Comments

Posts

Non-TV version of eMobile monkey advertisment still running

While I’ve made my views very clear about there being nothing offensive or racist about the commercial featuring eMobile’s monkey mascot running an Obama-inspired campaign of change, I can’t help but find it odd that the print version of the “pulled” advertisement was still up in JR Shinbashi Station yesterday morning:

They were quick to pull their television commercials and have their president go on CNN and express regret following a few complaints from foreign blogs, but they didn’t think that the complaints also applied to the print version of the ad?

40 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - July 7, 2008 at 7:16 am

Categories: General Japan Tags: japan, monkey, obama

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Pulling the ad from TV is a matter of just not playing it, meaning that it’s done at the touch of a button, but pulling the ad from train stations is a physical process where people have to go out all over the city to remove it.

That’s the only reason I could think of for the posters still being up.
http://thesimiandowntimeanalyst.com thesimian

It was likely pulled for it being offensive to the few Americans over here that don’t understand a difference in culture. Even with the internet involved it would be harder for an American to catch the print adds on the web somewhere than the commercial which is probably all over YouTube.
I agree with you that the removal of the tv ads was silly, since the context cannot be the same due to the previously mentioned culture differences. I am black and do not like when they pull that stuff over here, and I can still tell the difference.
http://www.japaneconomynews.com/ Ken

The ad crews hit each station on certain days of the month. I doubt they would make a special trip – or that eMobile would pay for it – to pull this down.

http://chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

This seems like the most logical reason for those ads remaining in the stations.

http://brandonpittman.wordpress.com Brandon

I did a survey of black people in Japan, and nobody even knew about this.
maki

Ok seriously, I highly doubt Japanese people make a connection, like some Americans do, between a black man and a monkey. Americans and international bloggers need to respect that fact; no ill will or bad intentions were behind this campaign. If Japan expressed their desire to rid of everything offensive to them in American pop culture/media, there’d be so much work to be done!!! Just because some angry bloggers with nothing else to do complained about the campaign’s humor which is lost in translation doesn’t mean the Emobil company has any racist feelings fueling this campaign.
QA

Americans understand the differences in culture just fine. It would not be acceptable to have Fukuda or the Emporer used in advertising posed as Monkeys, so why use Obama that way?

The print items should be removed. Despite the intent, it is still offensive. It is offensive because now that they have been told, they are flaunting the faux pas. They can no longer claim ignorance.

They should be educated…because that is what we are here to do after all…educate.

http://pontasmemorandum.blogspot.com/ ponta

They should be educated…because that is what we are here to do after all…educate.

You mean, they should be Americanized, no ?

http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

How is education Americanizing someone? The problem with Japan, is that its so isolated from the rest of the world. I’m not saying that isolation is a bad thing, but its when this isolation results in negative actions due to blatant ignorance it becomes an issue. I understand that like 90% of Japans population is one nationality, creating a vast difference between any other country. However, it does not excuse it from ignorance. We are all ignorant of many things. But its when an open mind and determination to learn more makes a positive difference. When a women in Japan took her finger and swiped across my arm to see “if the black rubbed off”, all I could relate that to was little white children’s reactions to black slaves, and how they thought up a numerous amount of color infused myths about black people. Such as its dirt, or we taste like chocolate, and the list goes on and on. I read a blog once from a guy who went to a mountain town in Japan, and when reached his hand out to shake an elders hand, the guy attempted to lick his hand to see if he tasted like coffee. This is a grown ass man, and I could not fathom that he has never in his ENTIRE life seen one single solitary black person? Its not like he’s part of an isolated tribe in the Amazon. And even if he has never seen a black person. Is it not sad that he doesn’t know what exists in the world around him? What stopped this man from learning more about his world? Especially being from such a technologically advanced and enhanced country. No one is asking Japan to change their beliefs, culture or whatever. I personally love and admire everything about Japanese culture. It relates to African and Latino cultures in its beauty and richness. I just personally feel that they could just educate themselves on common worldly knowledge. Just enough so that they can better identify with other nationalities. It is evident that throughout history, simple ignorance is the root cause of racism. Whether if its intentional or not. Lets not forget that knowledge is power.

