Sunday, September 28, 2008

Coon Cheese - Next to face the Racist beheading block?

Okay, I know that Australia is a wonderful place because it has so few people, and for so long it has been untouched by the monstrosities that have haunted North American countries for years, but I think in one giant leap, Australia is trying to catch up with Big Brother - aka - the USA.  

Coon Cheese has been a part of the Australian food experience for years.  It has never been used in a negative connotation.  On the contrary, Coon Cheese was not named after the slang that originated in America - Not Australia where it was created, and defended for many years.  It was actually named after the creator of a fast and easier creation process for cheese - a gentleman by the name of Edward Coon.

So now judges are ruling that this is a derogatory remark, and it should be changed.  Are they saying that everyone who has a name that may be considered derogatory should have their name changed too?  

And who is going to pay the millions of dollars that it is going to cost to rebrand a company that is no longer allowed to use their own name?  And what will happen when those 'precious' people that can't leave well enough alone can't get their favorite cheese?  Will they finally realize what wankers they really have been, and get a life?

I doubt it.  Pigs will surely fly before then.  That is if someone isn't offended that pigs are actually flying and threatens to sue them for misrepresentation.  

Get a life people.  Stomp on those precious or delicate little feelings that you have and realize that life wouldn't be nearly as interesting without all the little things that annoy you.  Hell, I wouldn't have near as much fun if I didn't have stupid people to pick on every day.

Enough said.

- The BITCH -

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

US patent 1,579,196 issued to William Edward Coon on 30 March 1930, for the rapid aging of cheese. Mr. Coon lived in Philadelphia. His address is recorded on the patent document. This can be found easily on the US patent office website.

The original wrapper was red, as I understand.

Kraft supplied this information to other people a few years before Mr. Hagan raised it again. The brand is now owned by a company called "Dairy Farmers".

The cheese was still sold under the same name in August 2009. There is no judge involved. The case would be kicked out of the courts and I think Mr. Hagan know that. It's just politics.