They were for children from the age of 3 and contained "jokes" which can at best be described as old man jokes. The fireworks manufacturer Weco has sold crackers with misogynistic slogans. The company apologizes, it should be old batches.
The fireworks manufacturer Weco has apologized for misogynist slogans in New Year's crackers. We regret that the sayings have circulated and find the content shown neither funny nor tasteful nor up-to-date, the manufacturer said. A tweet had previously caused a stir in which the musician Jan Delay was outraged by alleged jokes on cracker notes and wrote that he was speechless at the misogyny.
Among other things, the notes dealt with violence against women. Numerous other Twitter users then posted their own photos with similar cracker slogans and also expressed criticism. "We hereby expressly apologize to anyone who feels offended or attacked by the texts," the company statement said.
"We reject discrimination in any form!" One was "confronted with the same problem" five years ago. At that time, "all textual content was extensively revised". Crackers with such content were no longer included in the production batches manufactured after that.
However, it could be that products from older production batches have only recently been sold to end users. This is common, as fireworks do not have a sell-by date and production batches are never sold completely in just one year, but gradually over a longer period of time. In 2020 and 2021 there were no fireworks sales in Germany due to the corona pandemic.
