Let’s be honest. We all like to think we’re more tolerant than we actually are.
Which would be nice if it were true. Check out the video below. Yes it’s an ad but it’s a brilliant test of our mettle when it comes to ‘uncomfortable’ situations.
Are you as comfortable with ‘alternatives’ as you think you are? When have you been tested?
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If you think about it, no self respecting establishment would simply let a group a people they think would pose a danger to their patrons. Regardless of their looks, if the movie owners allowed them in, that would mean that at least they’re safe to be with in the movie. But then, that’s just me…
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Hubby and I were in a town that we aren’t familiar with, walking down the very busy main street area looking for somewhere to eat tea. Every single place was teeming with people, with waiting lines. There was one place, right in the middle of all the pubs and restaurants – totally empty of patrons except for two of the biggest, burliest bikers in it sitting down, eating their meal.
I said ‘maybe they’re not ‘bikers’ as such, just men in leathers??’. Hubby knows more about these things and said ‘Oh, they’re bikers…..’ We kept walking and I must say I’m a little disappointed in myself that I let myself judge them purely on their appearance and chose not to eat there. Obviously we weren’t the only ones thinking it though, the place was empty apart from them.
But then, my gut was saying ‘don’t go in there’….so I listened to it.
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It’s very interesting reading these comments, having just been looking at the rape article. In the rape article there were a number of comments urging women to use their common sense and instincts – and here commentators are suggesting that people shouldn’t be biased or uptight, and should just sit down with a gang of bikers.
From these comments it seems like if you turned away and walked out, you’d be a bit of an uptight conservative. Yet if you stayed and got gang raped, you’d have been niave and lacking common sense and assertiveness. No wonder we’re so conflicted! Very interesting.
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My dear old mum was out for a walk and coming towards her was a heavily tattooed leather clad man, she felt a bit nervous and thought what if he approaches me, in her irrational state she over balanced and fell over very hard. Guess what, that man was the first to pick her up and help her. Never judge a book by it’s cover. Thanks to that man for his kindness.
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I wonder what the movie was??
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Charlotte’s Web.
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I’m surprised at the attitude of some people… I’m not denying there are some bike gangs that are dangerous and break the law, but a few people have said that nearly all big bikie clubs are just platforms for drugs as stuff. My in laws are in the Ulysses club. I’ve met nearly all the members in their region and they’re all wonderful people. I don’t like this excuse that people use of ‘oh I don’t mean those people on their Sunday rides’. It’s still being assumed that anyone with tats and a gruff look is in a gang. It’s still assumptions and prejudice, IMO.
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Not sure why these couples would be surprised to see all these bikers together. After all they must have noticed the 148 bikes in the car park….
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That’s brilliant Ian. Thanks for starting my day with a laugh!
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Great scenario…..I’d absolutely go in and sit down! In my experience, bikers only respond with what you show them! Some of the nicest, most welcoming people I’ve ever met:)
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I would have been intimidated. Not because they were bikers, but because some looked like skinheads. Of course my boyfriend looks like a skinhead too and he’s harmless, so I would have gotten over it.
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did anyone notice that a lot of the time it was the guys in the couples that didn’t want to do it, and the girls who were going to sit down? i thought that was interesting
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You don’t live in Belgium, do you?
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I love “Biker” types. I’ve always found them to be very nice and helpful; perhaps it’s because I use a wheelchair and we have wheels in common.
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Oh dear. My friend is a cop and recently did an audit of all the Hells Angels. They do it every year because to be a Hells Angel you have to have been convicted of a crime (not just charged – convicted). They wear badges to show what their convictions were for – a red X means you were convicted of rape, a black diamond (the “best” one) is that you murdered a cop, and so on. So biker types might be nice…but actual bikies scare the s*** out of me!!!
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I believe I could sit in a crowd with just about any social group. I’m not one to fit in with people, but I don’t shut social groups out. Sure, I’d be nervous with certain groups than others, but that’s why you keep to yourself and be polite. I’m not scared of the groups as a whole, it’s more or less the individual people who make it seem scarier than it really is. That’s just me though xD
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Tolerance? The rival clubs around here do not tolerate each other. Quick assessment – What are the chances of all 148 bikers being from the same club? The lights will be going out – am I staying? No way.
