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Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

I just got this ad from Kayak. On the one hand, it seems the ultimate in bad taste. On the other hand, signing up will likely help the indigenous group that is running the hike, and maybe the hike...

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okay, that's really bizarre. I couldn't decide whether it was offensive, and then I decided no, its just funny.

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Hmm, an overweight, very pale white girl making a run for the U.S. border from Mexico, I can see the real Border Patrol on the floor laughing at the situration ('gringa comes home')Quote:If you've...

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

Come on, this isn't for real, is it?What's next? The vacation of a lifetime embedded with the troops in Iraq?

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

It definitely seems to be for real. Here's a CBS Chicago article:cbs2chicago.com/topstorie...37165.htmlHarper's article:findarticles.com/p/articl..._n17291640Slate...

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

Funny enough I actually know someone who went on "vacation" to Iraq...embedded with troops.

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

Reminds me of the title of a very funny PJ O'Rourke book: Holidays in Hell.

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

and gives new meaning to the idea of Adventure Vacations.

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Not for me, thanks! lolThis could turn into a whole cottage industry - travel vacations where you abuse tourists for a week.- Kidnapped in a remote S. American jungle by mock-insurgents- Knocked in...

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

Oh, and of course you can double the revenue by selliing both sides. Tourists as abusers AND abusees. (Single supplement applies.)

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

Unfortunately, Cliff, as the daily newspaper illustrates, the possibilities are indeed endless. This is so far beyond bad taste that it makes me a bit queasy. Will people pay to spend a day trying to...

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

That's very true and sad

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Re: Bad taste award? Ad from Kayak for "'Night Border Cross

I wonder if they are getting many tourists signing up.

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