cobl04
45:33
Right, so here in Australia it is cricket season and one of their biggest sponsors is KFC.
There are about five or six different short ads showing on TV, all of which are somewhat humourous.
This one, however, was banned after it sparked a backlash in the States. Some Americans have been left seething and keyboard fighters on the internet have been sitting back taking pot shots at Australians over our country being racist.
Here is the ad:
YouTube - Racist KFC Advertisement? --OFFICIAL VIDEO
And here are a few articles.
KFC ad labelled 'racist' by US commentators | Herald Sun
KFC Australia pulls 'racist' ad after US anger | Herald Sun
Most of you probably couldn't care any less, but I'm growing ever so tired of the attacks on Australia as a racist country - there are certainly people here who are, there are facebook groups to prove it - and the absolutely unbelievably PC, fun-is-bad people who get that bored that they get a KFC ad which had nothing to do with racism banned.
The same thing happened with the Jackson 5 'blackface' skit which appeared on our Hey Hey It's Saturday reunion shows, outraged Harry Connick Jr and caused a huge outpouring of negative comments over a skit which was never racist.
There are about five or six different short ads showing on TV, all of which are somewhat humourous.
This one, however, was banned after it sparked a backlash in the States. Some Americans have been left seething and keyboard fighters on the internet have been sitting back taking pot shots at Australians over our country being racist.
Here is the ad:
YouTube - Racist KFC Advertisement? --OFFICIAL VIDEO
And here are a few articles.
KFC ad labelled 'racist' by US commentators | Herald Sun
KFC Australia pulls 'racist' ad after US anger | Herald Sun
Most of you probably couldn't care any less, but I'm growing ever so tired of the attacks on Australia as a racist country - there are certainly people here who are, there are facebook groups to prove it - and the absolutely unbelievably PC, fun-is-bad people who get that bored that they get a KFC ad which had nothing to do with racism banned.
The same thing happened with the Jackson 5 'blackface' skit which appeared on our Hey Hey It's Saturday reunion shows, outraged Harry Connick Jr and caused a huge outpouring of negative comments over a skit which was never racist.