posted August 14, 2012 01:01 PM            

http://youtu.be/8jxU89x78ac

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Mentos is applying its trademark fresh thinking to celebrate Singapore's National Day and help make the country even better. And it's starting by tackling our country's unbelievably low birthrate. Mentos presents National Night, a fresh new way to "celebrate" your love of Singapore.

*Only financially secure adults in stable, committed, long-term relationships should participate.*

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posted August 15, 2012 02:12 AM            

I think the song is pretty cool though a little too sleazy for my taste..

posted August 15, 2012 07:50 AM            

I'm American, as well as British. I don't give a flying crap what anyone thinks. Nobody fundamentally has a right to make fun of any country they don't belong to.

posted August 15, 2012 08:10 AM            

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Originally posted by YoursTrulyAlways:
Venus,

I'm American, as well as British. I don't give a flying crap what anyone thinks. Nobody fundamentally has a right to make fun of any country they don't belong to.

Don't you tell me to be more considerate to an individual who makes fun of a country they don't belong to.

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Just out of curiosity: are you American by naturalization/have British citizenship by marriage? Or do you have British citizenship through your parents?

I ask because to my understanding, America doesn't always recognize dual citizenship (unless you happen to be so through one of your parents being born in another country, in which case I think it's very grudgingly accepted), so I was just curious as to how you got three citizenships, as I haven't known that you could do that. I thought that the US made you give up your other ones when you became American--did I get that wrong? Or are you no longer a citizen of the UK/Singapore? Or were you referring to ancestry when you said British? Hope that I'm not being nosy or anything.

posted August 15, 2012 11:13 AM            

But it seems like Venus beat me to it:

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Originally posted by Venus:
YTA you can be Martian for all i care but you have to show respect for everyone else. i do not see a single sign of disrespect in the opening post, he merely explained his amusement with the Mentos ad which i do not believe is of any cultural/national value, is it?

you said: "Nobody fundamentally has a right to make fun of any country they don't belong to. "
yet you didn't think twice before dissing America! hmmmm, double standards?

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YTA; Where exactly in my post did I make derogatory remarks on Singapore? I was merely amused at the method the government in question chose to invest its time in address the problem of declining birth rates.

A funny commercial is a funny commercial and a hilariously bad idea is a hilariously bad idea; Regardless of its national, political or cultural connections. If the U.S. had chosen to invest its time in telling its citizens about declining birthrates through a similar method, I would have laughed as well and posted it here.

posted August 15, 2012 03:40 PM            

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Originally posted by Venus:

you said: "Nobody fundamentally has a right to make fun of any country they don't belong to. "
yet you didn't think twice before dissing America! hmmmm, double standards?

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I AM AMERICAN

posted August 15, 2012 03:59 PM            

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Originally posted by RegardesPlatero:
Just out of curiosity: are you American by naturalization/have British citizenship by marriage? Or do you have British citizenship through your parents?

Hope that I'm not being nosy or anything.

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It's perfectly fine and happy to answer.

I gave up Singapore citizenship as soon as I got out of there. Singapore won't allow multiple cutizenships except for very unique individuals, which my father happens to be one.

The family has a bunch of OBEs and CBEs, and so we're inherently British by appointment. My father was always British by naturalization. I was born in Singapore though.

I am American by marriage, by naturalization and by choice.

I can also be Australian and Canadian by economic citizenship but choose not to (don't blame me for those countries wanting to automaticslly hand out citizenships to those who deploy capital). I rather be American

So I'm American and British.

posted August 16, 2012 05:50 AM            

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Originally posted by YoursTrulyAlways:
It's perfectly fine and happy to answer.

I gave up Singapore citizenship as soon as I got out of there. Singapore won't allow multiple cutizenships except for very unique individuals, which my father happens to be one.

The family has a bunch of OBEs and CBEs, and so we're inherently British by appointment. My father was always British by naturalization. I was born in Singapore though.

I am American by marriage, by naturalization and by choice.

I can also be Australian and Canadian by economic citizenship but choose not to (don't blame me for those countries wanting to automaticslly hand out citizenships to those who deploy capital). I rather be American

So I'm American and British.

My very dear friend in LL is Singaporean and I'm defending her honor.

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interesting!