With an upcoming trip to New York City, I was reminded of this ad from 2008, and wished I could have seen this beauty in Times Square:
A life-sized figure of a thief wearing a Japanese imperial flag as a mask with a caption that reads: "STOP ISLAND THEFT. Japan attempts to steal Asia's islands by distorting history." South Korea and Japan are still disputing with each other over the sovereignty of the Dokdo / Takeshima islands (read: pebbles in the middle of the sea between the two countries).
Oh, but there's more this picture. Pan out a bit:
People always say "location, location, location," and the marketers in charge of this campaign took this advice to heart when placing this statue. When seeking support for the Republic of Korea's campaign against the resurgence of Japan's neo-imperialistic aspirations, what better demographic to target than those likely to be interested in
Chorus Line, starring Mario Lopez? None, I tell you. NONE. The two groups are basically the same.
Happy Monday, all. "Losing" an hour sucks.
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Well and as part of your "location, location, location" rant, I'm sure the people of NY are going to do a whole lot about it in general. And I thought the cat tattoo was going to make POW...
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