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Most rival clubs anywhere don’t like eachother. Do you REALLY think that you’d walk into a theatre and find it full of bikers, half and half from different clubs, ready to rumble.
But of course before that rumble, they sit down quietly ALL TOGETHER in front of a movie screen?
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Bikers don’t bother me a bit, though I’d be turning down the beer because I hate beer.
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Oh, that video gave me goose bumps! Brilliant.
When those couples turned around and left, I thought – Why? I would have just moved into my seat and watched the movie. Those men are human beings like everyone else. I really didn’t see the problem.
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I’d have no problem going in there, bikers don’t scare me at all. Why would they? I’ve done nothing to provoke a bad situation, not that I even make the “bikies=bad” connection anyway. I’ve known lots of blokes who look like that and they’ve been lovely. I’ve seen articles and shows about bikers who do charity rides for kids, who rescue animals etc etc. What’s to say they aren’t big softies? It’s just a cinema for gods sake.
I’d probably ask them to shuffle along though… I get a bit claustrophobic in cinemas and must have an aisle seat. I like to think they’d be kind enough to accomodate my request
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Carlsberg must be the drink of people-most-likely-to-blindly-walk-into-danger.
If I walked into a room of threatening looking people (their body language, NOT their clothing / number of tatts / skin color etc) then I would much prefer to listen to my instincts, honed over millions of years, than the current notion of “golly, wouldn’t want to offend anyone, I’ll just sit down and not make a fuss….” which translates to “well, this taxi driver makes me uncomfy, but I guess I’ll just go with him anyway, I wouldn’t want to embarrass him” or “the cyclone looks like it’s heading this way, but I might look like an idiot if I
prepare too soon.”
Wake up and smell your evolutionary advantage, people! Threatening situations are threatening because *you feel threatened*. I’d much rather be embarrassed / embarrassing / look like a chicken than live with a thousand “what if’s”.
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Understandable, except the situation wasn’t actually threatening. No one in that room meant any of the couples harm. Was their reaction based on just an instinctive danger response, or was it triggered by general prejudice against “biker” stereotypes. I think that’s what the test was about.
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What was threatening about their body language? They were just chilling back in their seats, same as most other people do while waiting for the movie to start.
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I think it might feel threatening if everyone was staring at you with arms crossed as you came in and even as you began to take your seat. Plus, there was absolutely no conversation going on amongst those already seated.. it would probably be a kind of weird experience!!
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Does the guy on the left really look welcoming to you? I think his gaze is pretty threatening.
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thought it was really good….
….until i realised it was an ad for beer.
seriously?
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Wouldn’t have worried about the bikies, but would have assumed I walked into a private screening or something.
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Actually, I would have already been seated…..so all of the bikers would have had to walk in on me. I wonder how many would have left ?
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Living in San Francisco, I would have just thought it was a bear gathering and sat right down.
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Something tells me that if I had walked into the same situation I’d be wondering where Allan Funt was hiding.
Great advert, by the way.
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The beginning of the ad says “148 Bad Boys” .. the ad says they are bad boys so the advertisers are already telling you about the people in the cinema so if you’re watching the ad, you aren’t strictly stereotyping the men because you have already been told that are “bad” and I was left to wonder just how bad they are. Kind of pointless for me really.
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Probably would have been surprised to see so many bikies, but I would have sat down : )
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What I find interesting is that it was the women who wanted to sit and the men who wanted to leave in most of the couples.
I really think it comes down to what your use to. Tatts n the bikie kind of dress is something I’m use to from my upbringing. Plus I find this kind of guy hugely attractive. Man I love a beard. So in this instance I’d be ok sitting down. But if it was another group I may have felt less comfortable sitting down.
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This is brilliant! I may have wondered what was so interesting to the bikies about the chick flick I ‘d gone to see with my BFF though haha! And definitely would have grabbed the best seats in the house that no-one else had taken!
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover is right.I know a few guys who look pretty scary (including my brothers) but they are total sweethearts and wouldn’t ever hurt anyone, unless they or someone they loved were attacked.
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No worries – I’d sit down. For some reason bikers and tough boys love me
…must be the tattoos.
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Love it.
I wouldn’t have a problem sitting down.
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That is very cool!!!
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I would sooo have left. I got chills watching that!
