Tesco remove christmas card from shelves
 

I have seen this and have to say that i have got ginger hair and have to admit that this is funny , so cannot see what the problem is with it :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/8411894.stm

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Im just glad it was not muslims they insulted.

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Large over-reaction

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It was a pretty stupid thing to do, it was bound to upset someone.

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It was a humourous card have we really got that bad in this country we can no longer look at something with a sense of humour it is really sad. Having spoken to three people i know with ginger hair they all laughed at it so i wonder if this is yet another case of some bitter twisted miserable git being offended on behalf of people they claim to represent. Tesco should have stood their ground and just said what it was and if you don't like it go and get a sense of humour preferably while looking for a life.

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The woman's kids were more strawberry blonde than ginger, imho.

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Not in a million years. Tesco would avoid doing anything that paints them in a bad light and any sort of discrimination accusation will get them taking action to be seen as 'all-encompassing'.

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What a complete pratt that woman is, she really needs to get a life, and a sense of humour. Shame on Tesco as well.

Oh FYI, I married a ginger, and have two ginger daughters - they would laugh their heads off at that card.

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It's funny but it's also pointless, why are people ridiculed for having Ginger hair? Because they're in a minority?

May aswell make a card saying Santa loves kids, even black ones.

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I hope this women doesn't watch Little Britain, Justice For Gingers.

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my nephew has ginger hair ,i blame all the cheesy wotsits he rams down his throat;)

as for the card
its only funny if your not ginger and on that basis its probably right to remove it.

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FFS. Are we all such pussies now that we take offence at a card?!
I`m a slaphead and if a card was brought out ridiculing `Baldies` i`d probably just laugh.! At least Ginger people have hair.:D
Why are people getting uptight about a card about santa and ginger kids?
If it was about santa and slapheads nobody would have complained.:erm:
Come on people, we`re all the same, whether our hair colour or lack of it or whatever.;)

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ho ho ho

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Meaning? If it was directed at me Papa Smurf.

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it was at ginger people -not today friend :)

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Its like all the other ones eg

BALD PEOPLE / TURN THE LIGHTS OFF YOUR BLINDING ME
FAT PEOPLE / KEEP YOU WARM IN THE WINTER AND SHADED IN THE SUMMER

ETC

HOPE THAT THESE TWO DO NOT OFFEND ANYBODY AND IF IT DOES JUST THINK THAT I HAVE GOT GINGER HAIR ?

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I'm sorry but I see at regular intervals the effects of gingerism..When a child would rather dye their hair black rather than revel in a luxurious mane of rich red hair because of the gibes of not only other children but adults too.It's just one more layer of bullying.

If we takes the pee out someone because they are too short we would be ferociously attacked by the media.If we make remarks/jokes about skin colour,slanty eyes,cerebral palsy and Downs Syndrome and other physical atrributes that are never under the control of the individual we would be rightly vilified.So why should we accept that people with ginger hair are fair game?

:(

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Do you know how hard it is to dye ginger hair my friend tried to dye theirs black and it ended up green ?

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Because they have no souls! :p:

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I didn't find it particularly funny, Ginger reference or not. Tesco are out of order with this one. Sack the Pratt who couldn't find something better to put on the card.

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I suffered from it quite badly as a child I was fat with ginger hair and bad skin I was always going to be a victim


Eventually (in my 20's) I got my confidence and now am not bothered. Mind you by the time you reach 40 you have heard every ginger joke there is thousands of times .It makes a change to see something original unfortunately this isnt original

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LOL whats this country coming to, if you cant have the **** taken out of you or take the **** yourself I know the number of Senna line where I can get cheap tickets for you.

Good bloody god give me strength..............

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Oh stop whining. Ms Phillips, grow up.

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excuse me? have you ever ritually been victimised? come back with a statement like that when you have!!

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People can be touchy about their ginger hair tho.

I was in the pub the other day and one of my friends who is in his late 40s started teasing me as im starting to go bald and grey. What i meant to say was "Id rather go grey than bald" but it came out as "id rather go grey than ginger" and it didnt go down well lol.

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its what happens when you hear the same old dross thousands of times over your life. None gingers are just jealous anyway cuz they dont stand out they just blend in ;)

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Too right..red hair,freckles and green eyes is an attractive combination..:)

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You got a thing about Irish girls Maggy ? ;)

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even ginger people have been laughing at it...

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I wonder if your attitude would be the same if say your children had ginger/red hair, and were continually picked on and singled out by the other kids, then one of the tormentors brings in a card like the above, just to add to the "fun". I doubt you'd be as quick to have a laugh.
There are a lot of stupid rules in our country nowadays, and I agree that it doesn't do any harm at all to be able to laugh at yourself....but do we really need to use children as the butt of a joke.?

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More like Irish men...[img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

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Someone else has been at it....

http://www.mirror.co.uk/2009/12/16/v...5875-21899918/

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Another link for the same story

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009...-ginger-people

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Ginge? Check. Freckles? Check. Green eyes? Check (ish). Irish? Sort of!

:wavey:

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My stepson has a lovely mop of ginger hair and has all his life and yet he laughed at this and thought it was funny and i also see the humour in it, is it good taste no but then please no one on here try telling me you have never laughed at a bad taste joke we have all done it. We really are getting up our own backsides in this country taking everything so seriously and being oh so careful not to offend anyone pretty soon it will be easier to keep your mouth shut in public.

Oh just in case someone wants to launch the whole "you wouldn't feel like that if you were ever ridiculed" thing i have lost count of how many times people have made hunchback jokes around me due to my disability (that is one of the polite examples of the ridicule i get) and you know what i laugh along with them because life is too damn short to keep getting wound up about every little comment and people that do obviously have nothing better to do. Life is a lot easier with a smile then a frown shame were forgetting that more and more in the serious UK.

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Go read my post again. I have two ginger daughters.

I'll repeat. The woman is just sad. People really need to get a sense of humour

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Your own hair?? :jk: :hugs:

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I can only attest to what I've seen in the class room and playground.:shrug:

Yes we all need to develop a thick skin in life..but some of us apparently have to develop it twice as fast when we are seen as fair game.Having a little bit of a poke at people is one thing..when it becomes an on going hate campaign that's another especially when it's about physical attributes which are things we are born with and cannot alter easily.

I guess we should ask Randy Newman to write another tongue in cheek song about ginger headed people to match his Short People masterpiece.:rolleyes: