'I'm a Palestinian' campaign in Seattle area reminiscent of 'I'm a Mormon' ads

Published: Friday, March 2 2012 5:00 a.m. MST

Summary

New ads on buses in Seattle were modeled after the "I'm a Mormon" campaign ads, and though they closely resemble them in format, the similarity ends there.

A new ad campaign in Seattle may look familiar to those who've seen advertisements from the "I'm a Mormon" campaign, which first came to Seattle in October 2011.

"I'm a Palestinian," the ad reads. "Equal rights for all."

KING 5 News reported that the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign decided to follow the model of the LDS Church's "I'm a Mormon" ad campaign after Metro Transit dropped SeaMAC's previous ad campaign, citing the possibility of the ads, which read "Israeli War Crimes: Your Tax Dollars at Work," potentially causing "security problems."

"Metro says the new Palestinian campaign follows their advertising policy citing similarities to the Mormon ads," King 5 News reported. "So far, Metro has received no complaints about this one."

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Tekakaromatagi

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Good for them. I hope that it works. The best one might be to have a Palestinian Christian saying, "My ancestors were converted from Judaism in New Testament times and Bethlehem is my home."

5:56 a.m. March 2, 2012
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Rifleman

Salt Lake City, Utah

When Muslims bombed the World Trades Towers on September 11, 2001 the Israelis mourned with us while the Palestinians danced in the streets. Yasser Arafat tried to prevent filming of their celebrations because he knew it would be bad press. And More..

6:06 a.m. March 2, 2012
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DRay

Roy, UT

For every truth, in today's world, there seems to be a counterfeit of that truth, that uses sophistry to lead minds and hearts into the wrong direction. Palestinian's are indeed souls of worth, but they are not "Mormon," in the sense of More..

7:22 a.m. March 2, 2012
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