I sympathise with them here

Very, very few people on the UK would have gone straight to the 9/11 reference

And very, very few customers would have been in the US.

It certainly was not wrong to pull it, but those who claim it was 'obvious' are just profiting from hindsight.

Posted By: Henclrikus on September 18th 2026 at 21:21:10

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The age out outrage strikes Oxford United (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 15:55:01
- I sympathise with them here (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Sep 18, 21:21:10
  - Those who claim it was obvious (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 22:20:39
    - With respect (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Sep 18, 23:28:19
      - Jesus wept 🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 19, 09:27:39
    - VMT (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Sep 18, 22:30:03
      - not at all, anyone under 25 wasnt even alive when it happened (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 19, 13:53:20
        
        And most under the age of 40 (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 19, 14:34:46
- Will Porsche do the right thing and retrospectively rename their old main model? (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 18, 20:50:54
- Why not 1893 then? (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Sep 18, 18:41:12
  - Because footballers don't have shirt numbers with four (or above two) digits? (Other Football) - Drurys Left Nut, Sep 18, 20:17:20
- Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 18, 17:35:02
- pathetic - and anyone supporting this type of nonsense (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 18, 17:16:51
- Bit daft its been called an outrage considering it happened in America and not in the uk (Other Football) - Mk_Canary, Sep 18, 16:42:08
  - The film won 2 BAFTAs (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:06:35
    - let's roll (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 18, 18:01:59
      - Disagree (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 18:21:21
        
        I thought it was ok as well (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:02:50
        
        Rotten Tomatoes 90% and two Oscar nominations (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:07:23
        
        I was a bit dubious about it but Greengrass is brilliant (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 19:41:31
        
        Got it. Flight 93 is the much inferior film about the same event. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:10:12
        
        The direction was fine, especially given the crap he was given. The film was and remains s (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 18, 18:34:22
        
        Were the terrorists portrayed a bit unfairly? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 18:38:41
        
        mate, the very idea that any of that shit happened is laughable (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 19, 00:15:20
        
        the sooner you fuckers realise that IMDB etc is full of fucking bots, the sooner you'll be (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 19, 00:18:30
        
        "You fuckers" (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 19, 10:08:52
  - 🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:44:26
- A commercial decision as much as anything you'd think? (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:20:57
  - It certainly wouldn't be 911 either. (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Sep 18, 18:02:00
    - 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 18:22:21
  - VMT (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:00:25
    - Yep (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 17:02:37
  - Also, they took it down and apologised within two hours of the launch. (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:33:07
- totally agree a load of bollocks ..... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 18, 16:20:33
  - That would make sense (Other Football) - jamesward, Sep 18, 16:23:48
    - I reckon the designers knew what they were doing (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:02:38
    - The absence of any thought here is incredible (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:28:30
      - Any thought? Everything has to be scoured for possible insult? (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 16:45:44
        
        It’s not insulting it’s just stupid (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:03:43
        
        If I saw the phrase 'United 93' on a US style sports top (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:48:51
- They should've apologised and withdrawn the product on grounds of taste (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 18, 16:03:46
  - Lol (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 16:41:32

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