(March 18, 2012 at 9:02 am)Tiberius Wrote:(March 17, 2012 at 12:03 am)reverendjeremiah Wrote: They chose the wrong image
I disagree. The quote was about slaves, the image was of a slave. It's America, so whenever people think about slavery they think of the African slaves that were brought over. Makes perfect sense to use that image.
They could have used an image that wasn't of a black person though, it's pretty obvious that with that image it was going to cause a stir, especially in an area like where that billboard is situated.
The bible verse wasn't written when the African slaves were brought over it was written long before that anyway. Using a picture of an African slave could of been avoided, and the 'racism backlash' could have been anticipated.
Quote:The problem is that rather than reacting to the fact that the Bible clearly condones slavery, they ignore the point of the billboard and take the quote as a racist statement from the owner.
Yeah, that's the real problem. Like I said, the media only reports what it wants to report.
