Should We Ban Australia Day As Well?

[icyfroth]

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'AUSTRALIA EST 1788' logos were racist led to people targeting @ALDIAustralia on Twitter and calling for them to be withdrawn.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.

[cherry*135]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Aborigines would be even more offended by declaring a National Day of celebration of when they were invaded by our ancestors?

Many of them do, indeed refer to it as Invasion Day.

Maybe the time has come to do our celebrating on a more appropriate day - Reconcilliation Day or Federation Day might be better.

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I think that's what the OP was getting at......more or less.....

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The OP looks more like a knee-jerk reaction to that sort of T-shirt being criticised and withdrawing it from sale requests, than any concern for Indigenous peoples concerns over Australia Day celebrations.

[cherry*135]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

It's the first time I have seen a supermarket do it, they have not checked mine but I feel sorry for the little old ladies they do it to. I also feel sorry for the staff having to ask, why can't they just use cameras?

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Woolies where I live stop people with back packs big bags on their way out.. even at the checkouts, if they are buying somehting, they can be asked to show what is in their bags.

I am fairly certain our local supermarkets don't have CCTV in their aisles. I know Myer does because one of the staff told me.. how many thefts they get from small appliances etc.. as a security to aisle xx was announced when I was at the counter.

I don't see a problem with it. They obviously know they lose stock to shoplifters, so checking bags is one way to catch them.

[green.fields]

You mean to say you've never been asked when leaving   a Big W. Target or K mart store for them to check your bag, lucky you.

[cherry*135]

If you don't like a stores check bag policy, don't shop there.

[**meep**]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

It's the first time I have seen a supermarket do it, they have not checked mine but I feel sorry for the little old ladies they do it to. I also feel sorry for the staff having to ask, why can't they just use cameras?

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Really?????  Sorry, I am really surprised by that.  I am so accustomed to it that I voluntary open my bag to be inspected when leaving a supermarket.     Bags that are smaller than A4 paper should not be checked unless  the shopkeeper is certain the handbag contains goods from that shop which have not been paid for.

http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/ftw/Consumers/Buying_goods/Bag_check_guidelines.page

[donnashuggy]

Yes but never in a supermarket, it is an invasion

[**meep**]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Yes but never in a supermarket, it is an invasion

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I don't understand.  What is the difference?

[i-once-was-bump]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

I don't like the way they treat their customers like thiefs, is that part of the training? Inspecting bags at checkout?

It makes me feel uncomfortable.

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Donna try not to look so guilty then maybe they won't check your bags.

I don't have a problem with Aldi checking my bags, it is no different to when I shop in other supermarkets.

I set off alarms when I leave all supermarkets and no one has ever wanted to check why the alarms are going off.

[donnashuggy]

That must be why I have not been asked, mine is small

[donnashuggy]

I don't like it anywhere but this thread is about aldi so thought I would mention it, is all 🙂