Coca-Cola promotes drink with 'swastika' robots
 

From the who the fuck thought this was a good idea file....




Coca-Cola promotes drink with 'swastika' robots

A Coca-Cola promotion in Hong Kong featuring a robot adorned with 'swastikas' has been condemned....http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_775737.html

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Buy me one, I pay you 10 bucks.. you know its gonna be a collectable very very soon

Christ,

That's not a swastika robot! That symbol is a buddist symbol and those facist scumbag Nazis made a similar one that pretty much destroyed the meaning of the original symbol.

Any of you ever thought that maybe there are a lot of buddists in Hong Kong? You know.....since it's in Asia and stuff.....

You said Christ and Buddhist in the same post. What are you trying to do start another board war? :BangBang:

The ridiculous part is that even though the swaztica was a symbol long before the Nazis adopted it, the world associates the symbol with hate now. It doesn't matter what it represented in the beginning. Obviously the marketing geniuses at Coke think that if you're a Buddhist that you never heard of WWII and the Nazi party.

In Hong Kong and other Asian regions this symbol is not associated with hate.

In fact when I was in Hong Kong just recently I saw it quite a bit.

I hear you but here's my point. To the Jews that symbol represents hate and since Asia is not closed off from the rest of the world surely the marketing people at Coke would realize that at some point non-Asian people would see the robot. Once they came to that conclusion they should have used another symbol like the yin yang symbol or better yet just don't put a symbol on the robot at all. If you think about it that robot hardly looks peaceful, it looks like a warrior, so the symbol is still not appropriate.

Besides all that, what's up with the pig snout and the Santa Claus beard?

You would think Coke has some sort of review board that goes over everything just so shit like this doesn't happen. Big companies should hire people just to look over new products so that they can avoid mistakes like this. Think of all the money they could save by avoiding a lawsuit.

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Actually this is the swastika, the budist symbol points the other way.

"Rabbi Kermaier acknowledged the Nazi swastika can easily be confused with Buddhist swastikas that are common in Asia. The two symbols are close to being reverse images of one another, with the arms pointing in opposite directions."

Sorry but I don't believe in Political correctness just to please one group. Nobody in Hong Kong had a problem with this either.

Also both my Great Grandfather and my Great Uncle had to suffer through a Nazi concerntration camp. Neither of them were Jewish. My Great Grandfather died there but my Great Uncle made it out alive. He passed on a few years ago.

I think it's based on a Japanese Anime character.

Actually the Buddhist symbol can go both ways.

Are you seriously telling me that if you knew for a fact that something you produced would cause anguish to even a small percentage of the population and all you had to do to avoid that would be to change a symbol you would go ahead and do it anyway?

Fuck the Jews, we have been nice to them for more than 50 years now, its about fucking time them move along

Gee,

I think your triple penetration bukkake fuck fest might cause anguish to even a small percentage of the population. Why don't we ban it?

Mistake or not, the guy who made the robot character must have lived in a cave his entire life.

I submit, for your approval, a comparison: http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/p/l/pls144/comp.gif

Every year Coke puts a Santa Clause on their cans, and heavily promotes Christmas...

Uh-oh!

I really don't think that's the right attitude. I just think that all cultures should get equal respect.

The swastika pre-existed Nazism by eons and I think The Jews had best stick to criticizing swastikas when presented in an actual Nazi context.

My question is, why does this robot have a hand sticking out of its pants giving us the finger?

And what part of the population does that cause anguish to? Sure not everyone celebrates Christmas and I'm sure the jews would rather see a minora on the can but I don't get the analogy.

Many.

Have you noticed that many elementary schools can no longer have Christmas programs? They can't dress up for Halloween days. Pictures of the Easter bunny can not be drawn in art class.

All because those holidays create an "anguish" for a small group of people.

Bummer.

SO we should show "equal respect" and do what the jews like? what about the Buddhist?

Its ALWAYS - ALWAYS about the jews, I'm getting SICK of them.

Kill 20 Black people, and its just murder - Kill ONE jew, and now you have to involve the FBI, because its a racial thing?

All the Jews I know have no problems with the pervasive Christmas themes around Christmas time. Nobody was gassed or had their insides gutted alive in the name of science on Christmas.

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Originally posted by ebus_dk
Fuck the Jews, we have been nice to them for more than 50 years now, its about fucking time them move along
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Israel is one of the US' best trading partners, and an incredible foothold in the middle-east. Jews in the US are, for the most part, successful and productive. Don't hate others because they succeed and you do not. Work hard and success will follow.

Additionally, Israel is known for having best fighter pilots in the world (with US hardware), they train US Navy and AF pilots for combat.

Did you have a chance to decorate your "holiday" tree this past December?

and its still just a small symbol on a coke bottle, its not like they are trying to take over the world or anything - its a COKE BOTTLE!

Well all press is good press. :BangBang:

my God - the Left-wing propagande REALLY took a solid grib in your pants dident it?

About 75% of The people that move from Isael to Denmark, never get a job, mostly because they dont want to learn the language, but they dont mind recivint the social benefits.

Where was I talking about Jews?

Jehovah's Witness.

Represent!

I agree with you that it's a bummer. We go through this all the time at my daughter's school. It's a small private school but there are so many middle eastern kids going there that they don't acknowlege any holidays except Valentine's Day. I guess they figure everyone deserves a hug once in a while.

I'm sad to hear this point of view coming from someone who is alive today. Apparently the last 60 years have been for naught.

I guess you weren't paying much attention in this thread.

Who gives a shit about Denmark?

Holy shit. Now that is hilarious. They celebrate Valentine's Day but will not touch Christmas or Easter because they were originally created with a religious meaning? Ahaha!

How many people that celebrate Christmas go to church on December 25th every year? Ha!

no "I" watched and learned, not its time for the rest to learn and move along.

"equal respect" is about JUST THAT ; equal respect

How long did it take for the Nazis to overrun Denmark anyway? A week? France at least had a resistance!

The people living there, paying the tax to uphold the high living standarts, securing public education for everybody, healthcare and social services

so when Iraq overran Kuwait, the people of Kuwait were just pussies and weak? what? What about the jewish? If i was to follow your logic; why did they then let Hitler kill all those jews? why? because hitlers army was bigger, and that MIGHT be the same reason why denmark was run over (as the 8 th nation in the war)

A swastika is just a catholic cross doing cartwheels.

So you're telling me that these people can move into your country and immediately start receiving healthcare and other social services at no charge?

Hmm...

Looks like a loophole your government needs to cover up. Be just as pissed at your government. What kind of economic system does Denmark have? What are your taxes like?

Shit like that is why I fear 50% taxes to care for the people. Sure, immigrants. Yay!