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Via Business Insider
Aldi Australia has announced it will remove its controversial “Australia EST. 1788″ T-Shirt from sale following social media pressure and claims that the slogan was “racist”.
An Aldi Australia spokesperson said the decision was made “following comments by a limited number of concerned customers”.
The T-shirts and singlets were scheduled to go on sale this Saturday, 11 January. Others in the $5 range will still be sold.
The move follows earlier media reports about growing protests on Twitter.
How ironic that on the ALDI's Twitter page they feature two people with their mouths blocked. Looks like banning the freedom of expression - "Australia est 1788" on a t-shirt is something that goes along with ALDI's ethos.
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Posted by: Anton | January 8, 2014 at 04:17 PM
Prior to 1788 there was no beer on the continent, therefore Australia did not exist
Posted by: Anton | January 8, 2014 at 04:18 PM
Perhaps they're being removed from sale because they're wrong.
Australia was founded in 1788, and the Commonwealth of Australia was established in 1901.
The Printer ferked up ?
Posted by: Arthur Dent | January 8, 2014 at 04:49 PM
The fact is that the Australian nation was born with the first fleet in 1788. Of course you are free to believe what you like.
As for you Tasmanian dingalings, the only reason you are part of Australia is because the Dutch couldn't see any value in a small island that has been on the bones of its arse since its discovery.
Posted by: Allan | January 8, 2014 at 05:12 PM
I think that ALDI caving in to politically correct imbiciles is a bloody shame. How much longer are we going to sit on our thumbs while these lunatic politically correct progressives dictate what can and can't be said in this country.
Posted by: Allan | January 8, 2014 at 05:20 PM
To borrow Bill O'reillys' motto - the spin stops here....
Posted by: Andy's Rant! | January 8, 2014 at 06:16 PM
Name the complainers. Give out their facebook/twitter/email details.
I'm sure they wont mind standing up for themselves.
Sick of this, the only d*ckheads who get upset about Australia day are the perpetually dour who insist it was "invasion day". For the rest of us, it is a day to celebrate the start of a great nation.
The second race to inhabit this land (the aborigines weren't the first and it appears killed off the originals) did nothing to improve this country.
How about we drop all assistance, send them back into the bush and let them live their lives free from western corruption. Either they are full citizens, and will partake of our nation equally, or they are not. Let them each chose and then shut up.
Posted by: Armchair Beak | January 8, 2014 at 07:14 PM
The wheel arrived in 1788.
What a load of PC garbage that allows these minority cretins to have the final say.
Aldi's only have to read the comments from people to the Herald Sun to see what the majority think.
Unfortunately corporate Australia seems to be more worried about the minority Fairfax and ABC, easily offended, clique from the ever whingeing Left
Posted by: Peter Simmons | January 8, 2014 at 07:37 PM
Peter, just had a look at the Herald Sun to find that the comments section has been removed. the only comments remaining are those within the text of the article and of course they are those of the whingers.
I am not surprised that the comments supporting Aldi have been removed when you read the PC comments of the journo who wrote the article.
Posted by: Allan | January 8, 2014 at 08:51 PM
You will find that one complainant named
Conrad Henley Calvert is of course a vaseline cowboy,(originally from the UK,I believe)like most homosexuals he is very anti common sense,and anti anything white/straight/conservative/Christian/family man/woman.
Posted by: Frank | January 8, 2014 at 08:55 PM
I wonder if this is in line with Aldi's actual (paying) customers' beliefs?
Our local Aldi attracts mainly older customers, happy to pay cash and buy unbranded foods. They migh have bought some of these shirts for their grandkids, but I am not sure they are on twitter.
Posted by: Anton | January 8, 2014 at 09:41 PM
Overt displays of patriotism are unAustralian - you didn't see Dad n' Dave pouncing about in aussie flag shorts did you? How about our fellas going over the top just so their drunk 17 year old great-great-grandsons could wrap a quickly purchased flag over their shoulders to wear dancing at some festival and loudly claim their blood is 'more australian' and somehow superior to the children and grandchildren of more recent hard-working, country building arrivals?
This over merchandising is rubbish commercialism at it's most vile and if you support it- then you might as well swap it for the stars and stripes, as you are more yank than aussie.
