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    Default Pissed off at commercial...

    I think I saw the shittiest commercial ever last night.

    It said, "Score points with your family," insert footy scoreboard here racking up points for 'home', "Go home."

    And then began to advertise the cheap airfairs out of Australia to 'Asia, New Zealand, India, Fiji and More!"

    Which. I guess, was SUPPOSED to mean 'visit your family'... but they were advertising ONE WAY tickets.



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    Am I the only one who thinks that's a pissy thing to say?


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    Default Re: Pissed off at commercial...

    Find it and post a link
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    Default Re: Pissed off at commercial...

    i dont see a problem with it but maybe i didnt understand it correctly... i agree with misha.. link us!

    Love it!

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    Default Re: Pissed off at commercial...

    I'm not really bothered by it.

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    Default Re: Pissed off at commercial...

    Quote Originally Posted by lilithmorrigan View Post
    I think I saw the shittiest commercial ever last night.

    It said, "Score points with your family," insert footy scoreboard here racking up points for 'home', "Go home."

    And then began to advertise the cheap airfairs out of Australia to 'Asia, New Zealand, India, Fiji and More!"

    Which. I guess, was SUPPOSED to mean 'visit your family'... but they were advertising ONE WAY tickets.



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    Am I the only one who thinks that's a pissy thing to say?
    It is the one way tickets that I find truly offensive....

    Oh and just so you yanks know, Aussies often use go home in a very derogatory way. Good way to have me swear like a storm trooper!

    I know one cheese company used it ages ago, and I did not buy cheese from them for a long time.

    I know they are meaning to be funny.... but still
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    You know you can complain aboutthe ad - theres some organisation that specificly deals with advertising and gtting rid of ads that people find offensive. They advertise the service on tv, you may have seen it already. I cant for the life of my remember what their called right now.

    Its a strange one for me - I havent seen it yet. I find it mildly funny - Im an import too, but being English I guess I dont cop bad stick, its all pretty jovial crap.
    On the other side of the coin, when I lived in England, (my birthplace) I used to get told to "Go home" all the time. Im sure the ad wouldnt be allowed on tv there because its a very racist thing.
    Given Aussie sense of humour though Im not offended by it. I see it as being a bit tongue in cheek.

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    One-way tickets are half the price of roundtrip tickets. When airlines advertise their ticket prices, they're nearly always one-way. I mean, what's going to get your attention more - a $150 flight or a $75 flight?

    I think you're just being sensitive, which is understandable.

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    or....maybe its taking the fact that all aussies are from somewhere else?

    no, wait.... they were probably meaning it in a slightly racist way.

    what company was it?


    i can see how it would be a good ad campaigne- if it was return fares, although,depending on the airline, maybe the do book in one way fares- like virgin,freedom etc etc?

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    I can totally see how a non native would feel offended by that commercial. Californians get the same kind of harassing crap when they come to Oregon (and other less populated states). The locals feel like the influx of California residents is "ruining" their way of life and increasing property values over and above what the market will bear... yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah.

    I see it as offensive because the ad suggests that "you people don't belong". I saw a sign that I felt was offensive it read, "Welcome to XYZ. Please enjoy your stay, spend lots of money, then go home."


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    I haven't seen it.

    The one that makes me upset is the tide one with a woman holding her baby and it syas "because moms deserve to smell like a woman" what the hell is that supposed to mean?

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    ^It's Australian, you wouldn't have seen it.

    See, the entire commercial actually FOCUSES on Asian countries. it basically said to me 'Asians go home'... people from Fiji, Japan, China.. only in one case does it mention a New Zealand area and that's Christchurch

    And I know one ways are cheaper... but they DID say 'go home'.

    I really need to find this advert.


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    Oh, for the love of god.

    Every airline advertises "Fares as low as $99 one way." Also they tend to advertise places they fly to which, OMFG!!! probably aren't Europe or North & South America but rather the South Pacific and Asia because THEY'RE CLOSER TO AUSTRALIA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Wayward View Post
    Oh, for the love of god.

    Every airline advertises "Fares as low as $99 one way." Also they tend to advertise places they fly to which, OMFG!!! probably aren't Europe or North & South America but rather the South Pacific and Asia because THEY'RE CLOSER TO AUSTRALIA.
    Uh.. my point was it was coupled with 'Go home', and said rather bluntly and rudely.


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    You can take offense to anything. I highly doubt an advertising company would put out such a bluntly obvious harp on other cultures. Not great business tactics. We have the same commercials in the US, go from this state to your home state for visiting purposes. I think this is being made out to be alittle more than what it seems.

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    I guess I'm just bothered since I saw one thing on TV.

    It was some joking Aussie fake commercial saying they were selling a 'foreigner beating device' to attack tourists with by remote control.. and it cooled your beers! It was supposed to be some funny thing about making the foreigners go home by having a machine that automatically beat them with a cricket paddle. "'cause we don't want dem chinks or niggers in our country! Go home!"

    I know it was satire at people that treat foreigners terribly... but satire doesn't exist unless there's something to base it off of.

    And now I see random jibes here and there at foreigners. It bugs.


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    Default Re: Pissed off at commercial...

    ^You're acting like it's something new lmao. It has always existed, you can either not let it bother you or be bugged by something stupid and ignorant for the rest of your life.

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