Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Scary propaganda in the heart of Europe

Although it goes straight against my personal political beliefs, I must admit that this was an extremely stark and effective piece of political marketing: the ad for the yes-side in Switzerland's recent referendum on forbidding the building of minarets.

An angry-looking muslim woman in a burkha, and minarets looking like nuclear missiles covering the entire Swiss flag. Mr. Joseph Goebbels would have been very proud of this piece of scare-tactics propaganda.

...and although the side that wanted to allow the building of minarets also produced a very nice ad, it was doomed to fail with this kind of opposition.


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