• 'Go home or face arrest' vans banned for false advertising
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/cyjh.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24452551[/url] [quote]The advertising watchdog has banned a Home Office advert telling illegal immigrants to go home, saying it was misleading. But the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) cleared the campaign of being offensive and irresponsible. The campaign saw two vans drive around London for a week in July, carrying the message "Go home or face arrest." The ASA said the posters on the vans referred to inaccurate arrest statistics.[/quote]
Good riddance.
Doesn't matter that it's just targeted at illegal immigrants, that's some dystopian bullshit right there.
Vans return with "GO HOME OR YOU'RE POTENTIALLY IN DANGER OF BEING ARRESTED, WE'RE NOT SO GOOD AT IT, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN"
Obviously this is a misunderstanding, those are supposed to say "Go home or take a nap"
"Go home or be arrested and get taken to a place where you get 3 meals a day, bedding, a roof over you head, recreational facilities and educational materials and you don't have to pay for any of it." Ya goofed up, home office
I love how the issue is the stat in the advert and [B]nothing[/B] else.
[QUOTE=Sadim;42464967]"Go home or be arrested and get taken to a place where you get 3 meals a day, bedding, a roof over you head, recreational facilities and educational materials and you don't have to pay for any of it."[/QUOTE] this sounds great where do i sign all of my freedoms of movement and family and friends and drugs and recreation away dumbass
[QUOTE=Sadim;42464967]"Go home or be arrested and get taken to a place where you get 3 meals a day, bedding, a roof over you head, recreational facilities and educational materials and you don't have to pay for any of it." Ya goofed up, home office[/QUOTE] yeah everyone knows all the best prisons don't have roofs
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;42465216]Can someone explain to me why people generally have the problem with 'the racist vans'? I mean, it is clearly targeted at illegal immigrants.[/QUOTE] outsider looking in here but maybe because they're racist
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;42465969]outsider looking in here but maybe because they're racist[/QUOTE] They're not exactly the fucking brightest bunch, they just pick whatever apparent problem they see and then scream that it's *that* problem that is the issue with everything. So pretty much the english version of TOOK ER JERBS. AND ER TAX MOERNY.
[QUOTE=kenji;42466005]They're not exactly the fucking brightest bunch, they just pick whatever apparent problem they see and then scream that it's *that* problem that is the issue with everything. So pretty much the english version of TOOK ER JERBS. AND ER TAX MOERNY.[/QUOTE] it's always hilarious when people talk about the lack of jobs, blame it on immigration, and then try to cut benefits while complaining about people who don't have jobs. there really is a hideous amount of doublethink going down
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;42465969]outsider looking in here but maybe because they're racist[/QUOTE] How is it racist? It doesn't mention any ethnic groups at all.
[QUOTE=Kwigg;42467235]How is it racist? It doesn't mention any ethnic groups at all.[/QUOTE] Are you familiar with the concept of a dog whistle?
They would be much better if worded correctly, like "we're cracking down on illegal immigration, return to your country of origin or face penalties/whatever" you know, and still mean "sterp taking err jerbs!"
[QUOTE=Jeep-Eep;42467245]Are you familiar with the concept of a dog whistle?[/QUOTE] I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but illegal immigrants can be white, and a lot of them are white, the adverts have nothing to do with race, they are about illegal immigration
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;42469814]I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but illegal immigrants can be white, and a lot of them are white[/QUOTE] This is what started a lot of the THEY TOOK ERR JERBS down where I live, because until then generally didn't care if you were black or white as long as you weren't a dick then, a lot of polish people started arriving and everyone was like OMG THEY KEEP TAKING OUR JOBS because they're better skilled/willing to work for less AND THATS AN OUTRAGE
good riddance, the ad is far too blunt. it looks really unprofessional, like something i'd see on the front of the Sun. 'go home', christ.
Seems like something you'd see in a GTA game. Going around Los Santos with Mules driving around boasting "In the US illegally? GET THE FUCK OUT"
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;42469814]I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but illegal immigrants can be white, and a lot of them are white, the adverts have nothing to do with race, they are about illegal immigration[/QUOTE] So you aren't familiar with the concept of dog whistle racism then
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;42469814]I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but illegal immigrants can be white, and a lot of them are white, the adverts have nothing to do with race, they are about illegal immigration[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm sure when they drafted the ad and told illegal immigrants to "go home" they were totally thinking about white people.
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyGunz;42471721]Yeah I'm sure when they drafted the ad and told illegal immigrants to "go home" they were totally thinking about white people.[/QUOTE] Uh there are white immigrants too????? checkmate
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyGunz;42471721]Yeah I'm sure when they drafted the ad and told illegal immigrants to "go home" they were totally thinking about white people.[/QUOTE] The advert doesn't focus on skin colour or anything like that, just the fact you aren't a British citizen. Where the fuck are you lot pulling this race stuff from? Yeah the advert is still kinda awful, but it's not saying "Black? Not British? Go home!", it's just "Not a British citizen? Fuck off!".
[QUOTE=SgtCr4zyGunz;42471721]Yeah I'm sure when they drafted the ad and told illegal immigrants to "go home" they were totally thinking about white people.[/QUOTE] Yes, because they were thinking about illegal immigrants, not any particular race
[QUOTE=hexpunK;42472188]The advert doesn't focus on skin colour or anything like that, just the fact you aren't a British citizen. Where the fuck are you lot pulling this race stuff from? Yeah the advert is still kinda awful, but it's not saying "Black? Not British? Go home!", it's just "Not a British citizen? Fuck off!".[/QUOTE] You've too much faith in large elements of the British public. When those guys see 'immagrunts', they think 'brown folks.' This is political advertising to these folks.
[QUOTE=Jeep-Eep;42475330]You've too much faith in large elements of the British public. When those guys see 'immagrunts', they think 'brown folks.' This is political advertising to these these folks.[/QUOTE] to be honest, a lot of them think "poles" and "czechs" as well
"IN YOUR AREA*" You seem to get footnotes on everything** here in the UK whether it's on anything statistical or instructions for using a product. Does this apply as much elsewhere? When I first saw this I thought it was misleading in that you could take "go home" to mean they should stay inside their house. Is that the point at all? I think I only thought of it like that as I'm not an immigrant but regardless, wow, that is disappointing that intoleranc has grown so far as to have people that blame our problems on immigrants. **Not actually on everything.
This seems really familiar to the Australian illegal immigrant people smugglers ad saying like get out of Australia or something but nobody cared about it like seriously it seems like the same guy designed the Australian ad and the UK's ad
the advert itself isn't overtly racist but the people who arranged for and supported it most definitely are
[QUOTE=hexpunK;42472188]The advert doesn't focus on skin colour or anything like that, just the fact you aren't a British citizen. Where the fuck are you lot pulling this race stuff from? Yeah the advert is still kinda awful, but it's not saying "Black? Not British? Go home!", it's just "Not a British citizen? Fuck off!".[/QUOTE] Nobody thinks "those goddamned norwegians" when they hear "illegal immigrant". They think Paki.
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