RE: Cingular Pulls 'Blatantly Offensive' Ringtone

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

 Well, *I* don't feel it's "blatantly offensive"...  But I doo feel that these hip-hop RAP ringtones are Offensive, 
Cingular should pull those....   Oh and that Spanish "version" of the US National Anthem is Offensive to me too, they 
should pull that...  Well, while I'm on the subject, most ringtones in general are Offensive or just plain Annoying, 
they should be pulled too....

  Bah!  They should leave it up and let the buyers of the ringtones decide if they like it or not with their $$$


Michael P. Blanchard 
Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
EMC ² Corporation 
4400 Computer Dr. 
Westboro, MA 01580 


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 3:28 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Cingular Pulls 'Blatantly Offensive' Ringtone

I guess some people just have no sense of humor. ;-)

Via MSNBC (AP).

[snip]

Cingular Wireless LLC pulled a ringtone from its Web site Tuesday after learning that it carried a message the company 
called "blatantly offensive."

The Atlanta-based cell phone company became aware of the ringtone, which uses mixed English and Spanish and threatens 
deportation, after an inquiry from a reporter for The Brownsville Herald.

The newspaper reported in its online edition Tuesday that the ringtone started with a siren, followed by a male voice 
saying in a Southern drawl, "This is la Migra," a slang term for the Border Patrol.

"Por favor, put the oranges down and step away from the cell phone. I repeat-o, put the oranges down and step away from 
the telephone-o. I'm deporting you back home-o," the voice continued.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12722470/

- ferg


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