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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The distillers of Sweden's Absolut vodka have withdrawn an advertisement run in Mexico that angered many U.S. citizens by idealizing an early 19th century map showing chunks of the United States as Mexican.
The billboard ad has the slogan "In an Absolut World" slapped over a pre-1848 map showing California, Arizona and other U.S. states as Mexican territory. Those states were carved out of what had been Mexican lands until that year.
Although it was not shown in the United States, U.S. media outlets picked up on the ad, and after a barrage of complaints, Absolut's maker said on Sunday the ad campaign would cease.
Defending the campaign last week, Absolut maker Vin & Spirit said the ad was created "with a Mexican sensibility" and was not meant for the U.S. market.
For the rest of the story:
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0729018920080408
Further reading for your entertainment, and perhaps enlightenment – and possibly alarm:
Geography: Mexico is unique among third world countries. An accident of geo-political evolution gave Mexico a border with the richest and most democratic nation on earth. This removes the very real physical oceanic barriers that poor immigrants (and would-be immigrants) of previous waves had to surmount. The Mexican illegal alien can move back and forth across the imaginary border, a political figment of the imagination, at some risk but without much effort.
Make No Mistake, Illegal Aliens are Not the Problem.
04/09/2006 - 11:28 PM
Why is it that this gets little to NO attention? It is the defining element that makes this “immigration” so terribly different from any others that we as a nation have weathered.
Mexican attitude is certainly part of problem. In his State of the Union Address last week El Presidente Felipe Calderón y Roca chastised the United States for enforcing its laws against Mexico’s citizens that are here in droves illegally. He stated that “Mexico does not end at the border. Wherever there is a Mexican, Mexico will be there.”
Strong words for America, stern warnings for Mexico
Chris Hawley
Republic Mexico City Bureau
Sept. 2, 2007 03:40 PM
If America’s President made such a statement, we would be scourged with global outrage for meddling in another nations internal affairs.
But this is not surprising given the Mexican attitude. “According to a Zogby poll in 2002, 58 percent of the Mexican people believed the U.S. Southwest belongs to Mexico, and 57 percent believed that Mexicans have the right to enter the United States without U.S. permission. Only small minorities disagreed with these propositions.” (2/17/2006) - By Lawrence Auster, FrontPageMagazine.com”
Only in America: Border Breaking Si; American Sovereignty No
03/29/2006 - 8:05 PM
At issue is our national sovereignty. And that underpins what it means to be an American.
Legal immigrants honor our sovereignty by doing it according to the book, our book, the book of the nation they are in either temporarily or permanently.
Illegal aliens do not honor our sovereignty. At best they disregard it. At worst they challenge it. That is where I take up arms on this issue.
It’s not about the illegal alien’s right to pursue freedom. It’s not about the illegal alien’s right to make a living. It’s not about the fact that America was created by immigrants. It is about preserving our sovereignty. It is about how or even whether we will continue to exist as a nation. Any other argument begs the point. Any other argument is a straw man.
For your reading pleasure:
Illegal Alien Invasion
For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada – Part 1: The Manifesto
08/23/2006 - 10:12 AM
For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada – Part 2: Reconquista, The Plan
08/23/2006
- 10:46 AM
Of meat, Mexicans and social mobility
07/07/2006 - 3:01 PM
Amnesty by any other name is still ...
06/05/2006 - 10:30 PM
It may be old news, but it’s as current as today’s headlines
05/22/2006 - 10:57 AM
Only in Mexico: Laughing all the Way to the Bank.
05/18/2006 - 10:38 PM
Only in America: Mexico In Arizona!
05/10/2006 - 9:09 PM
Only in America: American Border Patrol teams up with Mexico against Americans.
05/09/2006 - 4:32 PM
Not Only in Arizona: but in Other States Too!
05/06/2006 - 12:37 AM
05/05/2006 - 9:11 PM
Only in Arizona:Sheriff Joe Arpaio Mojo on Illegal Aliens!
05/03/2006 - 4:50 PM
Only in America: the Mexican Amendments
04/27/2006 - 9:10 PM
Summary of Illegal Aliens Solution for Dummy American “Leadership”
04/24/2006 - 11:42 PM
Only in Mexico: Immigrants Treated Harshly
04/24/2006 - 11:30 PM
a Primer for Dummys on the Illegal Alien Issue in 3 Easy Steps
04/24/2006 - 11:01 PM
Only in Mexico: Do as We Say, America; Not as We Do
04/24/2006 - 10:52 PM
Only in America: Aztlan Uber Alles!
04/20/2006 - 10:32 PM
Only in America: Only in Mexico.
04/20/2006 - 11:47 AM
04/18/2006 - 11:05 PM
Only in America: The Bronze Racial Movement
04/17/2006 - 10:54 PM
Only in America: An Alien Landscape
04/13/2006 - 10:33 PM
Only in America: Let us Pick Lettuce Too
04/13/2006 - 7:10 PM
Make No Mistake, Illegal Aliens are Not the Problem.
04/09/2006 - 11:28 PM
Only in America: Welcome, Invaders
04/08/2006 - 9:54 PM
Only in America: Dueling Citizenships
04/06/2006 - 8:51 AM
Only in America: The DHS Sees Red; or Not
04/03/2006 - 10:52 PM
Only in America: Border Breaking Si; American Sovereignty No
03/29/2006 - 8:05 PM
Only in America: Two Classes of Immigrants – an Historical Anomaly
03/28/2006 - 10:19 PM
Only in America: Guts, Greed and Law
03/28/2006 - 7:40 PM
Only in America: Money and Allegiance to Mexico
03/28/2006 - 7:21 PM
Only in America: Welcome Mexican Flag Wavers
03/28/2006 - 6:27 PM
