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Don't Call Him Crazy

Crazy Ron's had some problems with his name. SANE Australia complained that Crazy Ron's television advertisements "depicted a person in a straitjacket behaving in a manner which trivialised and mocked people with a mental illness." The ads were discontinued.

And there are reports from the land of Oz that the mobile phone company last year was ordered by a Federal Court to rename its Crazy Ron's mobile phone stores because the name was too similar to Crazy John's.

Mad Ron's company was back in court again this year after an advertisement appeared in the 2004-2005 Melbourne and Sydney Yellow Pages, using the Crazy Ron's name to direct customers to its new Mad Ron's listing. The company was fined $50,000 for contempt of court, and apologized.
Posted by abnu on Thursday, September 16, 2004 @ 1:01 AM [ + ]

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