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Is this newspaper ad anti-Semitic?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Perry White, Feb 16, 2007.

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Well, is it?

Poll closed Feb 23, 2007.
  1. Yes

    16 vote(s)
    53.3%
  2. No

    9 vote(s)
    30.0%
  3. Maybe

    5 vote(s)
    16.7%
  1. maberger

    maberger Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    yes.

    and no mention of the "no gouging" star of david?
     
  2. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    Until you mentioned that I didn't notice it looked like a star of david. Just thought it was supposed to resemble a sheriff's badge.
     
  3. Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    I saw Gene Wilder in The Frisco Kid and he looked like Henry Cabot Lodge compared to that photo.
    The answer is, yes.
     
  4. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    I see a sheriff's badge too.
    If you google "sheriff's badge" nine of the 18 on the first page are six-pointed stars, four are five pointed and the rest are 7-points, shields or whatever. On the second page, there are 11 six-pointed stars.
    I can see where it might be taken that way, but I still say it's reading way to much into something that isn't there.
     
  5. HejiraHenry

    HejiraHenry Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    I voted "maybe."

    They should have tried harder to find a more generic image.
     
  6. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    What he said.
     
  7. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    Check out the third poster (clockwise from the top left). Looks kinda familiar.

    http://fcit.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/ARTPROP.HTM
     
  8. alleyallen

    alleyallen Guest

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    Familiar to what? Because it doesn't look like the one used in the ad.
     
  9. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    Fixed to correct my poor wording.
     
  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    Well, unless the bank is in a Jewish neighborhood, that's not in play. And that's a clear Jewish look in that poster. Was it intentional? I'm not gonna go that far.
     
  11. Boomer7

    Boomer7 Active Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?

    No, those men on the "Scourge of God" poster share nothing in common with Sheriff Shylock in the Portland ad. Nothing whatsoever.
     
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: Is this newspaper ad anti-Semetic?


    Sheriff Shylock? I though it was the Goldstein Kid!
     
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