Sunday, June 01, 2008

Jihad to do it, didn't you?

Dunkin Donuts has pulled an ad from TV where TV star Rachael Ray is wearing an offending scarf that is supposedly easily confused with a keffiyeh, a traditional headdress worn by Arab men. Supposedly, even the folks at Fox TV were mouthing off about it, calling for a boycott of the donut seller. This because the keffiyeh 'has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad'.

Looks like a fashionable plain old black and white silk scarf with a paisley design to me. I don't think you'll find many paisleys on a keffiyeh. Can anyone say exaggeration? You couldn't make up good comedy like this if you tried.

No mention of donuts coming to symbolize obesity in our culture.

1 comment:

Retro Blog said...

Must have been a slow news day. While I would agree that Ms.Ray is charming yet over exposed, I would argue that the terrorists themselves should probably put out the fatwah against her neck scarf, hmm? After all they would know what they are outraged about.