A Ramadan “unity” dinner in Michigan that outraged Americans because it was set for Sept. 11 has been rescheduled, but the sponsors of the outrage can’t hide.
And at least one company looking for good publicity found itself instead being associated with grisly scenes of Americans dying horrible deaths at the hands of Islamist terrorists.
(Snopes.com Monday reported that the cities have generally held the dinner on a Friday in August or September because Ramadan most commonly falls in those months, but that doesn’t change how stupid the decision was to hold it on Sept. 11 this year — or any other year.)
...My name is Lori Adams Simon and I am the Diversity/Inclusion Community Advocate for Sparrow Health System. Sparrow’s Marketing team received your email below in regard to The City of Lansing Ramadan Dinner.
Please note:
Under NO circumstances can you use the Sparrow logo or any Sparrow “iconography” for other purposes including this art project.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
The protesters were having none of it.
"Under the fair use doctrine for protests as defined by Supreme Court cases, we will use your logos in our protest.
You cannot stop us by any kind of prior restraint.
If you try to take us to court the judge there will let you know that we have the right to use your logo in protest of your sponsorship.
Your logo will be on one of the twin towers that we will have being hit by one of the other sponsor’s planes.
You wanted to sponsor a 911 Ramadan dinner.
That was your choice.
Now you’re going to live with it."
At least they’ll be able to “live with it.
That’s something thousands of Americans couldn’t do on Sept. 11, 2001."
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