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Mercedes uses mass murderer in ad! WTF?
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[quote:Epic Beard Guy:MV8xNzU0MDc0XzI5MDgwNDI1XzQ5NjMyNEFC] [quote:Anonymous Coward 8773471:MV8xNzU0MDc0XzI5MDgwMzY0XzVGNDdDN0JD] [b]Ernesto "Che" Guevara[/b] (June 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as el Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara [b][color=red]"Mass murderer"[/color][/b] didn't make it into the credentials? :cool2: [/quote] I wouldn't use Wikipedia for anything where facts matter. Use a reliable source, like a history book. Che killed for fun. He was known as Castro's executioner. [/quote]
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Merdedes Benz used Che Guevara, the mass murdering psycopath in their car ad. What demographic was that supposed to reach?
Cuban-Americans Infuriated After Mercedes-Benz Uses Che Guevara to Promote Cars
Using a Che Guevara reference or image to sell a product is one rapid way to get a rise out of people – especially Cuban-Americans, many of whom fled their homeland when the revolutionary leader helped Fidel Castro gain power back in 1959. Somehow, Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, Daimler AG, overlooked this fact when it used Guevara to promote its cars in a recent presentation.
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