The next time I drive the inland highway from Melbourne to the Gold Coast, if Dan grants me a permit to travel out of Victoria, I will double check when I travel through Coonabarabran that it has not being renamed Cheersabarabran to satisfy that same woke brigade,

Insisting what is now an offensive term to be preserved, on the basis that the derivation of the name had no malice, is absurd.

Quoting names of places or products that have those letters within the names, as justification for maintaining the brand name is ridiculous.

We all know what would happen if you called a group of young men coons.

And you would deserve it.

The fact that the language has since changed, and is now a totally offensive name is the issue.

As to the other names you quoted, from here they seem harmless.

It’s how they are received there, is the issue.

I saw a poll re the NFL team changing their name, received overwhelming support, so it would seem, it’s not that much different to coon, over there.

the cheese was named after a person.

What if your name is BLACK?

Are you worried?

Then I wholeheartedly support that name not being a brand name for cheese......

max manewer wrote: It isn't just a case of it not being used as a brand name rusty, but being used at all, so I repeat, what are we to do with the word "maggot", which I have heard used by aboriginals in diverse places and times, and not in reference to fly larvae ?

Really? Where did you last hear it?

Tlaz you travel closer to 100%.

When was the last time anyone heard someone use the term coon in anger anyway? The late 70's? The ignorance of many to Coon being a genuine family name is just that - ignorance - exactly what some claim is being perpetrated by the owners of the brand.

In what way is my reasoning selective?

It’s beyond stoopid to suggest any word that has the letters c o o n by happenstance,within their names, should also be banned.

Which migrants are offended by Wagga?

The owners of the brand aren’t victims, they’re changing the name of their own volition.

It’s only redneck racists that object to the change.

They should really keep their rage intact for the really big issues, like why they have to wear a mask.....

Economics is all you need to know or consider about this. The company couldn’t care less what BaghdadBob or RustyNails of TBV think about the decision. All they care about is HOW MANY Baghdad Bobs and RustyNails there are and how much cheese each of the two groups will buy if they A: leave the name as is or B: Change the name. Whichever results in more sales is the winner. 

In due course they will see what that name change will affect their sales.

Pretty clear that racist senior citizens are only a small percentage of their market

i want the name to stay because im a racist?

Just as racist as you are rusty, and max....

Right wing? no..

I would suggest that those who think along THOSE lines are the racist ones.

As enableme said, when was the last time the term was used? Not amongst the company i keep. or obviously im not as old as some on here.

and then i come on tbv and GUESS WHAT, the "debate" starts.

Where did MR COON get his name from?

In what way does it improve your life?

You know the term is offensive, you think you don’t hear the term often, because even those in your circle know it’s offensive?

Given that so many businesses seem to be going down this type of line I’m willing to bet that the outcome for them is likely to be better than if they ignored it. If it wasn’t then you wouldn’t get business after business doing similar things. Like it or not there are more people pleased with it than you want to believe. Of course there is an even bigger group of people who couldn’t give a gelati either way. 

https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/no-harm-in-changing-the-name-coon-cheese-owner-explains-the-meaning-behind-name-change/news-story/f27e1e17f3b04759720761479c9b6050" rel="nofollow - https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/no-harm-in-changing-the-name-coon-cheese-owner-explains-the-meaning-behind-name-change/news-story/f27e1e17f3b04759720761479c9b6050

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This!!! 

The gelati name choice will likely have more of an effect than a minute group outraged by the change itself. Most people couldn’t care less. 

Haven’t heard any of the bleating about ageists in the media?

But most people learn as they mature.

Makes blackfellas feel a little bit better: costs me nothing: win/win.

Huh?

No mate, it’s simple, just live and let live.

Don’t call anyone a black/fat/short ......

The language has changed, and a particular brand name is now identified as crass racist.

Only a racist would object to the owners identifying that, and choosing to make their product more acceptable in the marketplace.

That is one of the most astute questions in human history PT 

And unfortunately like feminism the answer is no.