Posted by: pk | January 8, 2014 at 10:04 PM
or as suggested on another website re: Est. 1788
"Bogan marketability could be nipped in the bud with the simple addition of ''...by boat people''
hee hee, it's funny cos it's true!
Posted by: pk | January 8, 2014 at 10:24 PM
Actually 1788 marks the settlement of Sydney....nothing else... nothing there for Melb/Adelaide/Perth/etc. at all
We should have holiday to mark Melb's settlement
who cares for Sydney big day ?
Posted by: Ted Kennet | January 8, 2014 at 11:25 PM
Actually that was the foundation of New South Wales, and being a Victorian it'll be a cold day in hell until I recognise that as the date we were 'established'.
That'll always 1/1/1901
Posted by: Warrick | January 9, 2014 at 07:18 AM
I don't need history lessons from you. Think a out what I said earlier about the first fleet because it is fact. But, I do note that you and Ted Kennet carry on with that immature state rivalry rubbish.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 08:54 AM
Actually the colony of New South Wales was proclaimed in 1788. You are essentially right though that Australia as a sovereign country came into existence in 1901.
Posted by: David Capper | January 9, 2014 at 09:11 AM
Again, left leaning bed wetters have had a dummy spit over this issue and ALDI have allowed themselves to be sucked in.
Anyone, I mean anyone who finds a T-shirt with the words "Australia est 1788" or "Aussie" and our flag on it offensive (see second t-shirt above) is quite frankly gone in the head.
Posted by: Account Deleted | January 9, 2014 at 09:22 AM
Your 12. More to do with current fashion fads than patriotism.
Many these days don't understand the meaning of patriotism and other values of older Australia because patriotism and conservative values have latterly been out of favour with mainly left-wing educationalists.
More to their liking to bring on invasion theories which fit much better with the world view which posits employers and employees are at constant war with each other.
Never thought I'd agree - even slightly with you, but there you are.
However your comment 13 is just a smart arsed comment which is meaningless.
It was no part of Australia's fault that Britain dumped its unwanted here, but it is to the great credit of those who worked to build this nation that Australia is the country we are lucky enough to live in and have the freedom to argue about stupid tee shirt rubbish.
Pity the small army of malcontents who do the stirring and the attempting to shut down various freedoms don't have the guts to show their faces in public.
Posted by: ibbit | January 9, 2014 at 09:22 AM
It's a fact that the first fleet arrived here in 1788, but Australia wasn't 'established' in 1788, NSW was established in 1788.
Australia was created in 1901, even you should know that Allan.
And for the record, I voted for the Lib Dems in the last election, the major parties here have done nothing but grow government, remove civil rights and increase the cost of living.
Posted by: Warrick | January 9, 2014 at 10:24 AM
rather than play semantics on Australia's actual "established" date, let's all stick to the issue - was ALDI right to cave in to left leaning PC bed wetters over these t-shirts???
Posted by: Account Deleted | January 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM
When will companies (and governments, for that matter) learn that pandering to THE OUTRAGE INDUSTRY does nothing but empower these idiots? Seriously, why does the media give these cretins any credence?
Social media is not the real world! Most normal people (those with a life/job/etc) do not sit around waiting for the next major "trend" on Twitter, or get excited over the number of "likes/dislikes" on bloody Facebook. Why anyone allows themselves to be influenced by this rubbish is beyond me.
Posted by: TassieRooster | January 9, 2014 at 11:20 AM
I personally find an issue with them because the ALDI t-shirts were factually incorrect, they should have said 1901.
However ALDI should be allowed to sell any stock of the 1788 shirts they have without backlash, better selling it off for a profit than writing it off as a loss.
Posted by: Warrick | January 9, 2014 at 11:43 AM
It's about time everyone learned to laugh at themselves. If you don't like it, don't read, watch or listen to it. Politically Correct is only an individuals perception not the perception of everyone else. Written for the touchy people ONLY.
Posted by: jspelg | January 9, 2014 at 11:48 AM
Short answer is no.
However the tee shirt with Australia Est. 1788 is wrong. In my view having 26th January as Australia day is wrong. It is like the US celebrating the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers as their national day rather than 4th July.
