Political correctness in New Zealand

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I love this.....the "Kiwis" are falling into the same silliness as the PC folks in the US.


New Zealand?s advertising watchdog has determined that an ad featuring a group of dancing, chanting butchers praising red meat was "extremely derogatory and insulting to Hare Krishnas," reports the New Zealand Press Association.

"The Appeal Board was in no doubt that the intonation, rhythm, chanting and instrumentation of the butchers dancing down the street was evocative of the Hare Krishna movement,? the Advertising Standards Complaint Board said in its ruling.

?Taking into account that Hare Krishnas had vegetarian dietary habits and considered the cow to be a sacred animal, the advertisement... was extremely derogatory and insulting to Hare Krishnas," it added.

The ad was sponsored by the New Zeland Beef and Lamb Marketing Bureau.