-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:34 pm, Number Six wrote: > http://www.sunbeamtech.com/new/products/el/el%20series-el%20badge.htm > > Frys carries the Sunbeam tech "EL-Case badge" case light products. > They do not carry the Osama Bin Laden logo, but you can see it on the > back of the "ordinary" images as a choice. > > I compained to Frys to at least modify the packaging so the products > they carry do not carry a picture of Osama Bin Laden at all. They said > they'd talk to their buyers about it. > > I wrote Sunbeamtech and CC:'d the American Institute in Taiwan (the US > does not have an embassey) and the FBI and asked them to change the > product as well. I also reported them to tips.fbi.gov.
Why report it to the FBI? There's nothing illegal about it, freedom of speech and all that. I would have thought they would be preoccupied investigating actual crimes, and things like terrorism. > They have not yet responded. My option as a citizen is to inform the > public about this unfortunate decision this company has made. The > Saddam Hussein image appears to be ridiculing him, but the Bin Laden > does not. The Bin Laden one appears to ridicule him, from what I can see at the URL you posted. I really don't know what you're complaining about. > The only way to kill the cockroaches is to turn on the lights and watch > them scurry away. For those who feel this is the wrong image for a > Taiwanese company to project to their trading partner, please spread > this meme. If you don't like it, you could always not buy it... > Thanks. > > -Tom Ballard - -- Mathew Meins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GPG key ID: AF8D205A (subkeys.pgp.net) - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d- s: a--- C+++ UL++++ UB+++ P+ L++ W+ N++ w--- PGP++ t+ 5++ X++ tv b DI+ D++ - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASoDkW2NK4q+NIFoRAsEAAKCX09XKYOPKeAVIjjWFqSLlqb5qMQCgvS7p XcomY25s/0ZBKJCSLjW0rK0= =JdK7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
