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I thought it was worse when they had one called the Seedy Sanchez.
Posted: 13:38 Jul 26 2006
Pot Noodle - racist?
Seen the Pot Noodle ad with the Welsh miners mining noodles?
I thought it was funny, but it seems not everyone has a sense of humour.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received complaints that the ad is racist and derogatory to the Welsh. Good thing the ASA disagreed, otherwise I'd think they'd have no sense of humour either and when they're the advertising watchdog in these parts a sense of humour sounds like a job requirement!
Thoughts?
I thought it was funny, but it seems not everyone has a sense of humour.
The Advertising Standards Authority has received complaints that the ad is racist and derogatory to the Welsh. Good thing the ASA disagreed, otherwise I'd think they'd have no sense of humour either and when they're the advertising watchdog in these parts a sense of humour sounds like a job requirement!
Thoughts?
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Do some people really have nothing better to do than complain about things? I love those ads.
*looks at Tycho's post*
Ew. Just... ew.
*looks at Tycho's post*
Ew. Just... ew.
Posted: 13:40 Jul 26 2006 
I can't agree more, some people just have nothing better to do than complain. And it's ashame that there are enough "PC" people around that feel obligated to do something about it.
I don't know if anyone seen the racist issue about the PSP billboards. With Sony launching the psp white they decided to create a set of billboards to use in the Netherlands. This was the billboard that the big fuss was about:
Although Sony also had these pictures up which nobody complaint about
I actually thought they looked kinda sexy
(whooh 2 good looking chicks fighting) But because these billboards / images made it onto the internet even the American senate (apparently) discussed them and urged Sony to pull the Ads. Although hardly anyone in NL even complained about that ad internationally (read America) saw it as hugely racist and it ended up being pulled. I personally find it very worrying that other peoples misplaced guilt can influance a free society that much. As these pictures are only racist if you make them racist. In a society where racisme hardly is an issue nobody will see a racist extreme white "bitch" in an extremely dominant position over a black woman and would feel bad about it, as it's just two girls "fighting" trying to sell a product.
I don't know if anyone seen the racist issue about the PSP billboards. With Sony launching the psp white they decided to create a set of billboards to use in the Netherlands. This was the billboard that the big fuss was about:
Although Sony also had these pictures up which nobody complaint about
I actually thought they looked kinda sexy
(whooh 2 good looking chicks fighting) But because these billboards / images made it onto the internet even the American senate (apparently) discussed them and urged Sony to pull the Ads. Although hardly anyone in NL even complained about that ad internationally (read America) saw it as hugely racist and it ended up being pulled. I personally find it very worrying that other peoples misplaced guilt can influance a free society that much. As these pictures are only racist if you make them racist. In a society where racisme hardly is an issue nobody will see a racist extreme white "bitch" in an extremely dominant position over a black woman and would feel bad about it, as it's just two girls "fighting" trying to sell a product.
Posted: 10:06 Jul 27 2006