4Yeah, that's pretty frickin' ridiculous.
    • FizixMan, on 10/10/2007, -32/+501I think it's more ridiculous that we keep placing 9/11 on this high pedestal when there are FAR WORSE atrocities happening in the world.
      • FTLJohnson, on 10/10/2007, -14/+195Like the fact that it's approaching over one million civilians dead in Iraq?
        • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -21/+8no, that the value of the usa dollar is in free fall.

          peg the value of 1 dollar to 1 gallon of premium gasoline,
          then see what happens.
          • aposter, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Cool, now get a few trillion gallons of gasoline stockpiled to back your gasollar and we can try it.
        • robisfunky, on 10/10/2007, -31/+14 The "Million Dead" thing is a total lie. Don't believe everything you hear.
          • Gerz1219, on 10/10/2007, -8/+27Don't disbelieve everything you hear either.
          • theodenking, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13I believe numerous corroborating independent studies...
          • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -17/+1@ Gerz1219:

            Wow, yeah, that's great logic. /sarc

            Just because you're arguing with an idiot, Gerz, doesn't mean you're immune from making an ass of yourself. Respond to illogic with logic. It works wonders.
          • Gerz1219, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Well, to be fair, he didn't really give me much to argue with. There is a study which claims the Iraqi death toll might be approaching 1 million.

            http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-iraq14sep14,1,1207545.story?coll=la-news-a_section&ctrack=1&cset=true

            Basically, neither the US, British, or Iraqi governments want to keep track of civilian deaths or release hard numbers to the public, because any realistic numbers will make them all look bad. So we're left with a case of independent organizations using polling data to arrive at an estimate, which will be disputed out of hand by any of the three governments no matter how accurate those numbers are.

            It's probably safe to assume that the real number is somewhat lower than what is currently cited by anti-war groups. But at the same time, the number of deaths is almost certainly higher than whatever Bush will admit to. This is not exactly an administration which has a history of transparency and forthrightness.

            My point was simply that while it's a mistake to believe every number you hear, it's similarly a bad response to disbelieve the million-dead figure simply because you support the war. And you can't call it a total lie without providing some form of counter-evidence. The government's counter-evidence essentially amounts to "Nuh-uh!", and Bush has done little to earn the benefit of the doubt.
          • bleep1912, on 10/10/2007, -11/+6The jewish holocaust is a lie too, only about 5000 died.
        • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23Yep, so our government has caused, what, 250 9/11's now?
        • Wargalas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Unfortunately, when you do the math, the whole "one million civilians dead" talking point doesn't pan out. That's an exaggeration that's been spit out over and over by people on the left. Assuming that we've been in this war for 5 years, that means over 547 people killed in Iraq EACH AND EVERY DAY for 5 years. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that's just not the case.
      • 4rch, on 10/10/2007, -11/+60Don't you understand FizixMan? It happened to us, and as we all know, we're so much more important than the rest of the world.
      • hulez, on 10/10/2007, -35/+4OMG a paradox. 3 identicle comments, 2 got digg down and 1 got digg up, which can only meannnn......... STOP TROLLING FAG
        • luchid, on 10/10/2007, -8/+23You know there was a study that linked homophobia to repressed homosexuality. You shouldn't be throwing that word around. It just shows how much of a tiny miserable bigoted ***** you are.
          • Universe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Does that mean that you are the one that is actually a *****?
          • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8I call ***** on "there was a study that linked homophobia to repressed homosexuality". Give us some evidence of such a thing, I've never heard of that. If it's true, I want to read it. Otherwise, you're just as irritating as the guy you're attempting to slam for diggs.
          • BastionKane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ok here it is. No *****
            This was in the journal of abnormal psychology 1996
            http://www.oogachaga.com/downloads/homophobia_and_homosexual_arousal.pdf
        • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1-
      • xjedi, on 10/10/2007, -9/+59/11 is important because it set other things in motion. Yeah, worse things happen all around the world, but 911 caused a lot of things to take place which caused some of those bad things to happen.
        • ManOfMiracles, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12What your describing is called the "Retard's butterfly effect". Of course bad things happened "after" 9/11, doesn't mean it set many bad things in motion, the few I can think of: Invading Iraq (disaster so far), our slippery slope to a police state. Killings in Darfur, India and Pakistan with Kashmir, Civil Wars in the Middle East...ALL happening before 9/11...and now after. Wake up people, the US is not the center of the freaking Universe.
        • wookieface, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1And then a lot of other things happened which also caused some other things to happen...
      • Darkside2984, on 10/10/2007, -15/+3Go back to Russia, commie.
        • phirestyle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Go back to whore island, smelly pirate hooker...
        • TheLoneHoot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Obviously you are a highly intelligent man, based on your well thought out comment-- er, oh, uh... no wait... no - it's confirmed: Your a *****. Sorry.
      • demusdesign, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6http://www.savedarfur.org
    • FizixMan, on 10/10/2007, -80/+13I think it's more ridiculous that we keep placing 9/11 on this high pedestal when there are FAR WORSE atrocities happening in the world.
    • FizixMan, on 10/10/2007, -86/+11I think it's more ridiculous that we keep placing 9/11 on this high pedestal when there are FAR WORSE atrocities happening in the world.

      Feel free to digg me down Americans.
      • LethalAmbition, on 10/10/2007, -7/+58Digg you down for commenting it three times you ass.
        • FizixMan, on 10/10/2007, -9/+34I blame Digg. and/or my firefox browser. Hell, I even refreshed the page just to double check. And apparently editing my own comments results in a new one. Geez. I never thought I'd be one of these people double posting -- but triple?
          • AmusedToDeath, on 11/07/2007, -8/+4Typical. It's someone else's fault, right?
          • TheLoneHoot, on 11/07/2007, -1/+2It's happend to me before a few times. Also unable to comment to some, but able to comment to others in the same thread.
    • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -15/+53Get over it. You are reacting like the nutjobs who want that cartoonist killed for daring to do another Mohamad cartoon.
      • Spuy767, on 10/10/2007, -7/+11No one is calling for, or performing beheadings, we are simply saying that it's probably in poor taste.
        • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+13I don't think it's in poor taste. In fact, I think it gets its point across really well. They're saying that 9/11 was a tragedy, and even more tragedies happen each year due to smoking. They're using a well known event that people can relate to.
      • diggimator, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3Killing is wrong, but Mohammad cartoons were culturally insensitive and wrong. And being ignortant of other's cultures should be no excuse to support such behaviour either.
        • iamafatguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7It's a fricking cartoon. Get over it.
        • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6its not being ignorant of other cultures. im not a muslim so its not against the "rules" for me to draw mohammed. i dont give a ***** about what your religion says you can and cant do, im not a part of it.
        • ShadowMerchant, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2I don't give a ***** what the Muslims think, we'll make any God damn ***** cartoons we want, it's our right as free citizens. In fact, the more they get pissed off the better, it will help us identify the radicals who need killing.

