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IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
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legion wrote:IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
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Apple I no longer buy, stopped quite some time ago.
I really try to use Bing, I really do ..........
Thank you very much for your reply received on January 21.
Please allow us to respond by first offering once again our sincere apology
and remorse for the fact that our recent advertisement has offended you.
We fully acknowledge and deeply regret that this has been a result of
our misjudgment.
ANA received a large volume of feedback from both and Japanese non-Japanese
customers, and accordingly decided to cancel the advertisement immediately.
A revised version has since been released.
We would also like to reiterate that there was absolutely no intention to
cause offense to anyone. If you will allow us to further explain, in all sincerity,
the target of the attempt at parody was neither non-Japanese people nor their appearance.
Rather it was the stereotypical view that some Japanese may hold of foreigners,
and by extension their insular reluctance or trepidation in traveling abroad,
embracing or accepting other cultures and customs (i.e., hugging in public),
and otherwise participating in globalization.
In other words, the visual pun was meant to satirize the pilot’s stereotypical image
of foreigners, not to endorse or condone it. The consistent theme running through
the entire ad was intended to be an encouragement to break free of stereotypes
and pre-conceived notions (beginning with the image of Haneda as a domestic-only airport).
Nonetheless, we fully understand that there is no excuse for having caused insult,
even if unintentional. The clear cause of misjudgment on the part of ANA was
a lack of understanding and recognition that the visual impact of the ad could
obfuscate the intended meaning, and was thus likely to offend some viewers.
As an international airline, we must be aware that for some people,
in some societies, any physical characterization that includes stereotypical aspects
(admirable or not) of a particular race or culture could be construed as patently
offensive, regardless of context or intent.
Mr. Chokoballs, it is our genuine hope that the above explanation will
serve to gain your understanding.
Sincerely yours,
Miho Minagawa
ANA SKY WEB
Customer Relations,
CS Promotion
All Nippon Airways Co., LTD.
legion wrote:IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk.
Apple I no longer buy, stopped quite some time ago.
I really try to use Bing, I really do ..........
wagyl wrote:Dang, I'm impressed at both the content of, and the quality of the English in that apology letter.
ANA spent a some cash there to do it properly.
GomiGirl wrote:Yes but it is clearly spin at this stage.
What is probably closer to the truth is that some out of touch, parochial advertising salaryman thought it was funny to use a silly wig and nose in an ad campaign and it was rubber stamped by equally out of touch clients and management. But hey - they used English so it must have been a cool idea right?
The consistent theme running through
the entire ad was intended to be an encouragement to break free of stereotypes
and pre-conceived notions
legion wrote:IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk.
Apple I no longer buy, stopped quite some time ago.
I really try to use Bing, I really do ..........
IparryU wrote:legion wrote:IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk.
Apple I no longer buy, stopped quite some time ago.
I really try to use Bing, I really do ..........
J.A.F.O wrote:IparryU wrote:legion wrote:IparryU wrote:What about Apple and Google?
The govt don't deserve all that money IMO. They shouldn't have gave Washington a 1% raise when everyone else is sucking shit through a straw and they shouldn't be as involved as they are now... But that is how it is.
Sent from my SC-03E using Tapatalk.
Apple I no longer buy, stopped quite some time ago.
I really try to use Bing, I really do ..........
I use ixquick... takes a whopping 10 seconds more to sort through links but sometimes I get results not seen on google.
As far as TYT My childish anarcho/libertarian side tends to cringe while watching.
...JapanProbe points out a new "crude" ANA commercial:“Let’s change the image of Japanese people.” And then we get the supposedly humorous ending. One of the Japanese guys is suddenly wearing a blonde wig and a big rubber nose.
Taro Toporific wrote:...JapanProbe points out a new "crude" ANA commercial:“Let’s change the image of Japanese people.” And then we get the supposedly humorous ending. One of the Japanese guys is suddenly wearing a blonde wig and a big rubber nose.
ANA goes gypsy* and all alien for their new commercial.*Sorry but the politically-correct term "Traveler"
does not make sense in N. American English and
"Roma" sounds like a city name or an
obscure anthropological classification.
wagyl wrote:I'm the first to admit that I seem to have a different sensitivity to all this racial or cultural appropriation than the average person in the street, so can you tell me, am I meant to be offended by this?
BigInJapan wrote:It just looked like another rehash of what Eddie Murphy and many other black comedians have done in their acts to elicit laffs while speaking in a nasal "white dude" type voice.
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