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Post by Ave` on Sept 22, 2007 10:17:41 GMT -5
I think its just plain sick and wonders how did this ad got through. However, it kinda verifies my suspicion that aussies are very racist towards asian ppl.
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 22, 2007 11:44:39 GMT -5
I think its just plain sick and wonders how did this ad got through. However, it kinda verifies my suspicion that aussies are very racist towards asian ppl. Nevermind that they were the ones who invaded, took, and colonized the continent belonging to the Aborigines, the white Australians are paranoid about being eventually overrun and overtaken by Asians who are increasingly becoming more powerful and able to do so if they wish. I knew that Virgin Mobile must be a part of Richard Branson's Virgin conglomerate: www.virgin.com/home.aspx
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Post by cm on Sept 22, 2007 11:59:10 GMT -5
Does Australia hate Japanese that much?
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Post by EA Observer on Sept 22, 2007 12:52:19 GMT -5
Does Australia hate Japanese that much? Something to do with the Imperial Japan kicking their ass during WWII and surpassing them as the big boy of Pacific region later.
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Post by hapalicious on Sept 22, 2007 13:09:49 GMT -5
i m outraged... a personal pic ?? labelling her as a FOBish penpal you should dump?? plastering this underage girl s face (who never asked for anythything but merely posted her pic on the net) on billboards all over the country ? i hope they lose their case and a lot of customers.
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Post by cinnamoroll on Sept 22, 2007 16:49:03 GMT -5
Racist: Yes Inappropriate: Yes
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Post by miss feli on Sept 22, 2007 22:42:17 GMT -5
i m outraged... a personal pic ?? labelling her as a FOBish penpal you should dump?? plastering this underage girl s face (who never asked for anythything but merely posted her pic on the net) on billboards all over the country ? i hope they lose their case and a lot of customers. I agree... but then I also get the feeling out of the picture, kind of like an undertone that all Asians are "foreign". Does anyone get what I mean?
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Post by Guy in the white shirt on Sept 23, 2007 0:34:06 GMT -5
Ahh, it does progress the stereotype.. but then, I think you can analyse anything and it can be shown as rascist. I used to work at Sony, and one of our ads was called rascist as it was filmed in brazil and everyone had tails. The tails were just to show that the ppl were happy, and it was filmed in brazil as the location was pretty. But the end result was that brazillians were portrayed as animals... not the intention.
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Post by halfbreed on Sept 23, 2007 7:56:53 GMT -5
I don't get the ad... - People still write?? - Why do I need Virgin to dump her? Can't I just dump her if I don't like her anyway? But, yeah, it's racist. I think I'll send an angry email, too.
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Post by jericho on Sept 23, 2007 8:28:26 GMT -5
Got a response today. Hopefully something substantial will come out of this. I'm not so much bothered by the offensiveness of the ad, but rather that they have negligently exposed a young girl to unwanted attention. That's barely a response kevin... They could have had a room full of typing monkeys that wrote that email to you. Case in point: Burns: This is a thousand monkeys working at a thousand typewriters. Soon they well have written the greatest novel known to man. Let’s see…reading ‘It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.’ You stupid monkey! Anyways, I had no idea companies could just yoink your photos and use them for things like that without consent of the people in the pictures. What's wrong with getting a model or actor to simply pose for it, at least then you not only have consent, you're paying for it as well. Just remember also people, everyday ordinary Australians didn't make this ad, some company did. We're as disgusted as you are, well... I'm not really disgusted, I just feel really sorry for the poor girl who has been humiliated by her inadvertent participation in a lame ad. FWIW I hope she gets some compensation for what happened to her.
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Post by halfbreed on Sept 23, 2007 8:47:47 GMT -5
I'm boycotting anything Virgin. Planes, too!
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Post by jenming on Sept 23, 2007 20:55:09 GMT -5
what means: "pen friend"?
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Post by waywardwolf on Sept 23, 2007 21:10:54 GMT -5
I was wondering that too. Is it like a pen pal?
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Post by jericho on Sept 24, 2007 3:35:25 GMT -5
I'm boycotting anything Virgin. Planes, too! That's a lot of stuff.
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Post by morningstar on Sept 24, 2007 3:42:51 GMT -5
When i saw it, i got the impression the girl was happy because she had just boycotted HER pen pal, and thus was celebrating!
Maybe its not good to overanalyse ads!
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