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What are you so afraid of? Most bikers are no different than anyone else; many of them are really awesome people and some even give more to charity than average (bikers have all sorts of charity runs for anything from children’s charities to cancer funds).
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Yep, I would have left. They may be lovely people but I will put my hand up and admit that anyone who looks like that makes me suspicious and scared.
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I bet he was regretting the pink shirt.
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I would be intimidated only because everyone in the cinema was staring at the 2 people entering. If it was a room full of grandmas or nurse etc staring at me, it would still intimidate me. If they were doing what you would normally be doing before the movie started, like turning phones off, talking to friends or what ever, I may not have even noticed.
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I agree not a “test of our mettle” at all. the bikies were acting in a way that would have created a hostile atmosphere. Walking into a full cinema of anybody acting in such a way would be equally intimidating. Just stupid. Not clever at all.
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I absolutely love this video,and i honestly have no idea why anyone would NOT sit down there,except for the fact that the cinema is horribly full.
Come on,what are those bikies gonna do,slit your throat while the lights are down?
They all look pretty adorable to me with their glares,the only thing i’d be worried about on first walking in-sweat,stench,unwashed bikies…
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This is basic psychology 101, people dress a certain way to affiliate themselves with a “tribe” that they belong too, the punks of the 80s dressed different from the norm because they wanted to represent anarchy, the hippies dressed differently as they want to represent free love. So this experiment is flawed, you dress a certain way you WANT to be judged whether it’s subconscious or not. If the cinema was full of disabled people or if it was located in highly racist area and it was full of people form a different ethnic background than yes it’s a true experiment on don’t judge people on their appearance. This is just dumb.
And to the bizarre comment below about children and dogs! Children are highly attuned to body language due to them just learning to speak, not a single child would have sat down- angry faces, crossed arms, furrowed brows all indicate aggression. As far as dogs go um sorry too weird to comment.
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I would have trouble sitting in those seats no matter who was sitting around me. I HATE a full cinema. If it were a pub or restaurant situation where I had the ability to move around I would be fine. No packed cinemas of auditoriums for me please! And never judge a book by its cover! The clean cut family man you sat next to in the cinema the other day could actually be into a whole lot of stuff that would gross you out!
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Agreed. Having to climb over eight people to get to a seat is not my idea of a fun movie night – I don’t care how those people are dressed! I would have headed back out and asked for a ticket to a movie that wasn’t so packed out.
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Honestly? If I walked into a cinema and it was full with only men, bikies or not, I would probably be a bit weirded out and a bit intimidated. And bikies would be worse than say, a cinema full of war veterans, but I think I would still sit down because I’m a cheapskate and wouldn’t want to waste my ticket.
More importantly, I would be completely SHOCKED that the only two seats left are the best in the cinema. I’d be thinking “what sucker sat in the front row when there are two seats middle-centre?”
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Hmmm they did leave the good seats, nah NO WAY IN HELL WOULD I SIT THERE!!
Why? Because I hate a full cinema!!!
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My dad is a bikie who owns more shoes than my mum, wears pastel striped pants and prides himself on his ability to pick out ‘lovely items Amelia will like’. He also raised my brother and I from birth whilst mum went to work and is also the most amazing cook
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Your Dad sounds awesome
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He is!!
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I’d have sat in the cinema, mostly because once the movie starts everyone ignores each other anyway. I’d even have smiled and thanked them as a squeezed past. I might not be so open minded in another situation though.
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Immediately labelled as members of motorcycle gangs due to their appearance… Not cool. I would like to think when faced with that situation I’d sit down… No matter how much crowded cinemas annoy me!
A child would sit down in an instant, thus the joy in the innocence of youth. They know only to judge people on their behaviour. Dogs live in the moment too… Something to be learnt from those little people and animals we rule over I think.
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Do you really think children would sit down straight away? I honestly don’t think they would…I could be wrong but I imagine they’d feel scared.
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depends how much news and movies they have seen so far. That’s where my illogical (though not always – there ARE dangerous bikie guys) initial fear of ‘bikie guys’ (who may not even ride a bike lol) seems to come from. Rationally I know that they’re not going to slit my throat or attack me, and I would still have sat down, but I’d have been quite intimidated as I squeezed past them to get to my seat.
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I don’t think my daughter would, she’s pretty shy…
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I think children would be quite intimidated by all those angry stares!!