          ***** Islam, piss on the dog Mahommed, I ***** on the beard of the pig ***** demon Allah. I wipe my ass with the filthy Koran. Any Muslims reading this, be warned, we're tired of your ***** and you are going to be dragged into the modern world by harsh pitiless force.

          • ashwin100, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Shunning religion is one thing, but insulting it with the sole purpose of offending those who follow it is a little messed up. I'm going to stereotype you as a redneck hick who thinks he is being patriotic, when you're being more idiotic.
          • Mrstupid7, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Did you know that Jesus was gay? Otherwise how could you explain his total disinterest in women?
          • TheLoneHoot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1But what do you think of Islam overall? (/sarc)
            ShadowMerchant, you don't need to answer this (in fact, please don't!), but how would you feel if people drew cartoons of jesus getting butt ***** by one or more of his disciples? Suppose you saw a picture of an "ol' timey" outhouse and instead of a trusty sears catalog for toilet paper, they had a bible hanging on a rope? Personally, I'd find it funny, but I'm betting you wouldn't.
            I'm going with ashwin100 above, you're probably a redneck ***** trying to be an internet tough guy. The obvious conclusion is you're over compensating for your tiny penis.
    • maddhopps10, on 10/10/2007, -5/+55why would you say something's rediculous, when clearly it's bluedicrous
    • culbeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I think he forgot where he was and it was a play on "Reddit" Oh wait! Reddit doesn't have descriptions.
    • arjie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+62You know, I thought that was a pretty good ad.
    • chieferer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6And I can't believe it's not butter!
    • Nudar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Not a bad deal. It's an easy way to make 100+ diggs on an post. Spell something wrong in the article description and then correct it in the first post. I see it over and over again.
      • diggimator, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I see...
        1. Spell something wrong in the article description and then correct it in the first post.
        2. ????
        3. Profit 100+ diggs.
    • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I can.
      PS. It's a great ad.
    • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Paid for by Phillip Morris.
    • jstohler, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2It's cool how they knew what was going to happen on 9/11 so they could coordinate the ad. That's called synergy, kids.
      • alexkreuz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It wasn't beforehand. The ad came out on 9/11/2007, not 9/11/2001.

        By 2007, even you knew knew what happened on 9/11.
  • 97thfloor, on 11/02/2007, -201/+11Thanks for putting me in a pissed off mood for the rest of the day.
    • kevyn, on 10/10/2007, -9/+126get over it
      • JacNet, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36You forgot the "Here are some planks, nails, a hammer and a saw. Build a bridge and" part.
        • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12hehe, you tricked me with the build a bridge part. On a side note, digg has made me assume every list of items will end with a sexual fetish.
        • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2How about "Here are two posts, five big nails and a hammer. Build a cross and "
    • shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -14/+83Go get ***** you over sensitive nancy.
      • Estaris, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3nancy lol Hi I'm not from the USA .. How do you do?
    • bradmoreland, on 10/10/2007, -49/+9If you think that ad is offensive you should have seen the one MasterCard ran a couple years ago:
      http://turkback.com/priceless.jpg
      • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38Either you're sarcastic and you're linking to an image using the whole cliched "And for everything else, there's mastercard", or you -actually- think they ran the advert, and linked to a site called anus.com
        Whichever it is, you lose.
      • chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2Are you retarded? It's clearly photoshopped.
      • AmusedToDeath, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9bradmoreland, I think you're offensive because you obviously thought it was funny. I hope you're never forced to jump out of a burning building you prick.
    • Trax91, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2You're welcome.
    • hulez, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6YOUR RUINING MY /B/ EXPERIENCE
    • Webbster, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Will you please fcuking move on with your life. Stop living in the past Giuliani.
  • shadeclothing, on 11/02/2007, -55/+9Wacky Tobacky!
  • harrisbradley, on 11/02/2007, -71/+5Ouch, that picture hurt.
    • insanebrain, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38so does smoking. .
      • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Smoking is a personal choice. Getting killed by an airplane or a falling building while you're at work is a bit different.
  • hotspot102, on 11/02/2007, -11/+630Seems to me, like were scared of all the wrong things.
    • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -14/+247yeah, who the ***** is going to fly a plane into a cigarette? That's just freakin rediculous. boogie down.
    • Pritchard, on 10/10/2007, -7/+10That ad woulda been better if someone was blowing out a puff of smoke that looked like a nuclear bomb explosion, and the words told us how many Hiroshimas the yearly smoking-related deaths are. Yeah guys. We drop two nukes - the only ones ever use for war. Both put together are less than the (apparent) deaths from smoking, YEARLY

      That ad would totally make me smoke then immediately quick just to be a patriot of some sort. What sort, I'm not sure.
      • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2No there were two more which were accidently dropped on NORTH CAROLINA and didnt detonate.
        • jedi924, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6He used the phrase "the only ones ever used FOR WAR"
          Unless the US was at war with North Carolina at the time, his statement is still correct.
    • toetagger, on 10/10/2007, -4/+13Puts things into perspective. The flu kills 35K Americans EVERY year. Should we suspend the constitution?
    • hulez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+24The government always compares car crashes to alcohol and tobacco related deaths so why cant we compare it to 9/11 too?
    • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Sad that I had to scroll down through this many comments just to find someone who got the point of the ad.
    • skyshock1, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Smoking is a decision you make. Getting blasted by a ***** plane wasn't a decision those people made on 9/11. ***** ***** marketing people....
      • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3When you're told it's cool, not that bad for you, and everybody's doing it at the age of 14, then get addicted, because it's more potent than heroin, then that "decision" thing you mention becomes quite nebulous.
        • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3sorry still a decision. stop blaming others for your ignorance, even if it was at 14.
        • Touchy610, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Who the ***** doesn't realize that cigarettes are bad for you? I've been told by every non-smoker since I could understand English that smoking is bad for you. It's been pounded into my brain by family members, teachers, even complete strangers. It's made me want to kick whoever owns Truth, the people that make those annoying ass ads, in the crotch.
        • Mrstupid7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I don't think I was ever told any of those things, except when I saw cool people smoking when I was a kid.

          In fact, everyone told me it was dangerous.
          • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1well maybe the reaction it causes in animals would clue you in or the thousand other things that are blatantly obvious.
    • Malarie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Giuliani is advertising 9/11 every day of his campaign.
  • Napoleone, on 11/04/2007, -27/+1344Perhaps it's in poor taste, but at least it does put things in proper perspective.

