‘A banned advert depicting Chairman Mao performing the Gangnam Style dance has the potential to insult 120,000 Chinese immigrants living in Auckland, a local community leader says.
…”The public image of their leaders is most important in their attitudes and their culture and the way they look at their own government.
“So, especially the new immigrants, many of them would be offended.”
Forgive the Kiwis, Chinese immigrants–for some weird reason they think it’s perfectly ok to take the piss out of a homicidal maniac who killed upwards of 70 million of his own people. An advertisement poking fun at him is plainly culturally insensitive. (here’s a suggestion, though–if you revere mass murderers so much, why not piss off back to China?)
did David Lange say something interesting about Mao?
..can’t seem to find his quote..maybe it has been sanitised away?
Speaking of the overseas Chinese, Seattle has a large China Town, with many recent immigrants from the People’s Republic, many of whom have opened private businesses – that paste either the “Stars and Stripes” or the “gearwheel” Chinese Nationalist flag on their windows.
I don’t know about New Zealand, but I’ll wager the commies and Butcher Mao aren’t love very much by the Chinese immigrant community there either, so I doubt they were offended.
I wound the shit out of a restaurant street tout in Melbourne a few years back.A chinese place that in a whisper, offered “Mao’s secret menu”.
from the wife and hastily left.
I said Mao would surely be turning in his grave over this gross capitalistic tack [and I found it quite insulting anyway]..they didn’t seem to understand the irony so I tried the history lesson ..in ended in their tears..I got a clip
I just have to wonder who thought using Mao was a good idea in the firstplace?
They should have hired this guy
http://youtu.be/Z7oqz6Ykpd0
Massey University Sociologist Saul Poonley said that it was important that Chinese kiwis were not offended by the ad..He said that it is a priority that Chinese kiwis should choose what sort of censorship is allowed in New Zealand, and that pakeha kiwis should have no say in censorship laws. Mr Poonley also went on to say that it would bring more tolerance and diversity..
” … Massey University Sociologist Saul Poonley said that it was important that Chinese kiwis were not offended by the ad..He said that it is a priority that Chinese kiwis should choose what sort of censorship is allowed in New Zealand, and that pakeha kiwis should have no say in censorship laws. Mr Poonley also went on to say that it would bring more tolerance and diversity.. ”
What on earth is this guy smoking? Presumably, the “Chinese kiwis” have come there to escape the totalitarian fuckhole of the so-called “People’s” Republic of China, with its repressive government policies on censorship, and as for the assertion that, “pakeha kiwis should have no say in censorship laws.” Who does he think made New Zealand into a modern day country that was worth emigrating to in the first place? If not for the pakeha, the Maori would still be eating each other.
Riiiight…..
I wish somebody would just take that prick to a quiet country road somewhere and….you get the picture.
Ridiculous PC-ness!
If Chinese (or anyone else) come to New Zealand, they should get used to our sense of humour (which is very much non-politically-correct).
Send ’em out here to Western Queensland, Thor. There’s a distinct lack of PC around these parts.
Good stuff!
I didn’t know you were in Aussie, KG!
It was bloody good of the “Q Society” to get Geert Wilders over there recently, warning of the danger of Islam. I would *love* to have him (or someone like him) as the PM of NZ. No mindless, vacuous politically-correct BS about Muslims. He tells it like it is.
He sure does. The sheer panic of the lefties and PC idiots (but I repeat myself) was a sight to behold.
And a damn good illustration of how the bastards won’t tolerate genuine free speech.
KG,
A bit off topic but I found this to be spot on……
http://sultanknish.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/a-bloody-endless-peace.html
but knowing you, you have probably already read it
I’m sure you know how it is.
From your link:
“..But ignorance is a particular strength of peacemakers. They don’t want reasons why it can’t happen. Nor do they want to hear that the best kind of peace with people whose religion tells them that they will go to heaven if they die while cutting your throat is the heavily armed peace of cold iron and steel…”
Amen! to that.
‘Treasonous Obama Strikes Again’
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/03/treasonous_obama_strikes_again.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2296409/Great-white-sharks-HUNGRIER-thought-new-study-claims.html
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