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cali

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Tue Mar 12, 2013, 01:37 PM Mar 2013

POS Pamela Geller strikes again: ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad Campaign Rolled Out On SF buses'

A controversy has been re-ignited this week as ten new ads go up on San Francisco Muni buses containing quotes used by terrorists.

“Killing Jews is worship that draws us closer to Allah,” reads one of the ads, which has people debating the line between free speech and hate speech.

“The purpose of our campaign is to show the reality of Jihad, the root causes of terrorism. Using the exact quotes and text that they use,” said Pamela Geller of the American Freedom Defense Institute.

Several San Francisco city leaders, including District Attorney George Gascon, have condemned the campaign.

“San Francisco won’t tolerate Islamophobic bigotry,” said Gascon. “The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to look the other way and do nothing.

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http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/11/killing-jews-is-worship-ad-campaign-rolled-out-on-sf-buses/

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POS Pamela Geller strikes again: ‘Killing Jews Is Worship’ Ad Campaign Rolled Out On SF buses' (Original Post) cali Mar 2013 OP
What one person says -or even a thousand- means nothing about an entire people. randome Mar 2013 #1
I agree. The claim is ugly and scary, but it does not represent most Muslims. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #2
Does Pam Geller also run ads quoting neo-nazis? Archae Mar 2013 #3
Can They put Exodus 31:14 on the side of a bus? snooper2 Mar 2013 #4
 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
4. Can They put Exodus 31:14 on the side of a bus?
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 01:45 PM
Mar 2013

"Keep you my sabbath: for it is holy unto you: he that shall profane it, shall be put to death: he that shall do my work in it, his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people."

Translated--

You see your neighbor working in the yard on a Sunday you are supposed to kill him

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