    We face more likely mortal dangers every day of our lives, yet no one seems to panic about them as much as with terrorism. We need ads like that over here, so people can wake the ***** up.
    • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -7/+89shhhhhhhhhhhh!
      • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -10/+63it.
        • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+53So it's true. Digg really is the 3rd grade of the internet(s).
          • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+57I dugg you even though you insulted me. Simply because your name is OMGWTFROFLMAOx2 and I found it ironic.

            Would you like to play kickball with me?
          • capiCrimm, on 10/10/2007, -20/+3I dugg you even though you insulted me. Only because your name is OMGWTFROFLMAOx2 and I found that ironic.

            Would you like to play kickball with me?
          • Neo189, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I dugg you even though you insulted me. Simply because your name is OMGWTFROFLMAOx2 and I found it ironic.

            Would you like to play kickball with me?
        • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I see what you did there.
    • BlackStorm, on 10/14/2007, -10/+116Damn right man!! I agree 100%. Sure, 9/11 was bad, but when placed in comparison with other things that end human life, it seems small. Plus, 9/11 happened once in the last 6 years, where as there were roughly 32.4 million smoking related deaths in the last 6 years. (o.0) But, 9/11 we can't forget about. =/ At least we got our priorities straight.

      - Dustin
      • xxBondsxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14more people have died from overdoses of tylenol and advil than from terrorist attacks EVER (with the major attacks including 9/11, the first WTC, and timothy, etc)
      • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -15/+6People DECIDE to smoke, no one DECIDED to get burnt to death in a god damn tower. ***** people. And as far as I'm concerned we need a little chlorine in the gene pool.
        • Poltras, on 10/10/2007, -3/+17Hey you mean my mom decided to have breast cancer? And my friend decided to have sex with a girl with HIV who didn't tell him? And that boy I saw having a car accident? He decided the guy would have been drunk?
          Get some facts about what's killing. Tobacco is getting less and less popular every day.

          But of course, no one care about HIV in Africa or elsewhere. Breast cancer researches are underfunded. And people still drive drunk without nobody around them asking their keys. Meanwhile, billions of dollars a week are spent to save people we shouldn't care (from a "we still have problems at home" point of view) in a pretext that was admittedly false, using terrorism as a trigger. Nice perspective.
        • Sethbacca, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Actually, about your friend who slept with the chick with HIV. Yeah he did decide to have sex with her or not. If he didn't wrap his junk before getting in bed, knowing full well the type of STD's that are out there, then it was his responsibility. Sorry, I'll probably get dugg down for this but if you don't know that you're playing Russian roulette with every chick you sleep with then you're fooling yourself. I know full well what I'm getting into when I go to bed with a chick and it's nobodys fault but my own if I catch some crotch rot.
          • KennMac, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3There are so many things wrong with your statement here, it makes me sad that you exist.
          • Sethbacca, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4It makes me sad to know that you can't differentiate between a disease that happens randomly based upon gender and race factors and a disease that occurs because someone makes the CHOICE to have intercourse with another human being. I'm sorry but HIV is preventable, don't sleep with every person you meet, nice and easy. I can sympathize on the breast cancer as my grandmother died of it, I can sympathize on the not choosing to get killed by a drunk driver because i know people who have been killed by drunk drivers. I'm just saying you can't lump in getting HIV with those 2 circumstances because it's a choice you make to sleep with someone, it's an irrefutable fact (unless you get it via a transfusion, but thats not what we're talking about here)
          • Onyxblaze, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Then I hope you never sleep with someone.
          • WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3@Onyx: I don't think we have to worry about that happening...
          • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Do you people refute the fact that HIV caught through consensual sex is anyone's fault but your own?! WTF is up with that? If you CHOOSE to have sex with someone, it's YOUR fault if they give you an STD, because it's YOUR fault that you slept with them. How can anyone with even a basic understanding of free will not get this?! He's not insulting Poltras, people, he's pointing out that one of Poltras's examples doesn't belong in the same category as the other two!
          • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If you live in some areas in Africa basically the only way to not be exposed to HIV is find a way to leave. You can't safely have sex with anyone, you're not safe in hospitals, it's a plague. Also, there is so much misinformation in Africa; there are actually campaigns which insinuate that condoms CAUSE HIV there in order to promote abstinence. Comparing HIV there to here is completely different.
        • BlackStorm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I understand people choose to smoke, but the ad was talking about smoking RELATED deaths. Not deaths caused by some ass clown who smoked for 30 years and died of lung cancer. Second hand smoke is a smoking related death.

          - Dustin
          • Mrstupid7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Show me one credible example of someone dying of second hand smoke.
      • dclowd9901, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5God, I hate when people sign their comments. I can almost imagine them doing that half thumbs-up pointing thing while saying their name and winking at you. I, NOR ANYONE ELSE GIVES A ***** WHO YOU REALLY ARE. Plus it makes you look like a douche.
        • Eronamanthius, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5"Plus it makes you look like a douche."
          That's the pot calling the kettle black.
        • BlackStorm, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Well, to each his own I guess. I sign mine to make it more personal, so people know me. If you don't want people knowing that you are a 13 year old little boy who has no friends, I can understand why.

          - Dustin *Thumbs-up* *Wink*
      • hoovcluck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1smoking RELATED you *****. They contributed to someone's death they were not the sole cause.
    • Patented, on 10/14/2007, -26/+41People have control and choice if they smoke or not. People do not have control or choice over extremists flying airplanes into their places of business.
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -25/+12People have control and choice if they work in a building that is a known terrorist target.
        • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3DIAF
        • chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7So we should build really small buildings, and let the terrorists win?
          • daybreaker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2How will the terrorists win? Will they build hotels on boardwalk? This isnt a game, and the administration needs to realize there is no win or lose, and the brainwashed citizens of the US need to realize this isnt a war where we're going to be able to "win" and all of a sudden Iraq will be a happy place with unicorns and flowers. "Fighting" terrorism is just a ploy by the administration to cast their iron grip over the country and turn it towards a dictatorship instead of a democracy.
          • kronix2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Building really small buildings would send a message to the terrorists.