Posted by: David Capper | January 9, 2014 at 12:10 PM
Do you have some sort of comprehension problem Warrick? I didn't say that Australia was established in 1788 and if you attempt to put words into my mouth I will cover you like a rash.
The fact that you voted Liberal Democrats probably explains a lot.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 02:30 PM
TassieRooster, the media gives credence to it because they are up to their necks in it. Just read the closing paragraph by the cretin from the Herald Sun who wrote the article.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 03:48 PM
Australia was founded 1901, but it was civilized in 1788. that is when the english language, parliamentary democracy and the rule of law came to this continent, previously only occupied by spear-throwing savages.
Posted by: Fabbz | January 9, 2014 at 05:03 PM
Thanks Fabbz. That level of understanding is lost on the progressives that comment here.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 07:10 PM
It just got worse.
Big W has also pulled the T-Shirts.
Big W follows Aldi in pulling 'racist' T-shirt from shelves following online outcry
The seven designs had been approved by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in July 2013, under strict guidelines regarding products bearing the image of the Australian flag.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/big-w-follows-aldi-in-pulling-racist-tshirt-from-shelves-following-online-outcry-20140108-30i32.html
Don't these people have anything better to do?
Posted by: AlterEgo | January 9, 2014 at 07:24 PM
You hit the nail on the head there Andy, and ALDI should be ashamed to be bullied by a bunch of no-hopers and the PC crowd. You do not have to have been born here to be a proud Aussie, and I am just one of many immigrants who were lucky enough to find this great country, readily adapt to it's ways and honored to become a citizen and contribute to it's ongoing success. However, we have a couple of cultural problems. One is that the indigenous inhabitants have been recalcitrant to adapt to civilization. The many social programs applied to assist them has resulted in a dependent and privileged mob that for the most part still lives culturally uncivilized. While we have a reconciliation program in place, the leaders of the indigenous are doing just the opposite. They have their own flag, their own legal service, priority access to medical care, priority access to education (one I do agree with), and want their culture recognized in the Australian constitution. They do not wish to be Australians, they wish to be a nation within a nation, called Aboriginals, and still have Australians foot the bill.
The other cultural problem is the wave of Muslim immigrants who place their ideology above their nationality. They believe the laws of their third world ideology are above the laws of the state. While they are happy to become Australian citizens for the benefits, they will never really be Australians. They will in fact do their damnedest to alter Australia's culture to their ideology, just like is was in the failed third world places they left. Go figure! I do not know the solutions, but I know for sure that anything suggested and implemented by the socialist/PC crowd will only make it worse.
Posted by: Jim Witt | January 9, 2014 at 07:38 PM
and want their culture recognized in the Australian constitution.
The Prime Minister is a keen advocate for that Jim.
"I will also start the conversation about a constitutional referendum to recognise the first Australians," he said.
"This would complete our constitution rather than change it."
Posted by: Arthur Dent | January 9, 2014 at 08:05 PM
Unlike homosexual marriage, the people of Australia will get to VOTE on the Aboriginal recognition in the Constitution.
They will be a bit more cautious on this referendum after all the hidden agendas in the 1967 one which were never revealed until after the vote.
Posted by: Peter Simmons | January 9, 2014 at 08:22 PM
Jim, a very good post and I would back you all the way on this one.
History and pre-history doesn't support their claim to be the 'First' Australians. While we can have some feeling that they were a stone age people dragged into the vastly different world of an advanced society they have in 250 years made no appreciable effort to become part of today's society. that is apart from joining the long line of 'welfare entitlement'.
The answer to the dilemma was long ago decided to be the throwing of as much money as you can find at the problem. The result has been a group of our society that have deliberately decided that the 'entitlement' road was the one to travel.
My late wife was taken by lung cancer and while she stayed at home as often as possible there were times toward the end that I had no option but to admit her to hospital.
Upon admitting her I always had to fill in the obligatory admission form and a question on the form that got right up my nose was "Is the patient of Aboriginal or Torrens Islander descent?"
I once vented my anger at that question and asked the admitting nurse what would happen if I ticked yes in that square. Her answer was, and I remember her words to this day, "You will find that a Pandora's Box of entitlements and benefits will come your wife's way.
