Wicked offends again with fat girls are harder to kidnap!

Topics: advertising standards bureau, offensive, wicked, wicked campervans

WICKED Campers have copped another caning for offensiveness, but their politically incorrect slogans will be a sight on the Sunshine Coast for a while yet.

Although a call last year to exclude the infamous campervans from Coast caravan parks won support, no such ban has been implemented.

The State Government is also still considering possible controls on outdoor advertising that may apply to the campervans.

Wicked Campers have been the subject of complaints for their trademark cheeky slogans, which include racial and sexual jokes and sometimes foul language.

The Advertising Standards Board recently upheld a complaint about a van scribed with "fat girls are harder to kidnap!"

The complainant said the slogan was offensive and objected to kidnapping being used as humour.

The board found that the reference to fat girls was "tasteless" and "not nice", but did not discriminate against or vilify anyone.

However, it did find that the reference to kidnap was "making light of and encouraging" behaviour that was not in line with community standards.

Sunshine Coast Mayor Mark Jamieson expressed support for a ban on offensively worded vehicles last year, saying standards should be upheld.

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