An original Tweet by George Craig from Canberra posting a photo of the singlet with the caption “@woolworths cairns, selling racist singlets for everyday low prices! #racist” was shared by Greens MP Adam Bandt on his Facebook page.
15-10-2014 08:24 AM - edited 15-10-2014 08:29 AM
Looks like yet another storm in a tea cup from the easily offended no sense of humour and we hate Australia mob
This Singlet and T-shirt has been available for a number of years on the web, on eBay and in many shops around the country until some super sensitive poonce from Canberra on an end of season footy trip to Cairns with his team decided to get himself all offended and post a pic etc and then the usual easily we hate Australia types all jumped on it (seems some ACT AFL players are over sensitive)
So is this RACIST or simply a singlet that’s says you are proud to be Australian and if you don’t like it here leave.
Is this yet another storm in a tea cup from the easily offended humourless types
An original Tweet by George Craig from Canberra posting a photo of the singlet with the caption “@woolworths cairns, selling racist singlets for everyday low prices! #racist” was shared by Greens MP Adam Bandt on his Facebook page.
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on 15-10-2014 08:57 PM
Much like knocking a poster day and night who is not in favour 🙂
on 15-10-2014 09:03 PM
This thread is funny. I know that alot here aren't intending to be funny, but they just are to me (inadvertantly lol) and those that have tried to be funny genuinely are funny. I guess this topic seems so serious but it's actually so trivial it's larfable.
@icyfroth wrote:
@boris1gary wrote:Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle (
) Woolies is left wing, apparently.
Nah Woolies don't give a rat's left wing right wing. They just want to make profit. If it means gaining publicity by stirring up the nationalistic emotions of their host country, so be it.
If that product invites negative comment, can it.
And LOL to that little bit of banter there, I was really larfin yous are funny 😄
on 15-10-2014 09:12 PM
@icyfroth wrote:
@boris1gary wrote:Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle (
) Woolies is left wing, apparently.
Nah Woolies don't give a rat's left wing right wing. They just want to make profit. If it means gaining publicity by stirring up the nationalistic emotions of their host country, so be it.
If that product invites negative comment, can it.
What's this host country caper? Are they not an Australian company?
on 15-10-2014 09:30 PM
@karliandjacko wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
@boris1gary wrote:Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle (
) Woolies is left wing, apparently.
Nah Woolies don't give a rat's left wing right wing. They just want to make profit. If it means gaining publicity by stirring up the nationalistic emotions of their host country, so be it.
If that product invites negative comment, can it.
What's this host country caper? Are they not an Australian company?
God how naive are you? They're a multinational! To start off, they were American!
15-10-2014 09:31 PM - edited 15-10-2014 09:33 PM
No, they started as an Australian Company and remain so.
They're not related to the USA Woolworths in any way, other than that they stole the name 😄
on 15-10-2014 09:33 PM
on 15-10-2014 09:34 PM
@karliandjacko wrote:No, they started as an Australian Company and remain so.
They're not relted to the USA Woolworths in any way, other than that they stole the name 😄
Well they kind of lost their way didn't they?
Like Arnotts, and Ugg Boots.
on 15-10-2014 09:35 PM
@debra9275 wrote:
British wasn't it?
Whoops, could have been British. I had USA in mind but could be wrong about that. Both Coles and Woolies are Aussie.
on 15-10-2014 09:37 PM
@icyfroth wrote:
@karliandjacko wrote:No, they started as an Australian Company and remain so.
They're not relted to the USA Woolworths in any way, other than that they stole the name 😄
Well they kind of lost their way didn't they?
Like Arnotts, and Ugg Boots.
I don't think Woolies has been taken over by OS interests. Ugg Boots was not a brand but a generic term for ugly sheep skin boots.
on 15-10-2014 09:40 PM
Not racist to support your country.
and how can it be deemed racist when it doesnt even mention a race