            "We're all midgets now."
      • CaymanCarpediem, on 10/10/2007, -6/+52So it is your contention that we should spend more time worrying about things we have no control over than things we can very easily control? That doesn't make much sense.
      • ckhw2, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4Have you ever even tried to quit smoking...? Sure, there is a choice involved. But we're only human, you and I...
        You give way too much credit to the human "will power".
        • warcin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8The easiest way to quit smoking is never to start. The risk have been know for decades. I'm sorry if you knew the risk and had heard the difficulties of stopping before you start, I have no sympathy about how hard it is for you to now stop. You made the bad choice at the beginning
          • quisph, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Peer pressure is probably almost as hard to resist. IIRC, the number one predictor of whether or not a person will become a smoker is whether or not his/her friends smoke. I'm not defending the choice, but I think a little sympathy is due. As ckhw2 said, we're only human. We've all made bad choices because of peer pressure.
        • FTLJohnson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7heh, cold turkey 4 years ago... I also promptly lost 70 pounds. People definitely make their own choices... Including killing themselves... and everyone should have the right to do so. If you want to throw yourself off a building... It's YOUR body, and YOUR life. No one owns you (and no LAW can or will stop you from hurting yourself... What's worse... a fine... or death?)
          • Pushkin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Dayem - I gained 20 when I quit. What did you switch to? Horse?
          • alittleroy101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah no *****. I've gained 25 pounds since I quit after 14 years of smoking. Now I'm fat and grumpy. I'm almost tempted to start again.
        • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3No, but I'd like a law to stop people FORCING me to smoke when near me.
          • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you think its any worse than living in a city with a million cars spewing ***** out all day?
        • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, yes I have. I've been smoke-free for over a year now.
        • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I quit smoking cold turkey when I turned 30. I had smoked a pack a day for ten years. It was actually much much easier than I thought it would be, and I was frustrated that I hadn't quit earlier; I was afraid of failure. I haven't smoked now in 5 years, and I never will again.

          If you don't smoke, quit reading here.
          And just as a public service announcement, if you want to quit smoking and make it stick, try this: Pick a date a year in the future, and tell all your friends and relatives you're going to quit on that date. I picked my birthday, so it couldn't change. Remind them of it, and fear the date. When the date comes, smoke your last cigarette, and go cold turkey. It will work; you won't turn back. It takes about two weeks of irritation; you'll be a dick and you'll be frustrated, but you'll get over it, it isn't that bad. Have an excercise plan during that period to get your frustrations out. I rode my bike up all the tallest hills in the city, figuring now is the time to start to get my lungs back. It was actually a good experience overall.
      • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15What about passive smoking, ie, second hand smoke?
        I can't stop someone next to me from lighting up.
        • Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11You could if you were Chuck Norris...
          • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Or if he had the balls to tell the guy to put it out or ***** off.

            That's assuming it's a public place, and the smoker wasn't there first, of course.
        • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Unless you have prolonged exposure (like you live with the smoker for years), breathing in LA is worse for you.
          Ohh and you can still walk the ***** away from them.
        • bob12321, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure about anywhere else but in a few countys in Washington it is illegal to smoke within 25 feet of a business or organization that sells food.
      • LadyKofNYC, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10Our politicians have a choice not to incite hatred all over the world in an effort to build an American empire which only benefits the super rich.
      • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0You are in control of most of the things. Its just a matter of time when you lose control over it. Smoking, try to control when u get cancer! As for the 9/11 you people had control ie. by NOT selecting Bush as a president but you did.
      • nj10ii, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Abortion has killed 44.5 Million humans that had no choice in their untimely totally preventable demises.
        • Scienceisfun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Masturbation has killed quintillions (?) of half humans that had no choice in their untimely totally preventable demises.
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0what extreme about flying a plane into a building? doing it naked and drunk...now thats extreme.
    • ckhw2, on 10/14/2007, -14/+32Yup. I agree... They do make a point. Then again - a number like 3000 is easier for people to visualize than 5.4 million. Just like 6000 years is easier for Creationists to visualize than 60 million (60000000) years. ;)
      • thepatster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30Stalin had a quote that went something like: The death of one person is a tragedy; the death of 1000 is a statistic.
        • freakk123, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4"The death of one man is a tragedy; the death of one million is a statistic."

          Yeah, I also got that from Call of Duty 2.
      • DiggsOnlyNeoCon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Creationists. Really? In this thread?
    • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -14/+8Sorry.. did you just say that America needs advertising to help them wake the ***** up?

      The fact that your first thought is that Americans could be educated through ads is pretty sad.
      • bitspace, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20Except that that's probably how most Americans actually do get their education. "It's true, I saw it in a commercial!"
        • knobidy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Its got electrolytes! Its what plants crave!
          • moskaudancer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Salt is an electrolyte, so just drink seawater when playing soccer, it's cheaper than Gatorade.
      • ckhw2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I'm sorry... are you being sarcastic? I can tell you for certain that in the US, a product is doomed unless it advertises. Now if that doesn't imply that Americans base their choices on adverts... then I dunno what does.
      • gadgetuk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Why not? How else can you get the message across as effectively? I agree it's a sad state of affairs but the best tool for the job currently is mainstream advertising. It takes a few boards away from McD's and Coke too ;)
      • Audacitor, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5The fact that Americans could be educated by any means at all is rather ludicrous in and of itself.
        • therightside, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3what??
          • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Rarely does Lol actually mean what it stands for.
        • Estaris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Rather. lol
          I'm sure there are no uneducated people in the country you are from!
          Hi Mister Insulting.. meet Mrs. Sarcastic.
        • Estaris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1All of my lol's are usually a laugh I make when I'm either A) Laughing at myself for being dork or B) An eye-roll with a laugh sort of thing. A sarcastic galumph but not snarky. Laughing at life sorta thing. What can I say? I have estrogen, thus I am not programed to be easy !! : ) XD
      • ckhw2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Oh I see what happened... you were misunderstood because you used "could" when you should have used "need to" -
        "The fact that your first thought was that Americans NEED TO be educated through ads, is pretty sad."
      • kinkysexradio, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Plus, study after study has shown that PSA ads DON'T work. They are a nice thought, but useless. Like serving fruit at a fast food joint. :)
        • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1They make you *feel* good, though. We feel better if we throw money at a problem instead of having a rational discussion about it. C.f. the war on drugs.
      • Resch17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, well, you sir are a festizio. See, I can make up words too.
    • chrillen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Well said!
    • DrMonkeyLove, on 10/10/2007, -4/+12But reality is big and scary. It's much easier living in a fantasy land. Seriously though, a cheeseburger is more likely to kill you than a terrorist. By far. Like, at least 1000000 : 1, if not more.
    • Acidictadpole, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Dugg for winning lyfe.
    • fondlesackwi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I wonder how long it would take to be put on the 'terror watch list' after running an ad like that in the US?
    • najdorf, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6I know an incredible, hidden secret that if revealed could rock the very foundations of mankind: 300 THOUSAND man and women die EVERY SINGLE DAY for a TERRIBLE DISEASE called life.
      • arjie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3That's 1 man and 299,999 women, so that's why we see none on digg!
    • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 10/14/2007, -1/+18Only a generation as lucky as ours or our parents could call it a "war on terror". We haven't lived through a real war. Ask your grandparents what a war is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ww2 Honestly, 3000 people die and people refer to 9/11 in terms of "Pre-9/11" and "Post-9/11" like it's the ***** birth of christ or something. We are sheltered and immature and history will see us as such. There is no war on terror.
      • CamperBob, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0"Ask your grandparents what a war is."

