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J-SMITH69 04-30-2005 04:32 PM

Ad puts L.A. in Mexico - stevemode is a racist pig! :)
 

Ad Puts L.A. in Mexico

California billboards have relocated Los Angeles to south of the border, angering groups fighting illegal immigration.

According to the L.A. Times the billboards, touting the virtues of Noticias 62, a Spanish-language newscast on Los Angeles' KRCA-TV, show two cable newscasters sitting in front of Los Angeles' downtown skyline, with "Los Angeles, CA" printed above.
The "CA" however is crossed out, and "Mexico" is stamped alongside in bright red letters. Underneath are the Spanish words, "Tu ciudad. Tu equipo." -- Your city.

"This is almost a poster-board for illegal immigration," Peter Amundson, a volunteer with the California Republican Assembly told the Times. "This is America. We're a land of immigrants -- legal immigrants. This is not Mexico. This is the United States."

He called the ads "a slap in the face to Californians and a pretty blatant one."

Members of Americans for Legal Immigration, a political action committee that targets illegal immigration, told the Times the ads are offensive. They posted a photo of a billboard on their website, prompting angry comments.

"I think it's irresponsible corporate citizenship to be promoting that type of message," Daryl Jurbala, communications director for the group told the Times. "I don't think it's responsible for anyone to encourage or reward or try to make illegal immigrants feel welcome."

The ad's sponsors defended the message. Executive Vice President Lenard Liberman told the Times Noticias 62 was a popular news program in Los Angeles and noted that people of Mexican descent made up a large portion of the city.

"We tell the story behind L.A., and we tell the story behind Mexico," he said. "If they find that offensive, I'm sorry. But you just have to drive around L.A. to know that this is a Hispanic city."

Stuart Fischoff, who teaches media psychology at Cal State L.A., told the Times the billboard was like "sticking a finger in your eye" to immigration reformers. "The joke here is, 'We're taking back California,' " Fischoff said. "Underneath the joke is part of the truth."

Note: Los Angeles is still in California and in no danger of migrating to Mexico, although the reverse is certainly occurring rapidly.
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send em back

FooK 04-30-2005 05:11 PM

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get the ---- out of our country, we stole it from Chief Joseph and Sitting Bull and all them natives fair n square.

(yes, im just being sarcastic)

jinxy 04-30-2005 05:14 PM

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no offence to anyone or anything. but that billboard is bullshit if they want to claim mexico you can go back to mexico and live in mexcio. if you want to come here and live here as a united states citizen represent it as being so .

ibassez 04-30-2005 06:14 PM

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even if we double the workers on the border the number of illegal mexicans coming in will remain the same one hundred million billion

Ravage70 04-30-2005 06:18 PM

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i think random is trying to show us hes racist ;D

SpankedYA! 04-30-2005 06:21 PM

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I think he is trying to show you the truth.

Ravage70 04-30-2005 06:25 PM

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i really dont care to tell u the truth
if u wanna keep talking about political issues then ur on the wrong forum

SpankedYA! 04-30-2005 06:26 PM

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This is the GD forum. ::) If he wants to get political, who are you to tell him not to?

Reddy 04-30-2005 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ibassez
even if we double the workers on the border the number of illegal mexicans coming in will remain the same one hundred million billion


America needs a "final solution to the Mexican question." ;)

Ravage70 04-30-2005 06:30 PM

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well i remember this long-time-ago-thread, sorta like this one, or even the other one, when we all decided not to talk about politics/everything related because it just pisses people off for no reason

im not talking about myself getting pissed off either
like i said, i really dont care


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