Update 3-23-16:
Well, it had to happen – Brussels yanked their our-city-is-terrorist-free promo ad (Note – big gray rectangle below).
The Daily Caller described the now-unavailable video in yesterday’s article ~
VisitBrussels, the city’s tourism department, crafted the #CallBrussels campaign in an effort to disassociate the city with Islamic terror after residents were linked to the November, 2015, Paris attacks and other extremist plots.
As part of the campaign, VisitBrussels set up telephones across the city and invited people to call them in order to speak with Brussels passersby. It then used these calls to create a video touting Brussels as a peaceful, welcoming city.
“After Brussels was linked to terror plots, the international media portrayed the city as a warzone,” the ad said. “We wanted to change this perception with an honest answer.”
The ad then shows interactions with (supposedly) random Belgians, who assure callers the city is completely safe.
After Tuesday’s bombings killed several dozen Brusseleirs, some people on Twitter quickly brought up the ad for ridicule.
Meanwhile, here’s a new video that popped up on YouTube late last night which skillfully contrasts the original ad with yesterday’s tragic bombings. A stark illustration of progressive utopian dreams vs. the harsh and ugly reality of Muslim extremists and their “Religion of Peace.”
Watch quickly before this one gets pulled too! ~
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Original 3-22-16 post:
Oops.
Unfortunately, in the wake of the latest horrific terror attacks, Brussels’ tourism department may be regretting an advertisement they published two months ago ridiculing the idea the city was a center of Islamic radicalism ~
“How is life in Brussels today?” Don’t ask!
Video via: The Daily Caller
Quite clever actually. How very tragic that it didn’t match reality.
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