http://www.thestar.com/article/200265

We should retaliate with "bigot white."

Wow, that's so crazy it's kind of funny. People in China labeling their export furniture that way. I mean, I doubt the Chinese even know what the word means. How did it get on the label? Must be some really strange story behind that, one that no one will ever know.

It's totally unsurprising if you've seen any engrish at all.

2007 and we still give so much power to a single fucking word.

The world needs to collectively grow the fuck up.

It could have been "Hehe I don't think the Chinese manufacturer quite understands what he's printing on these labels.  Let's send a letter."

Instead it's "Here's my chance to get on the news!  I'll be famous for being offended!"

Nigger Brown used to be a legitimate name for a color. Kiwi made a shoe polish called "Nigger Brown" and then changed it to "Dark Tan" when the politics of the word changed. The term is still used in China because once upon a time it was used in America and they simply don't have any weird attachments to the word like Americans do.

Crayola recently change Indian Red to Chestnut because many children thought it meant Native Americans had red skin when in fact, it was named after the red clay sometimes used for pigment that can be found throughout India.

The fact we've become so obsessed with this word that we can't acknowledge its legitimate history and must jump to conclusions about people who use this word is just as sad as those who outlaw the existence of NAZI artifacts in some perverse attempt to prevent history from repeating.

"as sad as those who outlaw the existence of NAZI artifacts in some perverse attempt to prevent history from repeating."


Yes because Nazism and slavery can never be repeated.

That's not what he said.  He *implied* that destroying the artifacts won't prevent them from repeating, and it won't.

If you ban swastikas then Nazis will choose another symbol, or no symbol.  Big deal.

Wouldn't you rather they make themselves readily identifiable using well-known iconography?

It's worked so far, despite the existence of fringe elements of skin-heads, neo-Nazi's, and White Supremecist organizations.

Once a philosophy has proven itself to be destructive and evil, you really shouldn't discount those methods being used to try to minimize it.

Symbols != methods

What do you mean it's worked so far?  Are you an idiot?

Swastikas are not banned in the US.  Are there scores of Nazis marching on Washington?  The fact that Nazi iconography is banned in Germany is irrelevant.

I have a rock on my desk.  No bears have been in my cubicle since I got the rock, therefore the rock is an excellent bear deterrent.

Are you sure that's a rock? I think I shat that once.

> It's worked so far

Yes, you're right. So has showing I Love Lucy reruns. Correlation is not causation.

http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=big-person-black.jpg&category=Bags/Packaging&date=2004-12-10

When will the packaging madness end?