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and only those still living who were "directly" affected - ie, wives, immediate children etc - as having rights for compo. no great great great grandkiddies thanks

yes - but i think it gets back to the question of "how long do we keep paying for something that happened centuries ago by a people and way of thinking of another time?" slavery was the way of the time, so was conquest by empirical countries, and workhouses (basically slavery of europeans by...

i actually find the term "african-american" rather an insult ... it keeps those of darker coloured skin segregated by their pigeonhole name. why are they not all "americans"? we don't have the term of asian-australians or english-australians or african-australians or...

my great great grandma worked her fingers to the bone in a workhouse before being shipped out to nz ... can i get compo too please? :rolleyes: unfortuately no convicts in my line, so no money there ...

and so the thread dies ... but not unil after an apology has been made to black american leaders. spotted the article this morning, but can't find it again. too lazy.

sorry - wrong britt :D ...

no - i agree racism exists, it is very bad, i do not believe i am racist (so find it hard to understand why others are). the point i was making is that the ad was made in australia, for the australian market, using australian humour, portraying the wi crowd as they actually are at crickets...

i used the term deliberately ...

because i find it offensive ... just like someone thinking offering kfc to an african decendant is offensive. nothing more and nothing less.

okay - i get what you say and agree that the ad would be offensive in america etc ... but ... the ad was made for the australian market, where it is not offensive. i find the american ads horribly offensive when they spend the entire time slagging off some opponents product (amongst others)...

when will the old "septic tanks" learn that customs, beliefs, religions and styles of humour does not stop at their borders!?:rolleyes: http://bigpondnews.com/articles/TopStories/2010/01/07/KFC_ad_blasted_as_racist_in_the_US_414820.html never, i suspect.