Feminism was created to attain an equal share of wages and opportunities, which I think most intelligent people would say is acceptable.

However the movement turned radical, and using the same male characteristics which they were protesting, it turned most of the population against their cause.

These days it is political correctness or social justice which are the causes, which are losing its support.

You see it in the entertainment industry.

If you have an established franchise, such as Star Wars and Star Trek,  and you try to concentrate on social justice and political correctness instead of paying tribute to the 40 year history of the franchise, and the preaching of what we should think, by having weak storylines and even worse acting, then people even franchise fans, will disappear.

Political correctness is like multiculturalism. They only work if the entire population supports it, and when you lose support for either amongst a large number of the population your cause will not succeed!  

A good example of a successful social campaign is the gay rights cause. It took over forty years but eventually in Australia their lifestyle became widespread and the majority of the community were so used to what was happening that they wanted to move on from what seemed a out of date issue.

This is like the whip issue in racing. If the industry gives in to the protestors about that they will not stop protesting until racing is dead and buried. 

If you want to be fully politically correct then we have to change the name of my the suburb in Sydney, Blacktown, the White House, Black Sea, blackholes. 

This issue with the cheese would be offensive to me if my name was Coon. You are saying that my name the one thing that identifies every human is offensive. The people who think the name is offensive are the ones showing racist tendencies because when you see the name you automatically see an offensive word instead of someone's name.

The question was does political correctness equal decency and respect?

The answer is yes, if you argue about the PC issue in a mature, respectful way, without resorting to the exact same actions that you are arguing against. 

However that type of public debating has never been in humanity's instinct so the answer in reality is no PC does not equal decency and respect.    

  

Or that time the government stole all the fat/ugly/dumb children from their parents.

I'm Irish 

Your time starts now.

 

Don't know, I have more than a sneaking suspicion that the hand-wringers have instilled into the minds of some young indigenes, let's be kind and say "unwittingly", the notion that it is get-square time, and that has produced casualties, even deaths. In fact, I'd back it in to hot favourite.

OK, well give us your best Irish joke.

Oh fiddlesticks, why don’t we just drive them all into the ocean, to save all the arguments.....

magadh

You call him a coon?

Cos he wouldn’t mind that, if he’s not a loud mouthed activist, right?

dressmaker

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I too have convict ancestors, and like Baguette I wish they had more real estate sense.   One of mine had 50 acres slap dab in the middle of the Liverpool Plains.  With the option to buy more.  Didnt.  Inherited by a grandson who wasted it away.

Nothing wrong with a convict or a nice bit of Coon Cheese.  When you consider that man,s name was Coon. 

Will they change the name of the racoon and the main coon cat now ????

This is a large part of the problem with indigenous "politics", a dearth of anyone in the ranks who could be called a leader, instead you get pathetic whiners like this bloke. The only aboriginal spokespeople that seem able to be impressive advocates, are women. And I'd say the blokes don't want them leading the way.

Thats very true Max.  Some of the women are amazing , and make good spokes people and leaders.   Some of the men are pretty dismal.  The women just seem  to be able to speak better , and they see flaws the grumpy old men dont. 

I’ve bought the cheese for many years and the thought never crossed my mind

, are you that old?

They never would have used that name in Australia if they didn't think it increased sales.

Why not just call it CHEESE

Every brand of cheese must have a brand name to distinguish from other brands. Would you just buy beer, without knowing its brand?

There certainly wasn't an aboriginal "nation" as such, not at time of white settlement anyway, and that may account for the lack of leadership figures, it would be difficult to gain wide approval. There were great differences between different areas, and limited intercourse between various tribes. I recall reading many years ago of early settlers in FNQ encountering pygmy-size tribes of aboriginals in the dense scrubs, I have never heard anything more about that. I guess the only people who would have cared about their fate, would have been those people, the neighbouring tribes living in more open country, probably were and still are indifferent to them.

Nah! Fake document according to some 

Supposition. You would have to follow a trail of evidence that in all likelihood no longer exists, to establish what the situation was, it may have been a licenced name and processing method.