Posted on 05/06/2006 6:38:26 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
'Racist' ad forced off air after 9 months
By ANNA VLACH
05may06
THE RAA has been forced to withdraw a popular television commercial after the Advertising Standards Board voted to uphold a single complaint that it was racist.
The "Which deli?" advertisement, which has aired for more than nine months, showed George, played by actor George Kapiniaris, telling cafe owner Trevor about the service provided by a call centre operator from New Delhi, India.
The person who complained about the ad alleged the RAA explicitly used New Delhi "to show that service from India is bad compared to Australia". It was also claimed the ad made a joke of possible cultural and social difference and was "degrading the country of India".
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"The advertisement reinforced that the RAA is proudly South Australian, and offers a locally based call centre that the SA community can contact and speak with someone who lives in the State, and knows the local environment."
(Excerpt) Read more at theadvertiser.news.com.au ...
They are the local Auto Association, and it's kinda useful if the operator knows something about the area if the caller is slightly vague ("I don't know exactly where I am, but there's a building with a 20 ft higb statue of a Scot bagpip.." "Say no more, I know where you are")
The person who complained about the ad alleged the RAA explicitly used New Delhi "to show that service from India is bad compared to Australia".
No it was made an Indian call centre to set up the joke.
"He asked where I was, and I said by the deli (Oz for delicatessen). He asked: which deli? I said the new deli. Then he got excited and said he was calling from New Dehli, and we should meet for curry and a papadam. I ask you Trev, what happened to talking with a local?"
The world is going mad.
I know policitcal correction has gone to far when I can't tell Ole and Lena jokes.............so far I am safe and no one has indicated to me these are hate crimes.
That's hilarious!
deli (Oz for delicatessen)
That's American for delicatessen, too! ;-)
How can you degrade a country, where half of the people are starving, yet they let cows wander the streets because they think it grandma reincarnated?
I'm sure you'll find a way. (Hey what about the nutty country where the adult daughters of the President need false ID's to get served a drink in a public restaraunt? Must be one of those Irab countries)
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