Can't say "Islamist" in Dallas/Fort Worth

This billboard design was submitted for the upcoming America's Truth Forum Symposium in Southlake, TX, in the Dallas/Fort Worth area:

This is the revised design that was eventually accepted and used:

Why the changes? The sales manager of a Dallas-area billboard company explained: “My boss wouldn’t go along with this type of advertising since we have an international clientele -- some of whom might be on the other side."

The other side? On the side of the jihadists?

Imagine an American billboard company in 1942 toning down an anti-Nazi billboard because, well, some of their clients are Nazis!

From the America's Truth Forum link:

America's Truth Forum
in association with Basics Project
present
Exposing the Threat
of Islamist Terrorism
America's Original Symposium Series
on the Threat of Islamist Terrorism
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Saturday February 2, 2008
Ranch of the Lonesome Dove
2299 Lonesome Dove Rd.
Southlake, TX 76092
(817) 329-1100
9am Start (7:45am arrival time to satisfy security check-in)
(Texas Bar-B-Que lunch included)
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VIP Dinner & Cocktail Pre-Symposium Reception
Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX
Friday, February 1, 2008
7pm Start (6pm arrival time to satisfy security check-in)

Symposium Tickets: $149.00 per person
Special First Responder Rate: $100.00 per person (ID required)

VIP Dinner Reception Tickets: $119.00 Final Days

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Confirmed Speakers:

Lee Boyland
Nuclear Engineering & Expert
Mr. Boyland is a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer in the U.S. Army, assigned to the Defense Atomic Support Agency an its Nuclear Emergency Team. He had access to the design details of all nuclear and thermonuclear weapons and participated is several tests at the Nevada Test Site.
Subject: The Nuclear Threat Posed by Radical Islamists

Frank Gaffney
Founder and President Center for Security Policy
Subject: The Infiltration of Middle Eastern Influence into Washington DC Institutions. Mr. Gaffney will examine the increasing Middle Eastern within some of our countries most important institutions including our government.

Mike Gallagher, Emcee-Friday Reception
Talkers Magazine reports that the Salem Broadcast Network personality is the sixth most listened-to talk radio host in America with over 3.75 million weekly listeners in top ten markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Houston, and Philadelphia as well as cities all over the country, and is the 8th most recognized talk radio personality in America (The Benchmark Company). Mike has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, and Forbes.

Caroline Glick [endorsement]
Deputy Managing Editor, Jerusalem Post & Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy
Subject: Assessing the Iranian Threat to Global Security
 

Roger Hedgecock, Emcee-Saturday Symposium
From his days as a San Diego elected official to his 14 years as host of "The Roger Hedgecock Show," Mr. Hedgecock has reached out to influence millions of Americans with his message of citizen empowerment. Mr. Hedgecock has guest hosted the number one ranked Rush Limbaugh radio program. He can be heard on his own nationally syndicated radio program on his flagship station AM600 KOGO, in San Diego, CA .

Joe Kaufman
Chairman of Americans Against Hate, Founder of CAIR Watch, Investigative Journalist for FrontPage Magazine
 During a 2007 protest against the Islamic Circle of North America, seven Dallas-area Muslim organizations sought to deny Kaufman his Freedom of Speech by serving him with a lawsuit and a restraining order.
Subject: The Fragile Nature of our Constitutional Freedoms in the Face of Jihad.

Dr. Harvey Kushner [endorsement]
Chairman of Criminal Justice Dept. of Long Island University, best-selling author, advisor to the FBI and FAA
Subject: Radical Islam's Infiltration of America. The original introduction to his book Holy War in 2004 included this warning: “In my thirty years in counterterrorism, I have never been more worried about my country.” What’s changed? Make it thirty-eight. Kushner will show how the United States continues to be infiltration by terrorist meaning to pull triggers, plant bombs, and blast holes in the New York City skyline.

Laura Mansfield
Middle Eastern linguistic expert and investigative reporter specializing in jihadi activity both domestic and foreign
Subject: The Muslim Brotherhood

Dr. Moorthy Muthuswamy
Nuclear Physicist, Internationally recognized critic of political Islam
Dr. Moorthy Muthuswamy grew up in India, where he had first-hand experience with political Islam and jihad. He moved to America in 1984 to pursue graduate studies. In 1992, he received a doctorate in nuclear physics from Stony Brook University, New York. Since 1999 he has extensively published ideas on neutralizing political Islam's terror war as it is imposed on unbelievers. He is the author of the new book, The Art of War on Terror: Triumphing over Political Islam and the Axis of Jihad.
Subject: Neutralizing Political Islam's Terror War

Atty. David Schippers
Former Chief Investigative Counsel for the US House Judiciary Committee, author, counter-terrorism expert
Subject: Domestic Terrorism and Associated Threat. Mr. Schippers will discuss past terrorist attacks no our nation and the probabilities of additional attacks on our homeland.

Robert Spencer [endorsement]
Director of Jihad Watch, best-selling author and expert on radical Islam
Subject: Sharia Law and The West. Mr. Spencer will discuss the nature of the Sharia imperative and the elements of Western civilization that it challenges. His talk will examine why the United States - and the West - ignore this at our own peril.

Dr. Wafa Sultan
Syrian-American Psychologist and internationally recognized critic of militant Islam
Subject: The Necessity of Educating the American Public About Islam. Dr. Sultan will explain why tough questions should be posed to Muslims about Islamic teachings as well as defining the concept of Al Taqqiya, the need to monitor the Saudi money trail into American Universities, Mosques and Madrasas and the need to effectively infiltrate Muslim communities to monitor and investigate radicalization.

Dr. Bruce Tefft
Founding member of CIA’s Counterterrorism Task Force
Subject: The Islamist Ideological Conflict - Loyalty to Country vs. Loyalty to Religion. Dr. Tefft will examine the issues surrounding the complex dilemma facing Islamist ideology with regard to the religions ability to assimilate into their host nation societies. He will examine the tenets of the Koran regarding national assimilation, the ideology surrounding jihad today and throughout history and Islamophobia.

Dr. Paul Williams
Former FBI consultant, best-selling author and investigative journalist
Subject: The American Hiroshima & Domestic Jihadi Training Camps. Dr. Williams will discuss the vulnerability of the United States to "The American Hiroshima," Osama bin Laden's quest to deploy and detonate nuclear weapons within US borders. He will also discuss his recent examination of jihadi training facilities located within the United States.

Additional Speakers to Be Announced