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53. A laptop is not a Porsche either.

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 10:59 PM

Oct 2013

If you have the time look up what Hegel wrote about quantity and quality. One of the classic red-baiting tactics was to equate the ownership of a tootbrush and a jacket with ownership of a factory - or a Porsche.

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Nice skyline, Porsche. [View all] rug Oct 2013 OP

Someone in marketing at Porsche wasn't thinking clearly. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #1

But it was clearly intentional. I don't see how it couldn't have been. morningfog Oct 2013 #4

Who in their right mind would intentionally create that ad? Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #5

Running away from the Apocalypse...fast... Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #7

I don't get it. krispos42 Oct 2013 #2

The 911 series is referred to as the "Porsche Nine Eleven" Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #3

I'm aware of that krispos42 Oct 2013 #8

Too soon? flvegan Oct 2013 #13

When you call 911 do they say "nine eleven, what is your emergency?" Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #18

So 50 years of history is erased because some Americans are idiots? flvegan Oct 2013 #23

I'm pretty sure the deadliest terrorist attack in modern human history is pretty iconic. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #28

So, knee-jerk then? flvegan Oct 2013 #34

I've always associated the Beetle moreso with Ferdinand Porsche than with Hitler. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #37

No? flvegan Oct 2013 #45

These bloodless scum are once again blinded to all except impending profits. rug Oct 2013 #6

I'm actually pretty sure the ad is fake. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #9

It's not. rug Oct 2013 #11

The car is so fast they couldn't get a good picture of it. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #20

There is outrage of some kind krispos42 Oct 2013 #25

I expect so. rrneck Oct 2013 #29

I'm pretty sure this is a fake advertisement. It exists nowhere other than on Imgur. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #10

Advertising Agency: Fred&Farid, Shanghai, China rug Oct 2013 #12

Wow... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #14

nope Junkdrawer Oct 2013 #16

What are we pissed about on this one rug, please? flvegan Oct 2013 #15

I wouldn't say we, flvegan. rug Oct 2013 #17

So "be clear" was lost on you? flvegan Oct 2013 #19

The clarity isn't lost on me. rug Oct 2013 #26

Okay flvegan Oct 2013 #31

Read what Porsche is peddling it as. rug Oct 2013 #32

I clicked your link. flvegan Oct 2013 #38

Nothing subliminal about it. rug Oct 2013 #40

So it seems your real quarrel is with the concept of private property, not the ad. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #42

A Porsche is not a toothbrush. rug Oct 2013 #43

I should know as I used to own one. You are right. It was not a toothbrush. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #44

What happened to it? rug Oct 2013 #46

I couldn't afford the upkeep. It was in serious need of rust repair. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #48

For a time, Ferrari purists didn't consider the Dino. flvegan Oct 2013 #52

Wait..."mobile symbol of theft" flvegan Oct 2013 #47

I doubt that, flvegan. rug Oct 2013 #49

Yes, they are symbols of money and greed. They are also very fun to drive. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #50

A laptop is not a Porsche either. rug Oct 2013 #53

you can't red bait someone with a marx avatar.. just sayin... dionysus Oct 2013 #58

And the ownership of the factory is ownership of the means of production. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #65

Yes there is that difference. rug Oct 2013 #67

But that's not the comparison you attempted to make. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #68

So is it now the price? flvegan Oct 2013 #51

It is the price, it is the purpose, it is the concentration of resources for a select market. rug Oct 2013 #56

My defense of Porsche? flvegan Oct 2013 #63

In two tries you've produced this - como se dice? - blather. rug Oct 2013 #66

You are welcome to your opinion. flvegan Oct 2013 #70

Come back with a guardian ad litem. rug Oct 2013 #73

For what? flvegan Oct 2013 #74

I'll do better. I'll give you the definition. rug Oct 2013 #76

So you think flvegan Oct 2013 #77

They aren't really peddling. The 911 is one of the greatest cars ever made. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #39

If they're advertising it, they're peddling it. rug Oct 2013 #41

my late husband owned a porsche 911. DesertFlower Oct 2013 #54

My condolences. I'm sure he enjoyed it. rug Oct 2013 #55

The fruits of the "bloodless scum" you previously spoke of, right? flvegan Oct 2013 #57

Why don't you just answer the question upstream instead of pissing on this subthread? rug Oct 2013 #60

What question? Be specific, please. flvegan Oct 2013 #64

thank you. he did enjoy it. DesertFlower Oct 2013 #72

I think there comes a time that we, the American people, should (must really) ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #21

I guess each person has a different concept of it. But I will probably forever know nine eleven... Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #22

You're also in a post-Pearl Harbor world, a post-Columbine world... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #27

I'm not particularly upset. I just think it's a bad advertisement. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #30

I think it's a fine advertisement. I was 31 years old that day with an 11 year old ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #33

I don't understand how "moving on" means forgetting an iconic date. Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #35

Moving on means not getting upset over ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #36

That "iconic date" means something entirely different to people in Chile alarimer Oct 2013 #82

Are you seriously trying to argue that New Yorkers chose to co-opt that date? Gravitycollapse Oct 2013 #83

That car (and it's name) has been around for 40 years or more. alarimer Oct 2013 #80

Thank you alarimer... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #81

I don't think anyone in Shanghai was thinking the way we do about NYC and 911... TreasonousBastard Oct 2013 #24

Meh LittleBlue Oct 2013 #59

Lol, I like your scale. rug Oct 2013 #61

It's alright LittleBlue Oct 2013 #85

I stared at it for a while - I didn't get the problem petronius Oct 2013 #62

Reminds me a little of Starbucks' "Collapse Into Cool" ad campaign Electric Monk Oct 2013 #69

Huh, I hadn't seen that. rug Oct 2013 #71

That was when I realized that the nation was filled with idiots... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #84

If even SOME people look at the ad and think of the terrorist attacks XemaSab Oct 2013 #75

I read it as a stealth reference to the Nissan R35. The Skyline reference is a dead give away. Monk06 Oct 2013 #78

Doesn't bother me. cui bono Oct 2013 #79

I'm tired of the country living in the past. Vashta Nerada Oct 2013 #86