Fla. pastor wins car for canceling Quran burning

[NightWatcher]

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http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-10-15/fla-pastor-wins-car-canceling-quran-burning

"SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A New Jersey car dealer plans to keep his word after offering Florida pastor Terry Jones a new car if he promised to not burn a Quran.

Car dealer Brad Benson made the offer in one of his dealership's quirky radio ads, which focus more on current events than cars. But he was surprised when a representative for Jones called to collect the 2011 Hyundai Accent, which retails for $14,200.

"They said unless I was doing false advertising, they would like to arrange to pick up the car," Benson recalled. At first he thought it was a hoax, so Benson asked Jones to send in a copy of his driver's license. He did.

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The pastor will have to pick up the car at Brad Benson Mitsubishi Hyundai in South Brunswick so he can fill out paperwork. No date has been set for the handover"

[tavalon]

1. Rewarding such behavior is not good for toddlers or pastors

Now, they're all going to expect new cars when they make stupid ass threats and then rescind.

[Botany]

2. Dear Mr. Car Dealer .... I did shoot my neighbor when can I get my car?

n/t

[liberal N proud]

3. I hate it when someone gets rewarded for stopping controversy they invented.

This $%#% created the Quran burning event and now he gets rewarded because he had a brain fart and realized his little stunt was going to cause him grief?

The only reason he DID NOT follow through is because he was harassed and even threatened. A stunt that made him infamous and now he gets rewarded.

:wtf:

[NightWatcher]

4. don't worry, he's fading fast. His church property is being short sold and he's fleeing

so he'll pack up his little Hyundai and drive till his brand of hate finds a home (I'm guessing a cult compound in Texas somewhere)

[tavalon]

6. I'm sure the fred Phelps whackos would welcome him wiht open arms.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Brad Benson is a weirdo.

His ads are annoying, but he pretty much ripped the pastor as a scumbag. Too bad he got conned by a real con artist here.

[renate]

7. well, good for Brad Benson

Terry Jones says he plans to give it to a charity that helps abused Muslim women--I hope he's as good at keeping his word as Brad Benson was at keeping his.