Kids read off body language more than we do, and don’t necessarily have prejudices to stop them doing things / saying things etc etc. So I think they would see a room full of people looking angry at them and would probably be quite upset, possibly quite scared.
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How irritatingly fake are these comments. Are you seriously telling me that you all would walk into a cinema and squeeze past a bunch of big blokes glaring at you, not a curious glance but a full on hate stare!!! Bull shit! Oh wow you know a bikie that owns a Chihuahua or grew up around them, really?! So the hate violence, the murders, the shootings what’s that pillow fighting? Big difference between a fat man with tats and a member of an outlaw bikie gang.
You are all wonderfully sincere and open minded, and I am horribly sarcastic
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Well said – some of the comments are so naive and clearly have no idea what these gangs are like.
I’ve got no problem with the ad but some of the ‘they’re as soft as kittens’ type comments are just too much.
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You’ve missed the point…clearly it is about stereotyping people based on there appearance. Does it actually say the are bikies? No. That is an assumption made based on how they are dressed. How do you know that these men aren’t just fat men with tats?
I am not disagreeing that some of the comments are a little niave, but at the same time its the old adage “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.”
Its a basic social experiment. Imagine it is a room full of Muslim people, would you label them all terrorists?
It’s a brilliant ad about basic human behaviour. It should make us all think about the misconceptions we have about people.
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Sorry but I completely disagree, for starters this isn’t a brilliant ad, but one that is very similar to many many already out there (there are a few UK ads based on picking up litter, one that is actually intelligent).
Secondly as I said before, people dress a certain way to affiliate themselves with a “tribe” that they belong too, the punks of the 80s dressed different from the norm because they wanted to represent anarchy, the hippies dressed differently as they want to represent free love. Large men in tats dress that way to affiliate themselves with their tribe, it would be very unlikely for your casual motorbike enthusiast to dress like the men in the ad, and yes you see motorbike enthusiast’s every weekend along the Greta Ocean Road/ Mornington etc. You dress a certain way because you WANT to be judged whether it’s subconscious or not, so that you are identified to your tribe.
So this “experiment” is flawed, its is a VERY basic and very flawed social experiment. Its designed to give you a warm fuzzy feeling so that you buy BEER! It’s NOT an intelligent experiment on society it’s a television commercial. Let’s not confuse advertisements to psychological experiments on human nature!!!
Like I said before if the cinema was full of disabled people or if it was located in highly racist area and it was full of people form a different ethnic/religious background than yes it’s a true experiment on don’t judge people on their appearance.
And no I certainly wouldn’t label ANY Muslim a terrorist, I’m slightly more educated than that.
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To quote Rick Morton…
“Did you skip the part of the video which is about destroying the prejudice that these people are ‘bad’ people? It’s an ad. For a beer company.”
And it is a mighty fine one…because it has brought all the bigots to the yard.
Well done Mama Mia for once again highlighting the flaws of society.
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Are you kidding me? Have you not read a single thing I have written??? It’s not an ad separating bigots from those that aren’t. And let’s get something straight making a snap judgement based on what someone wears does not make a bigot, a bigot is a person committed to his or her own opinions and prejudices, toward those of differing beliefs eg. differing sex, race, ethnicity, religion or spirituality, nationality, language, and sexual orientation.
You dress like a bikie people will think you are one, you dress in tie-dye people are going to think you are a hippie, how is that a “bigoted” conclusion to jump too.
And your quote from Rick was my point above exactly its a BEER AD not an amazing social experiment that you seem to think it is. However I disagree with Rick about it destroying the prejudice that these people are ‘bad’ people, it’s an AD FOR BEER. Yes you can’t conclude that someone is bad by their clothing but if I see a bloke walking down the street with a skin head dressed like an extra from “Romper Stomper” then I will avoid them, because they WANT to give off the vibe that thats the tribe they belong too. And no I don’t hate all skin heads my bloody husband has one.
Oh whatever, no point in debating with someone who doesn’t have a clue.
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Your comment only reaffirms my previous comment.
A bigot is, as you point out and I am well aware, “…person committed to his or her own opinions and prejudices…” I am not suggesting that the ad has anything to do with bigotry; I am saying that it has brought out the bigot in many readers and your continued attack of my opinion only proves my point.
