Is this costume offensive?

[Calleja]

I was just trying to illustrate that.. hi, I'm mexican.. of course I know people who have jumped over the fence illegally, hell, I've been to towns that remind of a WWII era, no men, only women, cause all men are "on the other side".

I don't find it one bit offensive.

 

[Kitty Sinatra]

And I was just intentionally misreading your Spanish.

 

[phil]

Oh you'd only find this offensive if you are, were, or know someone who shouldn't be in this country.

Nope. Not at all.

Hola, me llamo Fernando.[/QUOTE]


I think what he means is that the only people who WOULD get offended are those who bla bla bla

Like, you can know people and still not be offended.

But you can't not know anyone who is an/was/will be an illegal and be offended, which I disagree with.

 

[rabbitgod]

Wearing and selling the costume may be offensive, but it's not illegal to do so. Why should anyone be forced to not wear it or not sell it because a bunch of PC advocates are offended?

Because Target's business strategy involves reaching as wide a market as possible. It's easy to remove a product that's not likely to net them much money, and doing so and was apparently deemed better than risking permanently losing a handful of customers.

It's a business. They're making business choices. You'd do exactly the same thing in their position[/QUOTE]

I agree. They even market in Mexico for USA stores (do they have Targets in Mexico? Calleja? I've never seen one).

The proximity of Tucson to the border means we get lots on each side of legality. And they drop buckets of cash every weekend at Walmart, Target, Macy's, etc. Hell Hermosillo (the capital of Sonora for those on this side) has advertisements for shops here in Tucson and it's 4 hours away.

 

[Calleja]

No, no Targets in Mexico. Wal-Marts, Costcos and Sam's Clubs everywhere, though.

 

[rabbitgod]

I didn't think so. I had never seen them, but I have limited total area experience.

You do have Wal-Marts everywhere. It's nuts. And they're all gigantic. The largest one I've ever seen is in Mexico City.

And if you know anybody that works at Costco, can you convince them to build one in Northern Sonora. I'll work on Southern Arizona. I have no problem with people coming up to buy stuff at costco, they get their products, we get money and blackmarket bologna, it's a good deal. But the traffic near our Costcos is insane every weekend. It's so bad I never go on the weekend, only Monday mornings.

 

[Calleja]

Really? That bad? EVERY weekend? Damn... I'm surprised Costco hasn't picked up on that and opened one in Sonora... I can't throw a rock without hitting one down here in Central-ish Mexico.

Hell, I ate Costco pizza just yesterday.

 

[rabbitgod]

They have one in Hermosillo, ONE. Which means that everybody living north of that lives closer to the ones in Tucson. And they're on the northern side too. If they would just put one near the border or at least in a southern suburb the traffic distribution would be so much nicer.

And seriously, you can go to any mall/costco/walmart/target and a full 25-50% of the shoppers drove up from Sonora. Sometimes Sinaloa or even Durango.

 

[Wasabi Poptart]

No, no Targets in Mexico. Wal-Marts, Costcos and Sam's Clubs everywhere, though.

They must not have many of them on the Baja side of Mexico. To begin with, I don't usually shop at Wal-Mart unless there is something specific I know I can get there. Since moving close to the San Diego border, I have learned to avoid them all together on the weekends and anytime after 12 noon. It looks like people are shopping with 15 of their family members for supplies to last them through the zombie apocalypse.