LB

“when this isolation results in negative actions”
There was no negative action, except in the minds of a few over-sensitive Americans.

“I could not fathom that he has never in his ENTIRE life seen one single solitary black person?”
I am beginning to see the problem. You think your version of reality is absolute. It is entirely conceivable for an old man even in modern Japan to have never actually seen a black person. Whether you can fathom that or not is beside the point.

“Is it not sad that he doesn’t know what exists in the world around him?”
He did know what exists in the world around him, but that world obviously did not include blacks, or probably any other foreigners. Hell, I was a teenager before I met and talked to a real, live black person, in a small town of 10,000 in the northeastern US! I saw blacks on TV, and on the street when we went down to the city, but you could count the number of non-white people in my hometown on one hand (and most of them were Chinese).

“No one is asking Japan to change their beliefs, culture or whatever.”
Um, yes honey, someone is. You and people like you that say Japan has to adhere to your culture and value system, which says that a commercial featuring a monkey acting like a man, a character which could at a stretch be possibly be perceived to be a caricature of Obama if you were already looking for that, that such a commercial is “racist” and needs to be pulled. People such as yourself who scream “Why do you bring culture into it? Culture has NOTHING to do with it!” when in fact cultural differences have everything to do with it.

Japanese do not believe “monkey=racist stereotype of blacks”. By insisting they make that connection, you are asking them to change their beliefs and, ironically, promoting a stereotype. I don’t deny racism exists in Japan, it exists everywhere. But even if a Japanese was racist towards blacks, probably very very few ever made the connection between blacks and monkeys simply because the Japanese culturally don’t have that image of monkeys (and even now Japanese have commented on this controversy as to how they can’t see how a pink-faced Japanese Macaque could possibly be confused with a black person – whites, yes, but not blacks). But now, thanks to the misguided efforts of a small minority, the light has been turned on. Now people will know “Hey, if we want to piss off a black person, we can call them a monkey!”

Congratulations (golf clap). You all have just succeeded in exporting a stereotype. Did it ever occur to anyone that if an entire society is blissfully ignorant of a foreign racist stereotype, that it might just be because it is an entirely innocent image free of racist overtones within that society, and that as long as they are using it within their own culture and not using it in yours where it would be inappropriate that maybe you should respect that and keep your damn mouths shut?

“I just personally feel that they could just educate themselves on common worldly knowledge.”
OK, being as fair is fair, you must immediately recognize the following as valid and act accordingly:

-Cows are sacred. Stop eating them.
-Pigs and other hoofed animals that do not chew their cud are unclean. Stop eating them.
-Making the “OK” sign by forming a circle with your thumb and index finger is an obscene gesture. Don’t do it.
-same for the “thumbs up” sign. It is obscene, don’t do it.
-Stop calling “fanny packs” by that name. It is offensive. Call them waist pouches.

There are a lot more, but the above will suffice to start.
ponta

Its not like he’s part of an isolated tribe in the Amazon.

Japan is not an isolated tribe but what you are doing is like imposing American criteria to an tribe in Amazon. It is like saying to Indigenous people in Amazon that the women should not walk naked in the forest, it is global world, they should have known the American tourists might come across your village, they should have known that women have been exploited as a sexual object.

or we taste like chocolate,

Wow, this is the first time I’ve ever heard of that.
Okay what you are doing is telling how bad and easy some of the new technique of stealing to civilians. Let me explain.
Suppose the police says; this is the easiest and newest way to open the door and steal things from the house. And this is bad. Don’t use this technique. It might be enlightening information for some people, but it is most likely some folks learn the method and abuse the knowledge to steal things from the house.