        Would these be the same grandparents who tripped on their own beards rushing to vote for Dubya? Seems that being a little more respectful of the concept of 'war' would have prevented this one.
    • guzziguy, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2One has nothing to do with the other. As stated earlier, if you choose to smoke you choose to take the risk, going to work and being killed by a mentally ill radical ISLAMIC NUT JOB was not the poor victim's choice....You really need to reevaluate your thinking here unless you agree with the RADICAL DIRT BAGS that attacked us FOR NO REASON. But I guess you're in the NUT FRINGE that believes that the government blew up those buildings....This IF TRUE is nothing more then a way to marginalize what happened.
      • SuperCujo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3For no reason?

        Geez, the ignorant folk are out today...
      • Phatt138, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Seriously. For no reason, huh? Someone needs a brief and totally manageable history lesson. Five minutes with the right book would blow his mind. Everything happens for a reason, and 9/11 had more to do with politics than religion.

        Take heart guzzi. You have more chance of dying as an uneducated, reactionary finger-pointer than being killed by terrorists. America salutes you.
      • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I smell bush's rat! Yeech!
      • explodingtree, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I could tell where you were supposed to be loud because of the caps! Star sticker!
      • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1At the very least they slammed into the towers to gain entry into Heaven and get the virgins and whatnot. However, there might be some other reasons, let me just look around here.

        Or you could just play Gershwin songs in your head, wave the flag, close your eyes, and believe that sticking to your beliefs and ignoring facts makes you a morally correct patriot. Yes, I knew you would.
      • SlipstreamLucas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0for no reason? well, that all depends on who you think did it.
    • WiseWeasel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Tens of thousands die in the US EVERY YEAR from traffic accidents. A good portion of those (>3000) had no choice or power in the matter. 9/11 is not very significant, in the grand scheme of things. Sure, we should attempt to prevent it from happening again, but killing innocent people in the Middle East and destroying our civil liberties turning the US into a police state is NOT the way to go about that!
      • hoovcluck, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Traffic accidents do not cause our economy to collapse overnight you ***** idiot.
    • Phatt138, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Well, there are two answers to why people think this way. Psychologists involved in risk assessment know that it has a lot to do with the fact that people don't mind taking risks that they feel they control - like smoking, or fast driving, etc - but are petrified by things that they can't, like terrorists or the threat of nuclear war.

      My addendum is that the average American just wants to worry about things that aren't his/her responsibility to fix. Hell, if we can throw money at our government to give us increased protection from something that we're completely unlikely to die from instead of, say, adjusting our eating habits or not smoking or taking a ***** jog every now and again, so be it. People would rather fret about something that doesn't require them to change anything about their lifestyles.
    • headphonedude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I agree. If bush and giuliani can use 9/11, why not an anti smoking agency.
    • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I can't believe how badly you and everyone else missed the point. The ad isn't trying to trivialize 9/11, and any idiot can see that comparing the deaths on 9/11 to the deaths from smoking is just stupid. The point of the ad is that a lot of people choose to kill themselves through smoking, a lot more die from it than died on 9/11, and so it's obviously a serious problem. But acting like this ad is supposed to remind us that terror is nothing compared to smoking is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen someone do.
    • darlyn, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I totally agree with you. Also dugg for the fact that this was dugg by Kevin ...
    • geekee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2"We face more likely mortal dangers every day of our lives, yet no one seems to panic about them as much as with terrorism."

      Right, because no one worries about smoking or does any research on the health effects of smoking or does anything to warn people about the risks of smoking. People ONLY worry about terrorism. Nothing else.
    • ahawks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1@geekee:
      You're right, because we spend billions of dollars every day on the war on Tobacco. Not to mention all the soldiers who have lost their lives trying to bring freedom to...um... those tobacco farms.
    • gingerboyiv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1HOLY ***** *****!! You got more diggs than most articles O.O

      but well said :D
    • Vicujozobenaxod, on 10/10/2007, -4/+09/11 WAS the ***** wake up call, retard. You are hitting the snooze on the alarm. With your mentality, a major U.S. city would one day not wake up at all. Idiocy.
      • Phatt138, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The wake-up to what? A police state populated by people so scared of terrorism that it's all some people have though about for the past 6 years?

        I've got a wake-up call for you: none of America's over-the-top reactionary war-mongering ***** has done anything but make us less liked around the world. Terrorists are acting on political agendas, and people with your short-sighted, *****-scared, shadow-boxing mentality are just feeding the flames.
  • ani625, on 10/10/2007, -59/+2The Arabs wouldn't mind too much.
    • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0you mean to say the americans mind!
  • CthulhuDawn, on 10/10/2007, -97/+6***** UAE
    • supermajic, on 10/10/2007, -3/+48Hey, ***** You!
      :D
    • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Yeah... and ***** all that delicious oil that runs out of their country that we use to power our SUV's and high-powered-but-totally-wasteful-vehicles... *****.
      • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And I bet he hates Haliburton, so ***** them too, they just moved their headquarters to Dubai from Houston so they could avoid paying US taxes while we shovel contracts to them hand over foot.
    • alappat1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Not to mention that it has one of the largest ports that serve the US Navy in the world.....
  • duggtodeath, on 11/02/2007, -12/+177Never forget...the smooth taste of Laramie Lights! All the flavor, and half the tar!
    • gl77, on 03/31/2008, -1/+9Tomacco FTW!
    • alk509, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4***** that - I want my Laramie Extra-Tar cigarettes, now with more nico-glycerol! I don't know what's in them, I just know I can't stop smoking them!
    • 12340987, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Don't forget the new hipper Laramie Jr! Now in bubblegum flavor!!!
  • sotopheavy, on 10/10/2007, -29/+4At least they didn't do a xx hundred million people are born each year, that's negative xxx thousand times a 9/11
    • sotopheavy, on 10/10/2007, -31/+1No matter how many people are born each year, the people that died on 9/11/01 can never be replaced.
      • Tenlow, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25Except by new people who are born every year. You never learned about the birds and the bees did you?
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12They were all replaced the following June when the next batch of MBA's graduated.
    • JuniorVX, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Who the hell replys to their own comment. First your insensitive and trying to be witty then your over sensitive.
    • Ricky8765, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14I think he's retarded
    • bradmoreland, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1>At least they didn't do a xx hundred million people are born each year, that's negative xxx thousand times a 9/11
      Twenty hundred million people? Negative thirty thousand? WTF?
  • Tabou, on 10/10/2007, -9/+28Here are all the ads from the campaign: http://altracking.com/index.php?fpp=10&did=0
  • getrealnow, on 10/10/2007, -11/+145Its no more then saying durka durka jihad Muhammad

