Ed Do you like your cheese?

[Elagabalus]

It's not nonsensical. We can argue about it until the cows come home, but a bunch of white people being offended on behalf of black people doesn't really speak to me. Remember the Redskins nonsense? Turns out most NAs didn't care about it.



And?



I'm not "trying" anything. Your perspective is not inevitable.

I think you mean THE Football Team™ nonsense!



tl;dr

https://youtu.be/ejKvwawO0uA?t=634

 

[cullennz]

Yes, I did...

Ta

Missed that.

Still think it's stupid though sorry

 

[angrysoba]

Ta

Missed that.

Still think it's stupid though sorry

Seeing as I don't remember if you answered this one...

Okay, cullennz, we get it.

Now, what would you do if you were in charge of Coon's overseas expansion plan. Do you just say, "Aaaah **** it, let's sell the Sepos and the Poms some good ol Coon!" or do you say, "Maybe we should change the name for this one?"

Same question if you want to sell golliwogs with Robertson's Marmalade in the US.

 

[cullennz]

Seeing as I don't remember if you answered this one...

Obviously I would market it under a different name.

Same as Burger King in Aus is (albeit for licensing reasons in that case)

I have no Idea about the marmalade.

Never heard of it. Actually hate the stuff.

Is the name Robertson racist as well?

 

[cullennz]

Just googled it.

Gollywogs.

It says they don't do those any more.

 

[psionl0]

Virtue signalling can be very profitable for a company.

Look at how much free publicity they are getting for this cheese. You can be sure that they will draw out the re-naming process for as long as possible.

 

[angrysoba]

Obviously I would market it under a different name.

"Obviously"? That's a surprise.

Same as Burger King in Aus is (albeit for licensing reasons in that case)

I have no Idea about the marmalade.

Never heard of it. Actually hate the stuff.

Is the name Robertson racist as well?

No, but some of those easily offended folk seem to get bent out of shape about golliwogs. Let me know if you need any clarification on that one.

 

[cullennz]

"Obviously"? That's a surprise.







No, but some of those easily offended folk seem to get bent out of shape about golliwogs. Let me know if you need any clarification on that one.

I just said I googled it and they don't do them anymore

 

[cullennz]

And why is it a surprise?

It would be a new market

 

[angrysoba]

And why is it a surprise?

It would be a new market

Yeah, true. Every company "obviously" changes its brandname for every new market, right?

That's why you never heard of Nike, or Sony, or Apple, or Toyota, right? Because they all go by different names in New Zealand.

 

[cullennz]

No.

They might change it to suit the prospective customers though.

Mazda/ford. Vuaxhall/holden. Burger king/Hungry Jacks. Twix/Raidar Campbells/Bachelors. Axe/Lynx. KFC/PFK. Snickers/Marathon

 

[angrysoba]

No.

They might change it to suit the prospective customers though.

Mazda/ford. Vuaxhall/holden. Burger king/Hungry Jacks. Twix/Raidar Campbells/Bachelors. Axe/Lynx. KFC/PFK. Snickers/Marathon

cullennz, the reason why you know you would "obviously" change the name from Coon if you tried to sell it in the US and the UK, is because you know full well that it would sound outright racist, and that no company would be foolish enough to think they can play the "wuh? racist?! no one told me that there is a totally unrelated use of this word?"

Now why don't you stop with the acting dumb persona. I don't believe anyone can be as thick as the character you play here.

 

[cullennz]

I should add I find it humorous you were comparing a small brand of cheese on the **** end of nowhere to the biggest global brands in history.

Made me laugh and it is appreciated.

 

[cullennz]

cullennz, the reason why you know you would "obviously" change the name from Coon if you tried to sell it in the US and the UK, is because you know full well that it would sound outright racist, and that no company would be foolish enough to think they can play the "wuh? racist?! no one told me that there is a totally unrelated use of this word?"



Now why don't you stop with the acting dumb persona. I don't believe anyone can be as thick as the character you play here.

That is why I put obviously.

This doesn't change the fact I think it is stupid to change it in Aus because some Americans and apparently poms get offended aussies have been buying it for 100 odd years

 

[cullennz]

I have already said from my very first post on this thread it is a private company so they can do what they want. I don't actually really care as I eat proper cheese, and have never or probably ever will eat this stuff.

Just think the reasoning is stupid.

 

[angrysoba]

I should add I find it humorous you were comparing a small brand of cheese on the **** end of nowhere to the biggest global brands in history.

Made me laugh and it is appreciated.

Yeah, the fact they were global brands Was. The. *******. Joke! Coz, you see, it wouldn't really work as well if I sarcastically said,

That's why you never heard of Fry's, or Wimpy, or Colmans, or HP Sauce, right? Because they all go by different names in New Zealand.

Because you would be like, "wuh? Never heard of them!"

That is why I put obviously.

So what was the playing dumb routine about before? Trolling?

This doesn't change the fact I think it is stupid to change it in Aus because some Americans and apparently poms get offended aussies have been buying it for 100 odd years

Poms are not getting offended. We've already been through this. I showed you who was upset about this. I'm not going to go through it again.

 

[cullennz]

English marmite does funny enough.

Edit: I have never heard of Fry's btw.

And though I think there are Wimpys in Auckland no one else would know what they are

 

[cullennz]

They call it Our Mate due to copyright again.

 

[cullennz]

Actually there are no Wimpys now according to Wikipedia all the kiwi ones got rebranded

 

[EHocking]

That is why I put obviously.

This doesn't change the fact I think it is stupid to change it in Aus because some Americans and apparently poms get offended aussies have been buying it for 100 odd years

[anecdote]When I was younger, more stupid and untravelled youth in Australia, I and my pre/early teen friends would whisper vulgar jokes about the name Coon cheese with the full knowledge, at 10 years old or so, that it was a racist epithet used by salt of the earth Aussies when talking about indigenous people.[/anecdote]

To pretend that no one in Australia was aware of the other use of the word was to have lived in a bubble.