I simply outlined a contrasting opinion to yours, although I did agree with you that some of the comments are naive, and you have continually ripped my opinion to shreds because it is different to yours *cough cough* need I remind you of the definition of a bigot…
I have read, and re-read all of your posts and your continual rehashing of the same points only illustrates my point that you are too blindsided by your opinion to listen to anyone else’s. Yes I agree with you when you say “You dress like a bikie people will think you are one…” but it does NOT make it right to assume on appearance that people are bad. This is what this ad is all about!
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Assuming they are bikers based on how they are dressed is fine; assuming the fact that they are bikers means they are in a dangerous gang is not. Now if they were sitting there with knives out carving stuff into the armrests, then it might be right to assume they are bad.
I have known many people that look “scary” but are actually some of the nicest people you will ever meet, including a pair of 6 foot tall twins with partially shave heads, remaining hair dreadlocked, lots of tattoos and piercings; they are both artists who make there living working with children and are super sweet and shy if you compliment them. Those 2 aren’t bikers, but I bet some “little old ladies” cross the street when they see them coming (probably hurts their feelings, too).
I also have a couple of friends who do ride, and do wear leather, including sometimes wearing their jackets or vest when they drove their car, he even has the stereotypical biker mustache. My parents had friends that rode when I was a kid, one gave me a ride on the back of his bike when I was only 4 years old.
I also have a great photo from a friend’s wedding reception of the bride and groom sitting on a really nice bike; there was a biker convention in town and many of them were staying in the same hotel the reception was in, and one of the bikers offered to let the bride and groom pose with his bike for photos.
Maybe I have a special affection for bikers because I saw the Cher movie “Mask” when I was a little kid and the hard-living bikers were the heroes of the movie.
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Flaws of society?
Judgement like this is based on stereo types, but you think that people should look at these guys and immediately look past their appearance? They’ve gone out of their way to look like that.
If you wanted to make a point about tolerance swap the ‘bikies’ for some of the people you see sleeping on the street and see if the message becomes meaningful… oh wait, they’re selling beer…
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I’ve never had a problem with bikie gangs… because I am not in one myself. I’ve interacted with many bikies who naturally have not hurt me or attacked me or been anything other than polite and normal, because, amazingly, it was a regular interaction, not a turf war. They’re just people.
How do you know it’s an outlaw bikie gang anyway? Heard of Ulysses? Heard of Rescue Ink? Seen a group of bikers on a charity run collecting toys for kids in hospital? Lots of them may have scary bikie faces, it doesn’t mean they’re bad people.
Even if they WERE a terrifying outlaw gang do you really think they’re going to pick on you because you want to watch a movie in the same cinema as them? Give me a break, even if they were not that happy to share a cinema with you they’re hardly going to bash you over it. It’d be a waste of their time and money to show up to a movie, start something, miss the movie and get in trouble with the law. Sigh. Surely logic should prevail?
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My in laws are in Ulysses
. Their house is always choccers full of ‘scary’ looking blokes.
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I got a flat tyre once – of course one of the only times I had also left my mobile phone at home. I limped my car to the nearest service station where the air compressor was out of order…and so was the unhelpful guy behind the counter.
Running late + flat tire + no phone = pathetic girl who wished she had paid more attention in tyre-changing class.
5 hairy, toothless, burly bikers – who had stopped for petrol – fitted my spare for me before rumbling off on their way. And my daughter (who was then 3) still thinks of them as lovely guardian angels of the road (she’s now 11).
Yep, we’d sit in the middle of them. (Plus I’d love a beer
at the movies!)
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I would have absolutely no problem with bikies. Every single one I’ve ever met has been a complete gentleman. The predatory fauxhawk-and-Ed-Hardy-wearing footballer types that walk around Chapel St in packs make me run a mile, but bikies? Nah, most of them are total softies if they have no beef with you.
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I had a similar experience…..althought there were also a group of young guys hanging out at this service station and a group of bikies. Which do you think came to my aid? The bikies of course!
Great ad. I dont know what I would do, usually the cinema is dark so you cant see the other patrons…..
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To be honest if I was with a male friend maybe I would sit down, but if I was with another young woman and it was just the two of us I wouldn’t want to sit down. I know the stats about women being more unsafe in their home, and men in the street, BUT I would still hesitate. I have been harassed by strangers before and it makes me wary about being a lone woman among a group of men. BUT (again) I totally support the message of not judging people by their looks.