    Be honest, we all make fun of each other, but its nothing to get your panties in a bunch.
    Its just a smoking ad thats trying to put a point across, not a very kind one, but it does have a point.
    • spawnfree, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20heart disease is an even bigger killer.
      mabey the next ad should be a flame grilled hamburger shaped like the pentagon.
      • Psych77, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Umm, smoking is a cause of heart disease too.
        • Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13So is having a heart.
        • Acolyte357, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3people chose to smoke, let them kill them selves.
    • Viva43, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6"Its no more then saying durka durka jihad Muhammad"

      No no, its 'Durka durka Muhammad jihad'
    • MrM1yagi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5*****! I've got five terrorists going southeast on Bakalakadaka Street!
  • benbread, on 10/10/2007, -21/+1542000 times 9/11, my God, that's 1,822,000!
    • Tenlow, on 10/10/2007, -3/+42 It will be 911 times 2356.
      My God, that's... I don't even know what that is!
      Nobody does!
      • senatorpjt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Of course, after seeing that article, the first thing I did was go to the comment section to look for who first made this comment. Awesome.
    • capecodcarl, on 10/10/2007, -25/+1They mean 2000 times the number of people killed by the terrorist attacks on 9/11 (roughly 3000 people). 2000 x 3000 = 6,000,000.
      • Syphon8, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Dugg down for not getting it
      • Reziarfg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13You hear that sound? That's the sound of it going over your head.
      • yardstickWHACK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No duh Sherlock
    • Syphon8, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2*****, I wanted to make it. :p
    • joot2112, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20hmm I come up with 1636.363636...
      • fquednau, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thx!
      • tybris, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2That's because you didn't get it.
        • NotACYBORG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's not your fault they haven't taught you fractions yet.
      • danwallace, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Smoking is so bad, it killed 36/100ths of a dude on top of all that.
    • Yurhiness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I logged in just to digg this comment.
    • TheAlmost, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1lol team america
    • exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0You're off by 1,820,363.636
  • idc5, on 10/10/2007, -14/+5232000 times 9/11 = 1636.36
    • UtopiaInTheSky, on 10/10/2007, -8/+45I see what you did there.
    • Joshuarr, on 10/10/2007, -4/+53It was math. (For those of you who didn't see it.)
    • Fikiman, on 10/10/2007, -10/+1Genius... Pure genius... MWHA!HAHAHAHAHAAhahahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
      • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7It was elementary, my dear Fikiman. Elementary.
    • mrcpu, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3ROFLMAO!
    • tybris, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Not in Team America...
    • joshuaer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0and for those of you who care it runs out to 1,636.36363636364
      • PURDooM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No. No it doesn't. You just suck at math.
      • exomni, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It doesn't run out to anything. The "36" is infinitely repeating.
      • masterspy7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's just what your calculator rounds it to.
    • Bodhinature, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Now that is funny!
  • ChromaVita, on 10/24/2007, -8/+293I think it makes a pretty good point, and isn't entirely offensive.
    • jbmercha, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I like the ad
    • spookyttws, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Its 2007, I think pretty much everyone knows smoking is bad for you, and can kill you. But you're doing it to yourself, so I don't care. It's your choice to put whatever you want into your body. (and second hand smoke is only a factor if you are constantly exposed, as pointed out above). I just don't think it should be compared to a national tragedy, seems tacky.
      • scaaven2, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1it could be construed that the tobacco companies are complicit with another tragedy.
    • hoovcluck, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Except for the fact that the tax on cigarettes pays for all the poor babies out there who do not have health insurance. All the smokers should quit just to see how many babies will die because they do not have health insurance.
  • Epetrone, on 10/10/2007, -7/+95The truth hurts
    • hulez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1STOP TROLLING MY /b/..................................OOPS, WRONG SITE!!!
  • michaelaranda, on 10/10/2007, -4/+149It took me a few seconds to register that this ad was published 9/11/07, rather than 9/11/01. I was confused.
    • outsid3rNo17, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1I had to read your comment to get that.
      • kpsfire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0As did I. Still, definitely a good way to capture someone's attention.
  • meachen, on 10/10/2007, -8/+63good ad
    • gadgetuk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Ha ha! Nice irony with your icon there - well played.
  • fancypantscz, on 10/10/2007, -5/+192The ad is trying to use 9/11 to save lives by putting things in perspective. I think this is just usage especially in the light of those who used 9/11 to start a preemptive war based on dubious intelligence.
    • deckmar, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1"..is trying to use 9/11 to save lives by putting things in perspective."
      Just like Bush :]
    • orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I couldn't agree more.
    • sakuraz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1...Printed on Dubai newspaper.
    • doronster195, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Dubai-ous Intelligence?
  • sentime, on 10/10/2007, -9/+73omg cigarette terrorists! Lets open a Department of Smoking Security
    • Audacitor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6What a smashing idea! Break out the cigars!
    • catalysis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's called ATF
      • MikeGrenade, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Who are they? I don't care! We need a new department for this!
      • dr2g0nm2st3r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I have the perfect name for it ... Firearms, Alcohol & Tobacco Stoppage Organization ... or F.A.T.S.O. for short.
  • chlorinekid, on 10/10/2007, -4/+49looks like an awesome ad to me...
  • refreshments, on 10/10/2007, -4/+38Good ad.

    I need to quit, myself. Yep Need to.

