scoobydoo Posted March 22, 2019 Report Share Posted March 22, 2019 we made great friends with an old kiwi and south african mrs in koh chang.....from aukland....they were in town xmas 2017 made the trip up from london but i was bed bound with a flu bug.... they stayed at our guesthouse and we spent a few days hanging out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Burger King remove 'racist' chopsticks ad Burger King has removed an advert which shows western people trying to eat a burger with oversized red chopsticks following criticism on social media. The advert for a new Vietnamese burger in New Zealand has sparked a debate over whether the advert is harmless fun or culturally insensitive and racist. A clip of the advert posted to Twitter by Maria Mo, a Korean woman living in New Zealand, has been viewed more than 2.9M times. In her subsequent thread she berates Burger King's attempts to make fun of how Asians eat and described the advert as racist. She tweeted: "I'm so sick of racism of any kind. Of the kind that makes fun of different cultures. Say no to every single manifestation of it." Others feel equally as strong: "I always thought that Burger King was better than KFC and McDonalds, but now I don't want to eat their products," wrote one disgruntled post on the Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo. Some on social media have likened this to the racism row faced by fashion house Dolce & Gabbana after they posted videos of a Chinese model eating Italian food with chopsticks in 2018. Twitter user TatianaKing wrote: "I thought brands learned their lesson after the D&G chopsticks fiasco... then again I'm not surprised." In China, the Burger King advert has been viewed more than eight million times on the news website Pear Video and tens of thousands of Weibo users have been posting about it. The hashtag, which translates as #NewBurgerKingAdvertAllegedlyRacist, has also been used more than 12,000 times. Not all posts are critical, however. "Whatever anyone does, it's discrimination, we're bursting with persecution and paranoia. What can brands do in the future to introduce Asian elements?" asked one user who had sympathy for Burger King. Another saw the funny side of the advert: "This is just a joke that westerners can't use chopsticks. Why is it only in recent years that we hear that Chinese people feel discriminated against? Am I meant to get angry?" And others believe those who have been offended by the advert are sensitive and show that people in China have an inferiority complex. Burger King has now deleted the clip which appeared on their Instagram account for New Zealand and has withdrawn the television advert. A spokesperson said: "The ad in question is insensitive and does not reflect our brand values regarding diversity and inclusion." https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-47866381 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 PC? I've seen the ad and it does look like, white people making fun of, eating with chop sticks. But then, if I wear a baseball cap, am I being insensitive to Americans and not reflecting my values regarding diversity and inclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted April 10, 2019 Report Share Posted April 10, 2019 Progression beyond the point of eating with a pair of pointed sticks seems a trivial step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Who Owns New Zealand Now? Analysis of the New Zealand housing crisis and solutions to it by award winning documentary maker Bryan Bruce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzSAmOQuyjU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 If you want to see something to amaze you, try watching Thais eat in a steak house some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted May 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 NZ.... WTF...going commie??? https://www.businessinsider.com.au/new-zealand-should-be-cut-from-five-eyes-over-china-influence-2018-5?fbclid=IwAR1yQeY2UQWOVglCKLGJcm4IsBPgOrBiBBrfgGY0f-jwoKBYpfWxVRkNiGk&r=US&IR=T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Привет, товарищ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coss Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 That was interesting, pretty much everything is, as he said. I'd like to point out the sexy girl, in back right, at 0:30 And at 4:15 I can see where I live and where I grew up and where I go fishing. Cheers, or more colloquially, Cherrr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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