Momentary Lapses of Common Sense

[Tarissa]

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/08/10/hk.store.ap/index.html

[Eomer]

Momentary? They managed to design and stock an entire line of clothes in their "momentary lapse"!

[Tarissa]

Don't worry! They'll take the clothing line off the shelves once they come up with a new line - but not before!!

[Maegwin]

"Cheng added that the designer wanted the clothes to have a military theme and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive. "

God damn, how can some people be so completely clueless...

[aed]

"and did not realize that the Nazi symbols would be considered offensive"

talk about living under a rock..

/aed

[Eomer]

I wonder if they would consider a Mao-themed bondage line offensive?

[Gryfalia]

Ok, before I read the article I was thinking that 'ok, mebbe they are just using a swastika, which is actually an ancient indian symbol, etc'.

Nope, these guys went the full 9 yards there.

Stunningly moronic.

Gryfalia

[Tarissa]

You guys are just jealous of my Pol Pot line of cookware.

[Myztlee]

Actually, I believe it's the mirror image of the swastika that was a previous, non malevolent symbol, the Nazi's flipped it from crossed "Z"s to crossed "S"s.

But yeah, there's no mistaking they were using Nazi imagery here.

[Liyon]

Yea the dumb fucks upstairs probably thought "HEY, any publicity is GOOD publicity" last said by some other jackass before going outa business.

[Torrid]

Yeah, the Nazi version is going in the other direction and is rotated to a diamond shape instead of a square. Native American version means "bravery"

[Tarissa]

My understanding is that the nazis didn't really change the symbol as much as they perverted it. The nazi's version of the swastika (left handed) has been around forever. It's only a byproduct of the Nazis that made the symbol so taboo.

[depen]

http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/interdisciplinary/symbolism/cy200204swastikas.txt

[Tilea]

I agree with Liyon. Nobody is so fantastically stupid that they think nobody will be offended by designing clothing like that. It's very likely just a shock publicity stunt... to get them enough attention - good or bad - to bolster the sales of their real stuff.

Or they're just fantastically stupid.

[Tilea]

Every single post I make.. my stars get nerfed more and more.

[Maegwin]

They are backwards Tilea, someone said Vader was supposed to be fixing? Or Rika, when he finally gets over his hangover...or Andy when he gets back from his trip.

[Liyon]

think everyone should start with 2k posts and it should go down not up every post after that!

Quote taken from gemmi, Looks like they screwed up a little on implementing this /grin.

[aed]

http://www.luckymojo.com/esoteric/i...04swastikas.txt

It doesn't really matter where the swastika derived from. No matter how it's shaped, like a cube, like a diamond, like an apple, people WILL think of Nazi's when they see it, and they WILL consider it offensive. It's simple as that.

/aed

[Ransac]

does that mean i have uber stars?

[Lothbah]

interesting read depen... and yeah that store is full of shitheads