WTF? Great sales pitch!

[Chulo]

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Indian insurance agents jailed for Bin Laden sales pitch Thu Jul 21,10:46 AM ET



NEW DELHI (AFP) - Call it the really hard sell.



Five insurance agents in India have reportedly landed in jail for launching
a sales promotion "jehad" that rewarded top salesmen with glasses bearing the name of Osama bin Laden.

Officials from the ICICI Prudential insurance firm unveiled the sales ploy -- which was codenamed "Mission Jehad" -- at a meeting in the town of Kanpur on Tuesday, the Times of India newspaper reported.


Every agent able to sell 10 life insurance policies was offered a T-shirt as
well as a glass tumbler etched with the Al-Qaeda mastermind's name.


"Kill 10, take a branded T-shirt and be the best terrorist in the group.
Jehad begins from July 18-20 -- Osama bin Laden," the message to sales personnel said.
Police arrested five company officials who are facing sedition charges after a court ruled they had "glorified an international terrorist."

The company condemned the incident in a statement, saying it was a
mistake.
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[joe mama]

Tasteless humor...stupid humor...dark humor...yes.
Sedition?



Sedition? That's a bit much.
What happens if you say "Ghandi was an a-hole!"? Do they feed you to the cows feet first?

[Bluezoo]

Caveat emptour. :lol:

[dunkin]

I always thought thinking "outside the box" was a good thing, but this is a little to far outside the box.