Ty wrote:
It's amazing how people kid themselves how tolerant they are.
We have ads in Maori here. My school qualification certificate was in Maori, and most Maori don't speak Maori!
You get over it. It dosn't matter. It's just a show that they are diverse.
Bear in mind that Maori, along with English is an official langauge of NZ. A large proportion of spanish speakers in the US are illegal immigrants (around 1/3, using recent figures) and by marketting to spanish speakers Chevy is, in a way, encouraging them.
Now I know the US doesnt have an official language, and thus it makes arguments around which language people "should" be speaking somewhat more difficult but if you consider that, unlike the Maori, the spanish-speakers in the US are all immigrants who came to what was an english-speaking country, I believe such arguments still hold some weight.
Imagine if all of Hamilton or Dunedin were illegal immigrants, not paying any tax and sucking up dole money, hospital beds etc...waving their own flags and not even bothering to learn English or Maori...you'd be pissed if you saw an ad during the Super 14 final which targetted these people.
Last edited by Pubic (2006-10-24 22:04:47)