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Racsim as a marketing tool?

  • 27-08-2007 9:06pm
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Racist bastards

    How can some one try and sell something like this?


Comments

  • #2
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,428 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Can't open the link, what is it?


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Collie D wrote:
    Can't open the link, what is it?


    Its a pdf for a mp3 player called i.Beat Blaxx

    Opens for me


  • #4
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Took me a while to get it :D
    "ibeat blaxx".

    No way is that racist and is easily explained.
    ibeat as in ipod
    Sure blaxx isn't even a real word

    <sits back and waits for the PC brigade that love these threads>


  • #5
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,428 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Ah, was using the wrong programme. Seems more like a poorly thought out name than an actual racist tagline


  • #6
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Ha ha. What if a black person bought it. Would it still be racist?


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  • #7
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    micmclo wrote:
    Took me a while to get it :D
    "ibeat blaxx".

    No way is that racist and is easily explained.
    ibeat as in ipod
    Sure blaxx isn't even a real word

    <sits back and waits for the PC brigade that love these threads>

    It could be tongue in check but its clearly marketed at a certain "race" of people


  • #8
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    boreds wrote:
    Ha ha. What if a black person bought it. Would it still be racist?

    Why wouldn't it?


  • #9
    Oman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭Oman


    well the beat is just refering to music you know beat and blaxx is because its black. to me its laughable how they never about beating blacks which is racist. there's probably a i beat pinkxx, whitexx and everything


  • #10
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Thread over?


  • #11
    Jesus Wept
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,243 ✭✭✭✭Jesus Wept


    I don't like the blaxx, apparently YORE MA does though.


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  • #12
    JIZZLORD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,484 ✭✭✭JIZZLORD


    not racist, prob just a bad grasp at the english language

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Fuso_Super_Great


  • #13
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    kearnsr wrote:
    Why wouldn't it?

    they wouldn't seem to think so.


  • #14
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    boreds wrote:
    they wouldn't seem to think so.
    Did they all discuss it at the last big meeting?


  • #15
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    aidan_walsh wrote:
    Did they all discuss it at the last big meeting?

    I believe so. Would you buy something that you felt were racist towards yourself? like a gangstar rap cd?


  • #16
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,248 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    rb_ie wrote:
    Thread over?

    Hand't seen that


  • #17
    Blowfish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,112 ✭✭✭Blowfish


    hehehe, look at the news page here. They are actaully going to call one "i.beat emo"


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