[Livia]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

what the hell have ducks got to do with easter anyway ..... are there stories about the easter duck?

I have no idea and that is a very good question.

Did you know that Easter is named after the pagan Goddess, Oestre, a fertility goddess that gives her name to Oestrogen, the female hormone. Her symbols are eggs, being a fertility goddess, and the hare. Germans have the Easter hare and not the bunny... I feel like I say all this every Easter.

No ducks though.

[montblanc]

Originally Posted by Livia

So you agree with the white woman who complained?

Making out that black people would be insulted by what is essentially a bit of chocolate does nothing to help race relations. It makes it seem like black people complain about all kinds of stuff... when in actuality, it's white people being offended on their behalf.

i don't really agree with her because calling this "racist" is a joke i just can understand why someone could feel weird about the darkest of three different colored ducks being called ugly

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

what the hell have ducks got to do with easter anyway ..... are there stories about the easter duck?

new life....spring lambs, ducks, bunnies....resurrection.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by montblanc

i don't really agree with her because calling this "racist" is a joke i just can understand why someone could feel weird about the darkest of three different colored ducks being called ugly

Well if someone did feel like that, they need a hug and be told not to be so daft.

[montblanc]

Originally Posted by Livia

Chocolate.

LOL.... And you know, I hate dark chocolate. if I was black I'd be pissed off being identified with the worst chocolate in the world.

ERM dark chocolate is the best kind of chocolate

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cherie

new life....spring lambs, ducks, bunnies....resurrection.

Of course. That's why the ducks.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by montblanc

ERM dark chocolate is the best kind of chocolate

Oooo no, lovely Belgian milk chocolate. You can have all my dark choc.

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Livia

Chocolate.

LOL.... And you know, I hate dark chocolate. if I was black I'd be pissed off being identified with the worst chocolate in the world.

Dark chocolate is lovely wtf

White chocolate is the worst... it’s just sickly and tastes like sugary gunk

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Elliot

Dark chocolate is lovely wtf

Well Montblanc and Elliot, I have to inform you that you're both wrong. Milk chocolate is the best, all day long. And my decision is final on this.........

Agree about the white chocolate though. Urgghhhh.....

[Vicky.]

Milk chocolate is far superior to any other. However, dark chocolate beats white for me usually. Mind, I do sometimes get random cravings for bourneville bars. I can't eat much dark or white without feeling sickly. I can eat family sized bars of milk in one sitting and feel fine (though my hips wouldn't thank me for it)

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

If they were trying to represent Jews, then I'd agree.

But they weren't.

They were selling chocolate ducks.

What if its bill was circumcised though.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

I have no idea and that is a very good question.

Did you know that Easter is named after the pagan Goddess, Oestre, a fertility goddess that gives her name to Oestrogen, the female hormone. Her symbols are eggs, being a fertility goddess, and the hare. Germans have the Easter hare and not the bunny... I feel like I say all this every Easter.

No ducks though.

Ducks lay eggs?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

What if its bill was circumcised though.

Its bill? What do you think circumcision is TS...?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Duck lay eggs?

Eggs. Ha! Get out of here with your common sense...

[Matthew.]

No this isn’t racist And Ł8 for that is ridiculous

Also, dark chocolate is grim :/

So Team Livia in all aspects here (Edit: TiBB’s Livia, that is)

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

What if its bill was circumcised though.

[Twosugars]

I'm not saying it is intentionally racist, but it is unfortunate.
What if a black kid got those ducks for Easter and asked: why the dark one is ugly?
There's no need for that. The naming was stupid. Two named after something neutral/positive and one ugly.

[Twosugars]

From what I remember from my church-going childhood, only lambs and eggs are associated with Easter. Lamb is a symbol of Jesus Christ and eggs new life.
The rest is odd. But it goes for Christmas too when Lindt has a chocolate bear among other things. wtf?

[Oliver_W]

tbh companies should start saying "we're sorry you feel that way" and leave it at that.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

I'm not saying it is intentionally racist, but it is unfortunate.
What if a black kid got those ducks for Easter and asked: why the dark one is ugly?
There's no need for that. The naming was stupid. Two named after something neutral/positive and one ugly.

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

Nah, the names given to those ducks were stupid and that's that on that.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

Me too actually. Was I wrong in thinking the person who complained was white? To me it seems stupid, it's just chocolate, I can't even imagine why it would even enter someones head to equate dark chocolate to black people, to me that's more offensive. Actually as a white person I'm offended because that means I'm the white chocolate and that's clearly the worst one

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Me too actually. Was I wrong in thinking the person who complained was white? To me it seems stupid, it's just chocolate, I can't even imagine why it would even enter someones head to equate dark chocolate to black people, to me that's more offensive. Actually as a white person I'm offended because that means I'm the white chocolate that's that's clearly the worst one

I agree, I thought the whole point was that not many people choose to buy dark chocolate hence the reason this duck being the ugly one.

However, another thing that puzzles me is that people are paid a lot of money to come up with new ideas for products that should not cause any offence. So how in the hell did something like this manage to slip by?

[Kazanne]

Originally Posted by Livia

If the kid got those ducks and asked, why is the dark one ugly? They could tell him that actually, the ugly one turns out to be the best one of all...

Or, they could tell him that it's just CHOCOLATE, stop making a racist issue where none was intended.

Are there any black members on this thread? I'd be interested to know their take on this.

I agree with this maybe we should just ban anything brown or black ffs,it's ridiculous ,its dark chocolate and they all have the same faces ,some people are just crazy