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Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

icyfroth — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:16:19 GMT

We are after all celebrating the landing of the First Fleet on January 26th 1988...

Aldi pulls 'racist' T-shirts after online outrage

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has pulled an Australia Day T-shirt and singlet from its stores amid claims on social media that designs featured on the garments were racist.

Complaints that the range of promotional T-shirts with 'AUSTRALIA EST 1788' logos were racist led to people targeting @ALDIAustralia on Twitter and calling for them to be withdrawn.

The T-shirts and singlets were scheduled to go on sale on this week in the lead up to January 26.

Twitter users slammed the design as racist and culturally insensitive to indigenous Australians, who inhabited the continent for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.

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Perhaps we should abandon the celebration altogether.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

purple_haize — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:23:37 GMT

I am sure that Aldi had those same t/shirts on sale last year for Australia Day and no one complained then, so why now?

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

**meep** — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:26:59 GMT

wow! i don't know what to say........

I have always thought Australia was lagging behind in education standards, but this is Australian history we're talking about.......Sad...

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

cherry*135 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:35:59 GMT

Why do we need to Ban Australia Day?

Withdrawing 'racist , culturally insensitve & historically wrong' T shirts, from sale by one supermarket doesn't mean Australia Day should be cancelled.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

polksaladallie — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:36:04 GMT

Well, Australia was not estabalished in 1788. Is this the only shirt objected to? If so, I agree with the objections.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

cherry*135 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:37:40 GMT

Yes, it was the only one objected too.

“The remainder of the range will still be available to consumers at $4.99 each.”

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

just_me_karen — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:52:53 GMT

Do they sell "I am an uneducated, culturally insensitive Aussie" tshirts?

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 04:59:28 GMT

I agree with the removal of the t-shirts.

Maybe we should have a National day of celebration on a different date, rather than on the day white occupation began

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

polksaladallie — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:02:46 GMT

@just_me_karen wrote:
Do they sell "I am an uneducated, culturally insensitive Aussie" tshirts?

Probably in Bali

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

**meep** — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:03:45 GMT

Every Country has a 'National Day'.

What date do you propose for Australia?

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

cherry*135 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:05:43 GMT

icy wrote - We are after all celebrating the landing of the First Fleet on January 26th 1988...

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

gkam2 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:07:04 GMT

It is correct to say that Australia was not established in 1788 and if that is a reason to ban Australia Day then get rid of Christmas as 25 Dec. was not Christs true day of birth, get rid of Easter as it changes date each year and get rid of the Queens Birthday as her Birthday is not in June. The nation of Australia did not come into being untill Federation in 1901 prior to that we were a collection of seperate colonies and quite frankly who cares, it is just a 'T' shirt and i have seen much worse that should be banned.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

happyroo_bunji — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:07:18 GMT

Why don't we ban everything? Much easier then

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

lakeland27 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:22:18 GMT

nobody banned any t-shirts, they withdrew them. big difference. i see we have a pre-cook denialist here

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

cherry*135 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:26:27 GMT

Kudos to Aldi for withdrawing the T-shirt design objected to, from sale.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

the_great_she_elephant — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:33:49 GMT

@gkam2 wrote:
It is correct to say that Australia was not established in 1788 and if that is a reason to ban Australia Day then get rid of Christmas as 25 Dec. was not Christs true day of birth, get rid of Easter as it changes date each year and get rid of the Queens Birthday as her Birthday is not in June. The nation of Australia did not come into being untill Federation in 1901 prior to that we were a collection of seperate colonies and quite frankly who cares, it is just a 'T' shirt and i have seen much worse that should be banned.

You may not care, but clearly many indegenous people do. Maybe you feel offending them doesn't matter - common sense and basic good manners tells me that it does.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

pct001wine — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:34:08 GMT

They'll now take on collectable status amongst the beachside bogans and ferals. No doubt a few will slip through the net and find their way onto eBay.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

icyfroth — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:34:24 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
Why do we need to Ban Australia Day?

Withdrawing 'racist , culturally insensitve & historically wrong' T shirts, from sale by one supermarket doesn't mean Australia Day should be cancelled.

Same principal, though. You could call Aussies celebrating the 26th January 1788 culturally insensitive and racist too.

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

*ibis — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:39:04 GMT

Do they sell "I am an overeducated, smug, pretentious Aussie" tshirts?

Re: Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

cherry*135 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 05:41:28 GMT

icyfroth wrote:

am*3 wrote:

Why do we need to Ban Australia Day?

Withdrawing 'racist , culturally insensitve & historically wrong' T shirts, from sale by one supermarket doesn't mean Australia Day should be cancelled.

Same principal, though. You could call Aussies celebrating the 26th January 1788 culturally insensitive and racist too.

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I don't get any of that comment .. from same principle part to the second sentence.

Why does one supermarket voluntarily withdrawing one t shirt design after complaints from its customers = Australia Day should be banned??