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Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
— Pat Paulsen
“The authority of the civil defense … issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils because they are booby traps,” he said, adding that the British and American forces were “immoral mercenaries” and “war criminals” for such behavior.
“I am not talking about the American people and the British people,” he said. “I am talking about those mercenaries. … They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children.”
Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, 16 April 2003
GM apologizes for “freaks and weirdos ride the bus” ads
The President of the Canadian Urban Transport Asoociation wrote a letter to the President of GM Canada, protesting GM’s ads that characterized public-transit riders as freaks and weirdoes who smelled bad. GM Canada’s Director of PR apologized.
We deeply regret that this ad ran and we apologize if some individuals have been offended by its content. The ad has been pulled from circulation and will not be run in any other publication.