ADS ON BUSES * WORLDWIDE
* Australia - Sprouting messages of reason everywhere…except Australia
The Atheist Foundation of Australia sought to emulate those successes, and met an obstacle: the ad company simply refused to allow them to buy ad space, without giving a reason, and you can tell it was simply religious bigotry behind the decision
USA -ScienceBlogs, by PZ Myers (*) -November 26, 2008: -- Bold atheists have been buying ad space on buses in London and Washington DC—it's been a successful tactic for raising the profile of godless groups, and has also been somewhat controversial... It's not as if they were trying to put up abusive or profane messages. Here are some of the slogans they suggested... We started off with "Atheism - because there is no credible evidence", we put that to the bus companies, they didn't like that and they said the wording wasn't to their acceptance. And then we changed that to "Celebrate reason" and thought we'd make it a bit comical "Sleep in on Sunday mornings", but they refused that also... This refusal is coming from the same company, APN Outdoor, that previously ran Bible verses on buses — it's clearly simple bias that is behind their decision. I hope someone is considering legal action, since this kind of asymmetry that closes channels of communication to one side of a public issue means the ad company is arbitrarily imposing their faith-based beliefs on others... (* PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris)* USA - South Florida: Learn about Islam, ads on buses urge
FL,USA -The Sun Sentinel -November 26, 2008: -- South Florida Muslims launched an ad campaign Tuesday with banners on more than 120 buses urging Floridians to learn more about Islam... For eight weeks, buses in Broward and Miami-Dade counties will carry messages like "Islam: Got Questions? Get answers"... Ads include a Web site address and telephone number where people can get accurate and objective information about Islam, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which organized the project... The council says the $60,000 campaign comes in response to the widespread distribution in September of Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, a controversial film about a small number of radical Muslim terrorists...
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