Who's Apologizing Now?
Wal-Mart in AZ is apologizing for an ad it ran in an AZ newspaper that used Nazi imagery. Here: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday that it made a "terrible" mistake in approving a recent newspaper advertisement that equated a proposed Arizona zoning ordinance with Nazi book-burning.
The full-page advertisement included a 1933 photo of people throwing books on a pyre at Berlin's Opernplatz. It was run as part of a campaign against a Flagstaff ballot proposal that would restrict Wal-Mart from expanding a local store to include a grocery.
Is this indicitivie of the fact that we simply don't know history? Post An Apology wants to call this a "Drive-By Apology"....we give credit for the apology, not for the "yeah, but" at the end - ""We wanted people to think about the freedoms we enjoy in America. The intent was wholly honorable and good," said Chuck Coughlin, president of Highground Inc., a Phoenix consulting company that created the advertisement. "We will not back away from substance of the ads . . . We will apologize for the use of imagery."
