[rustynutz]

January 08, 2014

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has announced it will remove a range of t-shirt designs after copping backlash over advertising "inflammatory" and culturally insensitive Australia Day shirts in its latest catalogue and online.

Users on social media called for the shirts, designed with a slogan that reads "Australia est. 1788", to be pulled from stores after deeming it profoundly racist.

The shirts are advertised on the Aldi website and through its catalogue.



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[AlanHo]

OMG the PC brigade strike again.....

Words fail me - it will have to be pictures    ..plural

[Dazzler]

Crazy, It wasn't called Australia before that anyway! 

[Surferdude]

Crazy, It wasn't called Australia before that anyway! 

Exactly.

[Lester]

I thought the Germans were made of sterner stuff.  These minority groups p..s me off.

'Culturally Insensitive,' that's a new one.  Replaces racist I suppose.

Now without being 'culturally insensitive', imagine if the Spanish Conquistadores had 'invaded'  Terra Australis in 1788 instead of the English?  Look what the Spanish did to most countries in South America, Peru in particular.

Perhaps the Aldi T shirts should have had the words 'HM Colonies - 1788.'  imprinted thereon.

[Doggie 1]

Unbelievable. 
They look quite factual to me.

[Aussie Keith]

Where can I buy one??

[Aussie Keith]

And another thing:

[Eureka]

You couldn't pay me to wear one of those.

[beerman]

I'll have one, anything to stick one up the 'twitter' brigade who think that because they can get a few people to join them on a crusade their opinions mean something......Here's an idea, just because you have the time to waste, and a Twitter account it doesn't make your opinion any more valid.

Love that Quote from Mr Fry.....

[The Gonz]

Hurry up and open here, Aldi, I'll buy that red one!

[Ugly Mongrel]

Crazy, It wasn't called Australia before that anyway! 

Not so fast, Dazz.The name "Australia" was formally adopted in 1824, however references to the name go back as far as the 16th century. That's three reasons the Aldi shirt is wrong.

How did Australia get its name

[Doggie 1]

Oh, so it should read, "Australia - est 1824" then. 

[Dazzler]

Crazy, It wasn't called Australia before that anyway! 

Not so fast, Dazz.The name "Australia" was formally adopted in 1824, however references to the name go back as far as the 16th century. That's three reasons the Aldi shirt is wrong.

How did Australia get its name

Gee what are the other two Terry? One star missing and they don't make them in your size? 

[The Gonz]

Looks like Aldi offloaded these shirts to Cheap As Chips. I saw them there an hour ago. $6 each.

[Just Rick]

I'll Have a Blue one Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi,Oi,Oi, and the flying Kangaroo,what could be more Aussie than that,you politically correcting ponces.
F^#^wits that's all I can say

[AlanHo]

I'll Have a Blue one Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi,Oi,Oi, and the flying Kangaroo,what could be more Aussie than that,you politically correcting ponces.
F^#^wits that's all I can say

It's unlike you to be so mellow and diplomatic Rick - are you feeling OK.....

[Just Rick]

I'll Have a Blue one Aussie,Aussie,Aussie,Oi,Oi,Oi, and the flying Kangaroo,what could be more Aussie than that,you politically correcting ponces.
F^#^wits that's all I can say

It's unlike you to be so mellow and diplomatic Rick - are you feeling OK.....

I need to refill my happy pills script me thinks