Lenora, I am not saying racism against black people should be tolerated in Japan. I am not saying that there should be no preventive measures to stop spreading the prejudice about the black people.
But I have a feeling that the protesters are imposing their own prejudice by the threat of the US superpower. ignoring the intricacy of the host country’s culture. I have a feeling that their tactics actually works against them in the long run in spreading the prejudice rather than restraining it.
ponta

Another thing.
I have a feeling that your assumption that the regional practice in USA should be common worldly knowledge might be a bit arrogant.
Why not Asian practice in which monkey are relatively revered and
people make no connection between a monkey and a race should not prevail?
Anyway I thank you for joining the discussion.

Dustin

They’ve had those signs all over the Hiroden streetcar lines here in Hiroshima for awhile now, still do.
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

Ever hear of Darkie Toothpaste? Its a popular toothpaste still being sold in Japan. Is that not racist? Ever hear of Sambo? Although banned from the US decades ago, its still being marketed as a cute little icon in Japan. Is that not racist? You dont find this kind of thing racist? I am sick and tired of people justifying Japans ignorance of the world. There is absolutly no excuse for ignorace. Are you black? Until you walk a mile in a black persons shoes, dont judge on what we find offensive. And before express your “views” on a subject like this, do your homework.

http://www.sepiamutiny.com/sepia/DarkieToothpaste_new.jpg

http://www.tokyotimes.org/archives/black_sambo02.jpg

doinkies

Darkie was sold in Hong Kong, not Japan (and they changed the name to Darlie and changed the mascot).

This ad campaign is not the same as those things. The monkey in the ads was already e-mobile’s mascot, and there isn’t a history of equating monkeys to black people in Japan the same way there is in the US. Most people did not think of Obama when they saw that ad campaign, even with the “Change” slogan. I think you should read James’s previous posts on this, they explain it better than I can.
LB

“Ever hear of Darkie Toothpaste?”
Yup. Even saw some, in China, years ago.

“Its a popular toothpaste still being sold in Japan.”
No, it is not. It is a Hong Kong/Chinese/Taiwanese brand. I have been in Japan over a decade, and never seen it here even once.

“Ever hear of Sambo?”
The story of the little Indian boy who outwitted four tigers and saved himself and his family? Yes. Great story. Teaches children the lesson that avarice leads to pride, aggression, and ultimately to destruction.

“Although banned from the US decades ago”
Not hardly, I just checked Amazon.com and they are still selling copies. Perhaps you should start your campaign closer to home…

“still being marketed as a cute little icon in Japan”
Well, there is no accounting for taste, I find the character anything but “cute”, but neither do I assume it is an accurate representation of blacks anymore than Speedy Gonzales would be considered an accurate representation of Mexicans, Pepe Le Pew an accurate representation of the French, or Wile E. Coyote an accurate representation of geniuses.

“I am sick and tired of people justifying Japans ignorance of the world.”
And I am sick and tired of people assuming the whole world needs to change to fit their views of what is “right” and “wrong”. You are right, however, there is no excuse for ignorance, so start by fixing your own.

“Until you walk a mile in a black persons shoes, dont judge on what we find offensive.”
And don’t judge others, as in an entire culture, just because they have different values and don’t share your offense.

“And before express your “views” on a subject like this, do your homework.”
You may want to take your own advice. To paraphrase John Laroquette’s character from years ago: “Did you learn everything you know about Japan from Black Tokyo?”

Riddle me this: why is the e-Mobile monkey automatically a racist charicature, but when Zurui over on Black Tokyo puts up a picture of chimpanzee with its fingers in its ears to ridicule those who do not agree with him, it is not racist? Why is that?

http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

“Its a popular toothpaste still being sold in Japan.”
No, it is not. It is a Hong Kong/Chinese/Taiwanese brand. I have been in Japan over a decade, and never seen it here even once.

