Kmart: Australian store pulls 'Merry Ham-mas' Christmas bag
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Kmart removed the festive-themed bag from sale after a Jewish group raised the likeness to Hamas.
    • ASeriesOfPoorChoicesEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      The group wrote: "Although this is potentially funny (the AJA committee has tossed around some non-PC jokes) it’s really not a good look.

      "We suspect some product manager may cause the company some embarrassment.

      “So we’ve politely written to Wesfarmers corporate suggesting the product be pulled.”

        • ASeriesOfPoorChoicesEnglish
          2•8 months ago

          I mean, it’s a fair cop. “Hey guys, not sure if you’ve noticed this, but…”

          It wouldn’t surprise me if Wesfarmers overreacted to their message because of who it was from, too.

          • @TheMauveAvengerEnglish
            5•8 months ago

            I think our friend here was loling at “pulled [pork]”.