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http://www.mediaite.com/online/air-force-officials-apologize-for-martin-luther-king-day-fun-shoot-flyer/Sometimes, even a second set of eyes arent enough to keep a monumental blunder from going to print, as a recent advertising flyer for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event at an Air Force shooting range demonstrates. Air Force officials in Georgia have pulled down and apologized for a flyer with a photo of the slain civil rights icon advertising a Martin Luther King, Jr. Fun Shoot:
The flyer advertised a noon gathering on Jan. 18 for the Robins Air Force Base Trap and Skeet Club. An official at the military bases Outdoor Recreation office said it was created by a marketing team.
We didnt make the flyer, said Leroy Minus, the official. We squared it away. We got rid of the picture.
The base, in a statement, called it an honest mistake.
Okay, perhaps even a third or fourth set of eyes arent enough, either. They got rid of the picture, but theyre still having a Martin Luther King, Jr. Fun Shoot? Whats on tap for Pearl Harbor Day, a Family Strafing Jubilee?
Its fine if you want to spend your bonus day off popping off rounds, but maybe dont brand it with a historical figure who was gunned down by a sniper. This is just one more reason why diversity is important, because for many people, its not just another day off or an excuse for a doorbuster sale.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Nobody would confuse skeet shooting with sniper assassination. The holiday is on his birthday, not the day he was killed, so doorbuster sales, liquidations, etc. are OK. I guess skeet shooting events are OK, too. Pretty much all our holidays now are just days when we go shopping for bargains. We will know it's all over when September 11th is preceded by TV ads for big box retailers. It's probably already happening somewhere in this great land of ours.
MrWendel
(1,881 posts)gun anything attached to MLK to messed up. I would feel the same way if this promotion replace Dr. King with President Lincoln.
shenmue
(38,501 posts)lame54
(35,130 posts)ronnie624
(5,764 posts)like 'Air Force Trap and Skeet Club'.
"Blunder", my Aunt Fannie.
Initech
(99,909 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Right. Like the time in 1968 Gen. Curtis LeMay, USAF (ret.) ran as Gov. George Wallace's running mate.
Like Seven Days in May, that guy.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)A group of men got together and started a group to help out with handy-man type tasks in the church and surrounding grounds...they named it "The Hammer & Nail Society".
Lasted one week in the bulletin.
Oneironaut
(5,461 posts)If you're having a Martin Luther King day event at a gun range (which is already a sad irony), advertising is a gigantic minefield.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)At least it wasn't in Memphis.
Stinky The Clown
(67,669 posts)No
Fucking
Way