The future's bright... *updated*

... but Orange's community affairs manager isn't.

Inigo Wilson describes people who are Islamophobic as:

"anyone who objects to having their transport blown up on the way to work"

Feedback regarding Orange's Community Affairs programme can be made here.

Hat tip to Al in the comments.

UPDATE: Al reports that Orange have now suspended Wilson while an investigation takes place.

Comments

[joe90]

That might not be a good defintion but its a brilliant example of it in practice -

Imagine Mel Gibson saying something along similar lines but about a Judeo-phobic

any Lebanese refugee who objects to having their transport blown up on their way to sanctuary

any Palestinian who objects to their community being wall-up because they can't get to their work anymore

PS
I always thought 'orange' was a bit of a dodgy colour anyway - and you can't rhymn any other word with it, as well

[al]

Orange has contracted out it's PR work to a company called "Golin Harris" (orangepr@golinharris.com), of which Mr Wilson is an employee.

Complaint need to be raised with Golin Harris and not necessarily Orange.

If only some muslim publication will raise this and make a fuss.

[al]

REPLY:

Following on from your email, I thought you should be aware of this.

We have received a number of complaints regarding the content of an article written by an Orange employee and published on an independent website which has offended some of our customers.

We take the opinions of our customers very seriously and believe that this matter warrants further investigation. We have therefore suspended an employee while this investigation takes place.

Kind regards,

Orange

[Anon]

Apparently Inigo Wilson has been reinstated according to some Blogs:

http://5thnovember.blogspot.com/2006/10/exclusive-inigo-has-been-re-instated.html

http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2006/08/inigo-wilson-deserves-our-support.html

Maybe directly emailing Orange's Media Relations Director Stuart Jackson may be of more use, here's his email -

stuart.jackson@orange.co.uk.