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Posted by Palladium on Apr-15-2009 19:56:

lol mexicans...

wait, what?

quote:

Burger King apologizes for �Texican whopper� ad

REUTERS, MEXICO CITY
Thursday, Apr 16, 2009, Page 10

Fast food giant Burger King apologized on Tuesday for an advertisement featuring a squat Mexican draped in his country�s flag next to a tall cowboy and said it would change the campaign.

Mexico�s ambassador to Spain said posters released in Europe for Burger King�s new Tex-Mex style �Texican whopper,� a cheeseburger with chili and spicy mayonnaise, inappropriately displayed the Mexican flag, whose image is protected under national law.

The ambassador wrote a letter complaining to Burger King and requested the ad campaign be discontinued.

Burger King said the ads were meant to show a mixture of influences from the southwestern US and Mexico, not to poke fun at Mexican culture, but said it would replace them �as soon as commercially possible.�

�Burger King Corporation has made the decision to revise the Texican Whopper advertising creative out of respect for the Mexican culture and its people,� it said in a statement.

�The existing campaign falls fully within the legal parameters of the United Kingdom and Spain, where the commercials are being aired and were not intended to offend anyone,� the company said.

A TV version of the advertisement shows the lanky cowboy and the pint-sized Mexican wrestler � nicknamed �Just a Little Bit� � living together as roommates. At one point, the American lifts up the Mexican to help him put a trophy on a high shelf.

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Apr-15-2009 20:31:

I can't wait until BK comes out with a bacon-cheddar Falafel. The reactions ought to be entertaining, at the very least.

Posted by woscar on Apr-15-2009 20:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
I can't wait until BK comes out with a bacon-cheddar Falafel. The reactions ought to be entertaining, at the very least.

And they should have told the ambassador to shove it. That's not the Mexican flag...just a red, white, and green cape.

Posted by elFreak on Apr-15-2009 20:59:

hopefully nchs suicide bombs bk headquarters in retaliation.

Posted by Reza on Apr-15-2009 21:03:

�Burger King Corporation has made the decision to revise the Texican Whopper advertising creative out of respect for the Mexican culture and its people,�

baaaaaaaaahahahahah

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Apr-15-2009 21:13:

It doesn't seem that the commercial is offensive, the poster is.

Pics?

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Apr-15-2009 22:06:

Posted by SuspicionVandit on Apr-15-2009 22:22: