Did anyone read that article from the Yahoo main page a few days ago discussing "Racist Robots"?

It was an interesting read. I'll try and find the link. But the gist of it was there are two characters in the movie, (robots) that portray negative racial stereotypes and the repurcussions of such. The one side was saying it's derogatory and the other side (Bay et al) are saying - These aren't people, they're just robots, so it's ok what they say or how they act.

I haven't seen the movie yet so i can't comment on the specifics, but that defense sure sounds like an unbelievable copout to me.

Edit: here's the article:
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies....race-issues-ap