    Haven't.
    • stolenisotope1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Then do it already, damn it! They're called death sticks for a reason.
    • orlyfactor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Took me about 10 times to finally do it. Trust me, when you finally do, you'll feel a ***** better, but all the people telling you that won't make a world of difference. You've got to want to stop waking up with a throat full of lung butter and want to be able to walk for 10 minutes without losing your breath...oh, and the best thing of all...sex gets a hell of a lot better. Unless, of course, you're not getting any sex, then keep on puffin' ;)
      • 89vision, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Im trying to quit. I'm to the point where I only smoke when I drink. The hard part is explaining to my wife why I am cracking open a beer at 7:00 in the morning.
    • aduzik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You can do it. Seriously. I know because I did it a year ago, and I freely admit I have no willpower. Use the patch if you have to. I did for awhile. Drink lots of water, chew gum and do whatever else you need to do to satisfy the oral fixation. You'll start feeling better every day in a few weeks.
    • Chicken2nite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I like the Vonnegut quote on the topic, something about it being a classy way to kill yourself.
  • milkman1187, on 10/10/2007, -3/+105this is hardly offensive, it's just the truth.
  • kevyn, on 10/10/2007, -3/+79so terrorists are behind smoking?
    • brad3378, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The real terrorists are the smokers! Except we can tax the smokers for their undesirable behavior
  • japanesepagoda, on 10/10/2007, -18/+3quite an act of douchebaggery.
  • ufia, on 10/10/2007, -10/+3C'mon! Everyone knows that smoking cigarette cures cancer.
  • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -6/+45Everyone else exploits 9/11 for their own purposes, why not the the anti-smoking lobby?
  • manicmarvin, on 10/10/2007, -12/+1Have the families in New York tried to sue them yet?
    • PseudoNim, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0No, they're still suing people from the politically incorrect things said in 2004.
  • MrBison, on 10/10/2007, -18/+59..Great AD. All this politically correct 9/11 stuff bores me to death. Get over it ...It was 6 years ago...And Americans are still bombing women and children in Afghanistan every day...
    • joot2112, on 10/10/2007, -8/+6Get over it?!?! When it's personal there is no getting over it. You should not forget these lives were stolen prematurely in horrible, unnecessary, insane act. No one did anything to deserve that fate. Think about it being somebody's mother or father, sister or brother before you say something so stupid.
      • firstprimate, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10So are the people why die in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    • an0nymous, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6I concur with Mr Bison. It was an a truly unfortunate event, but enough already.
      It has clouded our judgement for too long. Also, humorlessness is not an admirable character trait.
    • Shelter22, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3saying "get over it" is ***** stupid. thousands of american civilians died, and it was ONLY six years ago. the people who died on 9/11 were just people going to work. they aren't stupid ass soldiers or bush lovers. yeah, the wars are crap yadda yadda yadda, but the civilians who were killed are not part of that, and deserve some damn respect.
      • Tack122, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0While they do deserve respect, can you imagine what they would think about us going to war to avenge them then killing many more innocents than died on 9/11?
        I think fighting a war on their behalf is one of the most disrespectful things we as a country could do to remember them.
    • IrwinFletcher, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Of the all sorties flown over Afghanistan yesterday, how many dropped ordinance? The day before that? And the day before that? And the day before that? Of that ordinance dropped, how much of it was dropped on villages in the hopes of "getting the bad guys" vs. dropped on known Taliban firing positions? You can't answer that because you don't know. You don't know half as much as you think you do. Secondly, how are those American lives lost on 9/11 any LESS valuable than civilians killed in Afghanistan? None of the aforementioned asked to be caught in the crossfire of an ideological war between the West and radical Islam. And for the record, I'm fine with the ad - it's a powerful message
      • freexe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1America had a choice. it didn't need to invade Afghanistan and Iraq. Those people in Afghanistan and Iraq died when they didn't need to.
    • Auto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3MrBison, your comment is so appallingly ignorant I don't know what to think. Please, do us all a favor and remove your head from your pretentious and assuming ass and come to terms with reality. I'd also suggest you burn your Apocalypse Now and Platoon DVDs as soon as possible. Please... we don't target women and children. But, alas, it's no use arguing with imbeciles on the internet... ignorant fools will never learn.
    • geekee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"And Americans are still bombing women and children in Afghanistan every day..."

      I think the Taliban are doing more of that then the Americans.
      • MrBison, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0.....I think not... Americans do most of the bombing...Ever seen a Taliban bomber???
  • cablecanuck, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18overreact much?
  • matude, on 10/10/2007, -2/+44I think it's one of the best ads I've seen lately.
    People need to be told how many people die every year of smoking. Ok it might be a bit cold but it's a ingenious idea to get people's attention.
  • poogg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+22We had an ad like that in the UK on TV not so long ago. But it was about africa. Went somthing like "3000 people die from starvation in africa every day. Thats a 9/11 every day". Dosent make 9/11 any less wrong, but it made me think. And so does this ad.
  • graberc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Great AD!

  • BonerMachine, on 11/12/2007, -3/+15Ohhhhhhh ***** no. Those terrorist sons a'bitches can attack my country, they can give my government an excuse to take away my civil liberties, but I'll be damned if I'll just sit idly by while they plot against my beloved cigarettes!
    • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0ehh hold it man! Keep it down. Nobody's going to take away your cigarettes!
  • brim4brim, on 10/10/2007, -5/+21I think American's could do with realising that every other country couldn't give a crap about 9/11 as most other countries have a few of these types of events within the past 100 years of their countries history. Your not special, your turn just came up. People felt sorry for like the first week, you can't still be bent up about this thing unless you were directly involved (as in know someone that died because of 9/11).
    • shazbotben, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4Well Americans tend to actually give a damn about each other more than the rest of the world...
      • preisler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7hahahahaha.. that's rich..
      • MikeGrenade, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8He's a funny guy.
      • dr2g0nm2st3r, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Yeah I guess they proved that down in New Orleans, didn't they?
        • Xanadude, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Actually, they did - the outpouring of charitable donations after Katrina from Americans was amazing.
  • Tabou, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Another ad using 9/11 to deliver a message. This one is by Nicolas Hulot Foundation (France): http://altracking.com/index.php?fpp=10&did=0&fid=1
    • Audacitor, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Tabou already linked to this way up there.
  • pathy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19I don't, for the life of me, understand why everyone is still so sensitive about '9/11'.

    I can understand for the people that were directly affected by it, but it seems to get just about everyone in the US riled up.
  • SYSDmg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20yea what the ***** is the big deal? it's just a fact. just like more people died that day on the highways than they did in the towers
    • brad3378, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The big deal is that the media couldn't exploit the deaths of the motorists because only the terrorist attack was caught on video.
  • imabot, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3ZING!
  • DesertDude, on 10/10/2007, -6/+63Everything offends Americans. Make a joke about 9/11, the troops, a favorite politician, race, religion, ethnicity, foreign language, ANYTHING, and they'll all cry "OFFENSIVE!".