The same problem starts all over again with the Islamics coming into this country. The 'entitlement' mentality is being fostered and sanctioned by government.
I am a great fan of Thomas Sowell and he said of politicians who initiate such situations: "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 08:47 PM
I've sent Aldi a short and sweet email. Hopefully more people will do likewise: Not happy and will no longer shop at your stores!
Posted by: Paz | January 9, 2014 at 09:11 PM
"You will find that a Pandora's Box of entitlements and benefits will come your wife's way.
Simple question Allan, with all these 'perks' aboriginal Australian get and - if given the choice - would you rather have been born white or aboriginal?
I reckon i know the answer to that one.
Posted by: pk | January 9, 2014 at 09:37 PM
Did you cc Woolworths too Paz?
Not sure about the Aldi Australia Day shirts, but looks like the Big W ones were made in Bangladesh.
Posted by: Arthur Dent | January 9, 2014 at 09:41 PM
"It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong."
Don't they pay a price at the ballot box, next election Allan? Wondering what Thomas Sowell's alternative is.......?
Posted by: Arthur Dent | January 9, 2014 at 09:51 PM
Don't make fun of my wife's death you ignorant disrespectful piece of shit.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 10:16 PM
Does that make them any less dangerous, Arthur. No, I didn't think so!!!!!
the thing about being a smartarse Arthur is that you have to be clever and you didn't make the cut.
Posted by: Allan | January 9, 2014 at 10:20 PM
What's your point Arthur??? And why did you selectively quote Jim?. What does Abbott's view have to do with Jim's apart from being the opposite view.?
Posted by: kraka | January 10, 2014 at 10:29 AM
You really are a sack of shit, you Leftist idiot.
Posted by: Peter Simmons | January 10, 2014 at 07:37 PM
Yet we can buy a Tshirt that say F>>k Tony abbott and have these same nutters protest showing off their post gradute degrees in jealousy on prime time tv. http://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/20177175/vic-protesters-vow-to-hound-abbott/
Anyway Im offended (a trendy leftie buzz word)&(i always loob this word back and and reply back Im offended your offend and besides you are only offended because you chose to be offended by your shallow personality) by Adli for withdrawing its Tshirts est 1788 and I see it as a restriction of freedom of speech.
Posted by: Get my drift? | January 10, 2014 at 11:01 PM
This is a SFW forum, please keep the text in your posts as such.
Posted by: Warrick | January 11, 2014 at 09:01 AM
AD says Don't they pay a price at the ballot box, next election Allan? Wondering what Thomas Sowell's alternative is.......?
In no way does this answer even come close to being a response in context to Allan's comment.
Apart from the fact that Sowell's comment is correct in the context it is made and your reply bears no relevance to Allan's post, Even if they do get voted out it is not paying a price as they then go on a fully indexed pension for the rest of their life with gold travel and other perks-not much of a price for making wrong decisions that screw millions of people is it?
Posted by: kraka | January 11, 2014 at 09:18 AM
When Leftists stop continually changing the subject and being offensive I'll keep the text related to the subject.
When a serial pest is deliberately offensive he deserves to be offended also.
The expression you refer to has been used numerous times on this forum.
Could you advise your moderator status on this forum, please?
Posted by: Peter Simmons | January 11, 2014 at 05:36 PM
Sorry, I thought it was in context.
ie. political decisions.
So what exactly should happen to a politician when they make a wrong decision kraka? And who decides a decision was "wrong"- another bureaucracy?
Sending our troops off to the Middle East to secure WMD was a BIG mistake. How should John Howard pay for that? Perhaps we could remove his travel "perks".
Posted by: Arthur Dent | January 11, 2014 at 06:12 PM
Est 1788?
It's not racist but it is ignorant.
As many others have pointed out, January 26 1788 established the Colony of New South Wales.
The word Australia wasn't even used in 1788. Australis was, but that was applied to many southern lands.
Matthew Flinders pushed for the name Australia some years later.
Now if you want to fight history wars, bring some facts to the table rather than patriotic feels. Seriously some of you are as weak as the lefties you despise.
We should ditch Jan 26 as Australia Day in favour of Jan 1st.
Posted by: SignedIn | January 15, 2014 at 01:01 AM