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The only bikie I know personally owns two Chihuahua’s named Kingston and Daisy and has recently finished decorating his house with a 50′s theme. I’d be more threatened sitting in a cinema of bratty kids.
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After seeing an investiagtive report on the infiltration of a bikie gang by undercover cops, yes, I’d judge them. Bikie gangs exist for the purpose of drugs, prostitution, guns and they don’t hesitate to murder or harm people who get in their way. Low life scum. And don’t get me started on the charity toy rides they do. In the doco I saw you wouldn’t believe the things that went on in their houses while their children slept in the next room. I have nothing but contempt for them.
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But you can’t judge every single bikie on the actions of some of them, can you?
It’s like saying that all Catholic priests are child rapists.
That would be unfair and prejudicial.
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No Tripitaka – I do judge all Catholic priests as child rapists. There are too many bad apples in that bucket for me to ever let my guard down with my children and same goes for the bikies I have to admit!
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You can’t be serious.
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obviuosly all catholic priests are not rapists, surely you dont imagine that to be true. But i guess you are right to be on your guard and not leave your small kid alone with them…
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Of course not, and I don’t meant the old blokes with beards who head off for a Sunday ride together. But on the whole, bikie gangs are nothing but trouble, outlaw bikie groups are a cover up for organised crime. In this case I’d err on the side of caution.
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the more i think about it, the more those sorts of things annoy me. Just because the people left the cinema doesn’t mean they are not tolerant. that conclusion is not fair.
also, all these poeple saying i’d sit down… well unless as someone said (i’d prob know half of them….funny) you really dont know unless you were there… of course you would say you would sit down…we would all like to think some candid camera stunt (PUNK’d for under 35s) couldnt fool us …guess we wont know will we….
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I agree with christinedavie,
This is a ridiculous exercise. Personally, I’ve got no issue sitting in a group of guys, but there with my wife, I know she would feel uncomfortable, its usually a romantic location, and everyone of those people had a bunch of bikies STARING at them, not looking, staring, they build their own persona, and that’s fine, but my wife would feel just as uncomfortable in parts of India, where men would stare because she’s blonde.
Mia, i’m getting sick of this sort of crap on your site. Losing respect daily for you and the ‘writers’ you associate with.
Ooh, and I ride a motorbike, shave my head, have a beard and tats. And I read your site, consider that a moment.
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Did you skip the part of the video which is about destroying the prejudice that these people are ‘bad’ people? It’s an ad. For a beer company.
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ok , it’s an ad for a beer company and we got a laugh, but you presented it as ‘how tolerant are you?” that is elevating it beyond a beer ad isnt it?
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couldn’t agree more
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that was not an exercise in tolerance – they were all quiet and looking at the new patrons…usually when you go in a cinema people are chatting amongst themselves not staring menacingly at the newcomers….. who wouldnt have thought something fishy was going on> as it in fact was…
It does nothing to destroy any image of bikies as bad really – so 148 so called BAD BOYS are paid to sit in a cinema and clap when some people sit down… if you want us to see bikies as non bad boys, show us that toy drive they do every xmas….. Some bikies are bad probably some are not… *must stop thinking about this stupid issue*
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I’d sit down but I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t be wary.
I lived in Kalgoorlie for a year after living in Sydney for 4 years and I had a couple of bikies comment with sexual innuendos directed towards me and I subsequently told them where to go. They looked at me like they wanted to kill me when I stood up to them so I ran home! Another time I walked into a bikie pub with my now husband and we actually left because of the stares I got. Sure you could say that any blokes could do this but when they looked like they were on speed, had their biker patches on and were probably carrying weapons I wasn’t going to take my chances.
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My friend and I walked into a teensy country pub for dinner one night to discover it was full of about 100 members of an outlaw motorcycle club…Ok. We’re camping in a tent. We have no food with us. Our options were eat dinner at the pub or share the half a packet of chips in the teensy two man tent.
We had dinner at the pub. It was probably less threatening than a pack of football players on Mad Monday or coming across a hens night. Actually, DEFINITELY less threatening than a hens night! And it was way more entertaining than being squished up in the tent.
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