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Home Front: Culture Wars
Wisconsin store yanks fireworks offensive to Muslims
2009-07-05
A Wisconsin fireworks store has yanked a brand off its shelves after complaints from a Minnesota Muslim group. The fireworks were called "Run Hadji Run." The packaging showed a cartoon drawing of Uncle Sam yanking the beard of a man dressed in Muslim attire, and the other showed a bomber jet flying over a group of Arab men on camels. "Hadji" is a title given to Muslims who have completed a pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded their removal after learning the fireworks were for sale at Fireworks City in Baldwin, Wis. They were removed late Friday. The Muslim group has also asked the Missouri-based manufacturer, Red Rhino Fireworks, to remove the product from circulation.
Posted by:ryuge

#3  It's a legacy product from a corporate acquisition.

The company that imported the fireworks from China, Missouri-based Red Rhino Fireworks, said that they are at least three years old and were distributed by the firm's previous owners But they are still listed in the company's online catalog, which said they send off 16 red, green and blue "strobe comets" over a period of 28 seconds.

Management dropped the ball big time on this one.
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-07-05 13:17  

#2  "Run Hadji Run"

Anybody stupid enough to put such a name on an item for public consumption is either stupid enough to need five fellow masterminds or asking for exactly the kind of trouble they got. In private speech you can insult anyone you want, but when it comes to business, insulting potential customers is a good way to end up bankrupt. The manufacturer could have as easily called the item "ARCLIGHT" or "Daisycutter" to communicate the visual effect, without angering people like me.

Yes, I'd refuse to buy anything from a shop that carried such merchandise, and I'd tell everyone I know. How many sales have Red Rhino Fireworks and Fireworks City lost, I wonder?
Posted by: trailing wife   2009-07-05 13:03  

#1  (spit) Dhimmis. (spit)
Posted by: Parabellum   2009-07-05 10:01  

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