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- VarelseSoul, on 10/19/2007, -5/+380This is dumb. This Chinese company didn't aim this mistake at this woman and her family. She needs to stop being a cry baby and stop being offended because of her own skin color.
- ScornForSega, on 10/19/2007, -21/+247***** yo' couch *****!
- kwiksylver, on 10/12/2007, -2/+182"Something more has to be done. We don't just need a personal apology, but someone needs to own up to where these labels were made, and someone needs to apologize to all people of color," Moore said. "I had friends over from St. Lucia yesterday and they wouldn't sit on the couch."
This is retarded, what does she want? Sounds like she just wants the company to come out and say "I would like to apologize for the fact that ***** means dark brown in our language." If her friends don't want to sit on it that's their problem. Let them stand if they don't want to sit on your dark brown couch. - ThisIsBob, on 10/12/2007, -26/+167",,,she is currently consulting with a lawyer and wants compensation."
Which is exactly what you expect a ***** to do. - hlgriggs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+140And I've decided to sue Nabisco for its outrageous use of the word "cracker". *sob* It just hurts man... it just hurts.
- designbydave, on 10/12/2007, -2/+137I would most definitely buy a "***** Brown" couch. I would also get the "Cracker White" love seat to match!
- empeethree, on 10/12/2007, -1/+116cracker white isnt a good color for anything. it shows dirt really easily and fades bright red when in direct sunlight.
- BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -7/+121This is sofa king stupid.
- connor2k, on 10/12/2007, -2/+104This is why she is still treated as ignorant. She does nothing to promote racial goodwill. Only to make a quick buck.
- rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+91I'm so sorry Mom, but this is ***** hilarious.
- nickstl77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+79Does she even realize that the word for Black or Dark Brown in many languages is a variation of the word "Negra". I suppose it is probably where the racist term was derived, not vice versa.
The real question is, would she have still had a problem if the couch was labeled "*****' Brown"? - Hentez, on 10/12/2007, -4/+81Sounds like they need to get some thicker skin
- drewhenson, on 10/12/2007, -13/+81... buy another one you rich *****!
- cactus476, on 10/12/2007, -1/+69To the woman:
Grow the ***** up! - GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -11/+76Considering "*****" is a word all major news outlets have used, many films use, many books use, many people say, many classes debate about...I don't know why she didn't just say, "If someone at school calls you a '*****', don't take any offense".
We don't need words to be problems for a whole new generation. Just explain that it is a synonym for "black person" that people shouldn't take offense to, the kid will grow up and not feel as enraged as this lady is when people say the word.
She's asking for compensation. For what? CNN said "***** brown" in the article. Are you going to sue them, too? - GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59She's suing because her daughter learned the word "*****".
I've got a plan. I'm going to have like, seven kids. When each of them hears the word "*****" for the first time, I'll sue whoever said it. - tastypastry, on 10/12/2007, -23/+80This lady sums up what a ***** really is.
- mrharvey518, on 10/12/2007, -6/+63This article is only a third as funny as it could be, it needs a picture:
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/04/what_shade_of_b.html
HA - GawtMilk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57"Nei ge" means "what". There was a kid who got beaten up for speaking his language at my school (by a black person). Imagine you're sitting on the bus, and you say "which restraunt are we going to?" and the next thing you know, someone's beating you up for being "racist".
The kicker to the story is that I live in Hong Kong. - bigpeeler, on 10/12/2007, -5/+60A black person rip something off? What are you, Don Imus or something?
- Cablewife55, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57Seriously compensation? You need actual damages for that - what's her damage? People always look for something for nothing and THAT"S what's wrong with our society.
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -11/+65Cmon then, hands up everyone who never saw this coming.. Anyone? Anyone at all?
Digg Poll : Digg me down if you didn't know this would happen, digg me up if you did. - ripstuntz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+53It won't be long until Crayola comes out with this "special edition color"
- mekongcola, on 10/12/2007, -2/+48"***** brown"
If find the wild outrage to this exceedingly funny...People are WAY to hyper sensitive...Clearly it was a mistake… - Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -2/+48"The real question is, would she have still had a problem if the couch was labeled "*****' Brown?"
Not if the store owner was a gangsta. - thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -0/+46(replied to wrong person
But I would totally buy a cracker white recliner.)
Compensation for what?
I mean really, was it that life altering? Some people just think wealth should just be handed to them. - SMELLtheGluv, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45She wants compensation?! The couch was right about her all along.
- super_spyder, on 10/12/2007, -6/+44my only question is, Was the couch really ***** brown?
- TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -1/+39It has nothing to do with her skin color or her feeling bad because she's black, I doubt she's even really offended. Obviously she's in it for the money, just like the woman who put a severed finger in her Wendy's chilli last year. Race really doesn't have ***** to do with it.
- KingAdrock, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39rip the label off - problem solved.
- eriksanerd, on 10/12/2007, -5/+41Step 1: Buy something with a semi-offensive translation error
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit! - Jedimind66, on 10/12/2007, -8/+44Where's Sharpton?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36American's like to think their culture is a worldwide phenomenon. It's not. Get over it.
- Duston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34Since when did anyone have the "right" not to be offended? People need to grow thicker skin.
Duston - drapelyk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+33compensation |ˌkämpənˈsā sh ən| noun something, typically money, awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering - Oxford Dictionary
Did she suffer any loss?
Did she suffer any injury?
Did she suffer at all?
No. She was offended by a translation mistake. - TomP, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36***** stole my "***** brown" sofa
- bfaulk04, on 10/12/2007, -5/+34Guys... she's obviously seeking compensation because the painful memories of her being personally oppressed and enslaved are still fresh in her mind...
- conn0r, on 10/12/2007, -5/+32Being called a "*****" and wanting money for it kinda makes you a "*****"
- bigpeeler, on 10/12/2007, -6/+32Hey Shaqueetha, put it on my reparations tab. Check's in the mail.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27All this suing is getting way out of hand...
It's ridiculous... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+29typical nappy headed ho
- Eastlygod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25It's a fecking sofa. Sit on the damn thing. I wouldn't give a flying duck if the colour was 'intestinal bile yellow', I would still use it.
- Katana, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24It comes from latin where niger = black, can see why the translation error came up.
- thehuntedpossum, on 10/12/2007, -0/+20i agree, she definitely didn't need to go to the Ontario Human Rights Commission... no one has a right to vulgar-free couches.
- AnotherThought, on 10/12/2007, -7/+26note: I AM NOT A RACIST
but what i don't get is why many 'people of color' want to make everybody else feel like they are the victims of some horrible racist crime and demand public apology tours, i mean wth, they are the very ones who actually want to make matters worse.
quoting from someone else: "words have no power, people give them that power by adding meanings to them" - STOP DOING THAT, DON'T WHINE AND LET IT GO BECAUSE IT'S JUST A ***** TRANSLATION ERROR FROM OTHER 'COLORED' PEOPLE.
p.s. sry for the caps... - klown256, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20In china people say ***** instead of um.. Many people have an accent that adds an r ending on words so your left with people saying niggar. This is just random useless but semi on topic information regarding the topic
- ThinkFr33ly, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20OMG! I was offended! Give me money!
I hate people. - oceanographer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19at least it didn't say "nappy headed brown" because that...would be bad
- mindsnare, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18getting? Dude, it's way beyond the point of no return, and has been for at least 20 years.
- TrickyTree, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18Opportunist *****.
I bet she saw dollar signs before she was 'offfended' ... -
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