    • donkz, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7At least we can handle Jesus in cartoons.
      • preisler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Not a naked Jesus made out of chocolate though..
      • Cyclops0T8, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1No i don't think so. The newspaper who ran the Mohammad cartoon had previously refused to run a Jesus cartoon.
      • bedamned, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Yeah because you dont belief in jesus. lol
      • inkswamp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Here's where having a nuanced view of the world helps to see how silly that comment is. Muslims can handle cartoons, but depictions of Mohammad are considered blasphemous to them. So, the equivalent for Christians wouldn't be Jesus in a cartoon, but rather Jesus depicted in some blasphemous manner. Look up the events surrounding the Piss Christ artwork or the image of Mary created from elephant dung and observe the outraged reactions from Christians who wanted the artwork banned and the artists punished and wanted the galleries closed down. Pretty much the same as the outraged Muslims in my book.
    • joshtj, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's offensive!
    • jdowney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2clearly most of these people have not been too ytmnd lately. for ***** and giggles http://wrho911.ytmnd.com/
      • alk509, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I just literally ***** my pants laughing!
      • SuperCujo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That was so damn funny. Tears rolling down my face funny.

        To whoever made that, I salute you.
    • ut2k4king, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Most Americans. Personally I lolled when I saw it.
    • ut2k4king, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Most Americans. Personally I lolled when I saw it.
    • SYSDmg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1im offended :p
    • ThreeDee912, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1STEREOTYPE!
  • lita16, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Its a very clever concept. I think they left it long enough now not to really cause offense and as others have said, it really does make a point.
    • mcochran, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So maybe next year they should do one on the anniversary of the Columbine shootings or the Virginia Tech shootings? I'm sure smoking has killed more people than school shootings, right? I agree that smoking is stupid, but the ad is in very poor taste.
      • nygrissplz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Get over it. Columbine and VTech aren't as global as 9/11.
        Secondly, I wouldn't really care if they used it in a similar manner. It isn't disrespectful. It has the same message, and it makes it very clear.
        God, some people really need to stop living in the past and move on.
  • neuwill, on 10/10/2007, -10/+0They are using a form of advertising that really hits home hard, ok it may be morally wrong to use 9/11 as the subject, but i think the advertisement is a good idea and may make some people think.

    One thing i dont agree on is the smoking cigarettes at the bottom of the advertisement, that is stepping over the line in my opinion!
    • dasugo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Morally wrong? there is nothing moral about it. they aren't making fun or light of the dead and they raise a very good point. screw planes crashing into buildings, Joe camel is real terrorist killr.
  • connizzle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Way to freak out there, we all know it was a tragic event but at some point we're all going to have to move on, and it's just an ad that they compare a tragic event (that everyone remembers and knew how many died), and compares it with how many people die a year from smoking, just to show the extent of it.
    • kroni, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Americans don't have a ***** clue right? do you know how many people starve to death every day, live in the streets, eat from garbage. Stop ***** around with 2 damn towers and about what? 5000 people at most?? We don't ***** care. 9/11 is nothing. We remember what you did at Japan. The 1st criminal and murder in the world is USA.
  • BuzzFriendly, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10If the ad leaves a bad taste in your mouth try a menthol =======~~~~~~~~~
  • Tapewormz, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4AWESOME! My new favorite wallpaper.
    • KingGorilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I prefer something more postive like a lolcat
  • Bluntman4000, on 10/10/2007, -8/+8Yet Cannabis is illegal and has not been linked to 1 death!!!.... Government Hipocracey FTW!!
    • 1337Einstein, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5"Hipocracey"
      Need I say more?
    • gweasel2000, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Not one death?? I had a friend who died as a direct result (car crash). Your right that it isn't linked to any diseases but it does kill. Before someone says it yes alcohol results in the same thing and that is why I think it shouldn't be allowed either...or at least given under better control.
      • synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If your friend was driving under the influence, the death can be attributed to stupidity, not pot.
        • offspring06, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Exactly, why blame it on pot. People need to take responsibility for their actions and stop blaming it on something else. Just like drinking and driving should not be blamed on alcohol but on the individual.
      • jdoe562, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Ok, so the high can make you do dangerous things, but your friend should have considered that before he started driving while high. Marijuana itself is 100% completely harmless, and by your logic, cars should be banned, because they can kill people too.

        *****.
  • jellomizer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27Well I don't see why Dubai wouldn't do this on 9/11.
    First Dubai is a different country they recognize that 9/11 is a tragedy but still it is remote for them so it doesn't effect their sensitivities. It is like saying how smoking killed more people then Americans Died during the American Civil War. It is a remote event to them so it doesn't effect them on the same personal level. Much like the Subway bombings in london effected the English more then the Americans.

    Second I don't really see it disrespectful they are just explaining that Cigarets are dangerous and if you are going to focus on preventing 9/11 like attacks every decade vs. trying to stop people from smoking that stopping smoking will probably save more lives then fighting terror.
  • shedtroll, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1Offensive, Yet Effective...
    • mrcpu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6I find smoking and inconsiderate smokers more offensive.
    • Trublmakr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I fail to understand how it's so damn offensive,.. they're obviously agreeing with you - suggesting 911 was a tragedy. I understand that framing cigarette smoking deaths in the same context is shocking, but that's clearly the intention.
  • em22, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10I think theres nothing wrong with the advert, it's giving you a warning - It's not like Dubai is full of Americans.
    • beedo34, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4yes it is, you idiot
      arabs don't work. all they do is drive bentley's around all day.
      foreigners pump the blood through the entire middle east.
      • Gav0510, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Yeah, those 700,000+ civilian casualties in Iraq were all driving Bentleys around. Bentleys are built like tanks so that why the US army mistook them for being enemies.
        • Metman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The 700,000 casualties are from BOTH sides, not just the US military. I am not arguing your point, just clarifying the comment.
        • beedo34, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2that's like saying that native americans and eskimos and ***** that are still living in the wilderness are like stock brokers. yeah, there's a lot of people over there that still live in the desert, and yes, they get killed (unjustly).
          but as a whole, the arabs are super rich and in their cities it's just a ***** of expensive and exotic *****.
          retard, i lived there for 6 years.
        • krebcycle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3We're talking about Dubai ass, not Iraq. If you think Dubai and Iraq are much like each other then you're nuts.
      • InSeverance, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1beedo
        YOU COMPLETE ***** WIT
        ITS CALLED SARCASM
    • Danial, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You mean the thousands of my fellow Pakistanis who work in slave-like conditions to build the skyscrapers?
    • stuartpetty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Really good Ad, My friend works out in Dubai as a nurse and she says that the hospital is full of US Doctors, however they are all struck off and it's one of the few places they can find work!
  • saigumi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Does this mean that the Truthers are going to start saying that smoking is an inside job propegated by the tobbacco companies?
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