Has anyone seen this iPhone TV Ad that's allegedly racist?

[PoitNarf]

Like I said... some of the guys in here are seriusly weird. Now you think Apple was wrong to pull a racist ad. Yes, you guys know better than Apple. I bow down to your greatness.

No, the ad was not racist. Did the ad put the name of the restaurant in a sentence that made it derogatory? No. Maybe if they included a description of the restaurant that used the word in an inappropriate manner, but it did not. Context is everything. As stated earlier in this thread, there are plenty of people that have Terroni as a last name: http://names.whitepages.com/last/Terroni, so should we call all of them up and ask them to change their last names to prevent offending others?

If the ad was indeed racist I would have supported this action by Apple. Instead Apple has bowed down to people that overreact to words or names that are obviously taken out of context.

 

[rocky1932]

"Mr. VP of Apple corporate public relatons, we have a racist word in a TV ad. Should we pull it?"

"I'm not sure. What do the guys at macrumors forums think?"

 

[cellocello]

"Mr. VP of Apple corporate public relatons, we have a racist word in a TV ad. Should we pull it?"

"I'm not sure. What do the guys at macrumors forums think?"

...wut?


Like, what's your point? What are you hoping to communicate right now? That you think this restaurant's name is racist, and you applaud what Apple did?

 

[Raid]

"Mr. VP of Apple corporate public relatons, we have a random blogger who took offense to a potentially racist word in a TV ad but it happens to be about an established restaurant and a not too uncommon last name in italian. Should we pull it?"

"I'm not sure. What do the guys at macrumors forums random internet people with little to no background knowledge think?"

There, fixed it up a bit.

 

[Surely]

This.
Is.
Ridiculous.

Next thing you know is that they'll apologize for the black MacBook.

 

[Koronis]

There is still too much real racism in the world to freak out about an imagined insult from a TV ad, that displays the name of an actual business.

 

[cWeems]

This.
Is.
Ridiculous.

Next thing you know is that they'll apologize for the black MacBook.

u should wash your mouth out with soap for that one!!




my thought is, the people that are so weak that words hurt them, should all move to a little island with the depressed and the suicide jumpers. then we can nuke it!!!

im tired of weak people, get ahold of yourself!!!!


people can call me whatever they want and ill just laugh.


oh and btw, HAIL

 

[Vaco Deus]

I'm Italian and I don't find it offensive.

The only thing I do find offensive is censorship.

I'm sick of this PC culture, too. Can't say anything without someone being offended for whatever reason and if someone claims there offended by racial or religious means then whatever the offending item is its gone so fast it'll make your head spin.

How's that old adage go?

If you try to please everyone you end up pleasing no one