ASDA Costume apology.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:24

Supermarket chain Asda has apologised and withdrawn a Halloween outfit it was selling online as a "mental patient fancy dress costume", after criticism.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24278768

Pretty stupid IMO. Nothing wrong with the costume but the product description is a little insensitive. I wouldn't go as far as calling stereo typing. There's been plenty of books and films about mental health patients, but inappropriate nevertheless.

GhostlyPea · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:25

I don't see that in anyway offensive? GG overly-PC-whinge-at-anything-people, GG

- GP

antijoke · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:26

Right first off, I don't give a ****, I find it pretty funny to be fair.

Secondly, Asda said it should never have been sold, how about if you feel like that, it should never have even made it to shelves? Who decided high up the management chain it was OK?

People now a days are too bloody sensitive.

arknor · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:28

Former footballer Stan Collymore, who has had a well-documented battle with depression, also criticised Asda for using a "stereotype".

He clearly is not happy.
must remind him of how he used to beat the crap out of his wife Ulrika jonsson
Maybe they should relaunch it the "battered by stan collymore outfit"

GhostlyPea said:
GhostlyPea said:

I don't see that in anyway offensive? GG overly-PC-whinge-at-anything-people, GG

- GP

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It's probably all because of the name and no one would really care if it were called "bloody hospital outfit"

JBod · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:29

Some people really go out of their way to be offended.

Admiral Huddy · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:29

anticonscience said:
People now a days are too bloody sensitive.

I would normally agree with this but people are more sensitive and for that reason I think in this case a little more forethought should have been applied.

Clav · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:31

JBod said:
Some people really go out of their way to be offended.

This offends me

Cosimo · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:31

Whatever next, a ban on fancy dress shops. It's the dog that should be wagging the tail not all these PC do-gooders wagging the dog.

No1newts · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:32

GhostlyPea said:
I don't see that in anyway offensive? GG overly-PC-whinge-at-anything-people, GG

- GP

+1 things get more depressingly sterilised by the day. Just waiting until we all wear black, white and grey and have no life beyond working god forbid thinking out the box. 1984 by baby steps!

arknor · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:32

Admiral Huddy said:
I would normally agree with this but people are more sensitive and for that reason I think in this case a little more forethought should have been applied.

and people will only keep getting more sensitive as people pander to them some people should man up and realise its just a fancy dress costume that means nothing

It's about time supermarkets start defending them selves and stop lieing when someone doesn't like something they sell.

if people don't like it then don't buy it, the types complaining are probably the boring types that should keep their mouths shut like stan collymore the wife beater

antijoke · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:33

I sense an imminent backlash to the film Psycho. I hope these people haven't seen films like Wrong Turn.

Just imagine if that was released today. People would be flinging themselves in front of trains in outrage.

oll3h · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:34

Don't see the problem with it. Some people have too much free time to whine and moan about stuff. Maybe they should get a hobby...like dogging for instance.

bitslice · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:34

GhostlyPea said:
I don't see that in anyway offensive? overly-PC-whinge-at-anything-people,

I don't consider myself to be sensitive or PC, but I think that's really awful

Like they said on the radio this morning, people fear the stigma more than they hate the illness.

@Huddy, yes books and stuff but the stigma is still there.

I really hope whichever office drone passed on that is taken to one side and "WTF were you thinking of!?" yelled in his ear. Idiot.

Looking at the replies I'd imagine many in here don't have the first clue about mental illness.

Orch · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:35

A complete joke. People clearly have too much time on their hands.

arknor · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:35

anticonscience said:
I sense an imminent backlash to the film Psycho. I hope these people haven't seen films like Wrong Turn.

Just imagine if that was released today. People would be flinging themselves in front of trains in outrage.

it's all american horror stories fault for having the crazed asylum setting and the insane nazi doctor

antijoke · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:38

All these people taking to Twitter who are 'professionals' and posting **** like:

@StanCollymore I would love some of these morons to visit the ward I work on where all my 'mental patients' look no different to themselves

Do they really think that most of the population expect these patients to look like a fancy dress costume? Strapped up in straight jackets, with blood all over them?

tom_e · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:38

No1newts said:
Just waiting until we all wear black, white and grey and have no life beyond working god forbid thinking out the box. 1984 by baby steps!

RACIST!

i5aces · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:40

It's just a costume ?

Admiral Huddy · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:41

Easy for us to say when we are not affected.

hurfdurf · 26 Sep 2013 at 10:43

Yea lets bash the mentally disabled, great fun, come on lads!

Lets also bring out an outfit incorporating a wheelchair and call it "crippled retard" shouldn't of been born a sensitive disabled person if they were going to complain about it.

Maybe if they spent more time looking for work instead of being disabled and complaining tax payers money wouldn't have to support them and we could all have our fun.

What's the point in disabled people living anyway if they are just going to ruin everyone else's lives.

Mentally disabled people disgust me even more because I can't see anything wrong with them, they are probably just making it up and should just get over it.

Come on lads! Whaaaaeeeey feels so great to pick on the disabled!