Re: Let Sunbeam Tech know Case Mod products with Bin Laden are not welcome
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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
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