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We get a heap of those campers at the caravan park I've got my van.

Some of the slogans on them are absolute crack ups.

(not that I can remember any of them)

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Good old Radelaide three months behind the times...

Wicked Campers 'Fat chicks are harder to kidnap' slogan breached advertising standards: watchdog

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April 15, 2014

Brisbane-based Wicked Campers was found to have made light of abduction by splashing the slogan Fat chicks are harder to kidnap on one of its vehicles.

The Advertising Standards Bureau has upheld a complaint that the company breached Section 2.6 of the Advertiser Code of Ethics, which states that advertising or marketing communications should not depict material contrary to prevailing community standards on health and safety.

The boards judgement noted that there is significant community concern regarding kidnap, especially in light of current high profile cases involving the abduction and murder of children both in Australia and overseas.

Wicked Campers has a history of tagging its campers ? which are popular with backpackers - with gross-out humour.

It added that kidnap is illegal and ... this advertisement is making light of, and encouraging, behaviour which is against prevailing community standards on safety.

However, the bureau rejected the other reason for complaint that the slogan was misogynistic and offensive to women.

The judgement noted the reference to fat girls and considered that the statement was general and not directed at a specific person.

The board considered that the reference to fat girls in this instance, whilst tasteless and not a nice reference, does not meet the threshold for being discriminatory or vilifying towards overweight females or to females in general, the judgement read.

The board considered that the advertisement did not depict material that discriminated against or vilified sections of society.

Wicked Campers has a history of tagging its campers which are popular with backpackers - with gross-out humour.

Other slogans have included Save a whale, harpoon a Jap, Save a tree, eat a beaver, and If God were a woman would sperm taste like chocolate?

Brisbane Times has approached Wicked Campers for comment.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/travel-planning/travel-news/wicked-campers-fat-chicks-are-harder-to-kidnap-slogan-breached-advertising-standards-watchdog-20140415-36opy.html
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Always one better brisvegas

Theres always that one chunky chick who gets pissy

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Of course its a health and safety issue. Probably needs an 8 hour induction on the correct lifting technique to kidnap a fat chick.

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if I was that bloke I would have head butted her. the sh*t thing is no one will do anything they will just film it and post it on u tube.
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Racism... it still definitely exists. People are ridiculed for it, though... whether by comedians or just the general media.

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if I was that bloke I would have head butted her. the sh*t thing is no one will do anything they will just film it and post it on u tube.

I get the feeling karma has already got her back big time.. Imagine the entire of Australia seeing that video of you - she would be feeling a level of shame we can only imagine

Probably get abused and ridiculed on the street as well

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Not at all condoning the racial stuff, but apparently what started it was kids occupying seats while adults were standing on a peak hour service. That's worthy of a rant, clearly she just lost her sh*t and got carried away.

Thankfully no footage has surfaced of the last time teenage slappers were having a party on the quiet carriage of my train and I made a bit of a scene :blush:

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