Just because you haven’t seen it, does not mean its not being sold in Japan. A friend brought back a tube from Japan. And I am well aware that it originated in China. And changing the name does not make it better. Like when they changed the name of a Seattle restaurant in the early 1920′s from Coon’s Chicken to Cooks Chicken. Doesn’t make it any better.

“Ever hear of Sambo?”
The story of the little Indian boy who outwitted four tigers and saved himself and his family? Yes. Great story. Teaches children the lesson that avarice leads to pride, aggression, and ultimately to destruction.

Great story? When will the PBS show come out.

“Although banned from the US decades ago”
Not hardly, I just checked Amazon.com and they are still selling copies. Perhaps you should start your campaign closer to home…

YOU should do your homework. I dont know if you actually looked at the listings on Amazon, but the drawings of Sambo are of the newly revised character. Anything that relates to the old drawings, are being sold by independent merchants. Not by Amazon.

“still being marketed as a cute little icon in Japan”
Well, there is no accounting for taste, I find the character anything but “cute”, but neither do I assume it is an accurate representation of blacks anymore than Speedy Gonzales would be considered an accurate representation of Mexicans, Pepe Le Pew an accurate representation of the French, or Wile E. Coyote an accurate representation of geniuses.

I find it revolting that you relate this to taste. This is just another case of racial propaganda being so frivolously marketed. Took a drive in Alabama a few summers ago, and saw a blackface lawn ornament. But I guess in your eyes, you would only consider this as bad taste right? Like a pink flamingo?

“I am sick and tired of people justifying Japans ignorance of the world.”
And I am sick and tired of people assuming the whole world needs to change to fit their views of what is “right” and “wrong”. You are right, however, there is no excuse for ignorance, so start by fixing your own.

Yet another person justifies bad behavior. Goldstar!

“Until you walk a mile in a black persons shoes, dont judge on what we find offensive.”
And don’t judge others, as in an entire culture, just because they have different values and don’t share your offense.

Im going to say this again: “Until you walk a mile in a black persons shoes, dont judge on what we find offensive.” Dont you dare tell me how to feel about racism of my people. And for the record I did not judge an ENTIRE culture as you so put it. I am only judging blatant ignorance within a country. Has nothing to do with a culture. And the fact that you put two and two together is an insult to Japanese culture in itself.

“And before express your “views” on a subject like this, do your homework.”
You may want to take your own advice. To paraphrase John Laroquette’s character from years ago: “Did you learn everything you know about Japan from Black Tokyo?”

Riddle me this: why is the e-Mobile monkey automatically a racist caricature, but when Zurui over on Black Tokyo puts up a picture of chimpanzee with its fingers in its ears to ridicule those who do not agree with him, it is not racist? Why is that?

Assumptions will get you no where. I dont even know what “Black Tokyo” is.

ponta

Lenora
I understand your concern.
But seriously in Japan people don’t link black people with a monkey. Even e-mobile says it didn’t link the monkey with Obama;it just put the monkey in American Presidential campaign style, Watch CNN program again, CNN linked it with Obama. And as you can see , no Japanese viewer on the program didn’t come up with Obama.
By protesting, by demanding to learn African -American plight, you are spreading the prejudice—black people are compared with apes— that the Japanese people were ignorant of.
And I don’t think being offended for wrong reason justify cultural imperialism.
Let’s promote positive image of black people like Jero, the African/Japanese American singer now popular in Japan. rather than promoting the image of Angry African-Americans in Japan, where black people can make relatively fresh start. Not that they will not receive any prejudice, but the Japanese do not have the same prejudice as people in your country.
LB

“YOU should do your homework. I dont know if you actually looked at the listings on Amazon, but the drawings of Sambo are of the newly revised character.”
Wrong again! The drawings in the copies on Amazon I saw were the original drawings, as appeared in the original editions, when Sambo was still an Indian (before the golliwog imagery and the association with Africans/Blacks). The images have not been “newly revised”, they have been “returned to the originals”.

So don’t tell me I should do my homework.

“Took a drive in Alabama a few summers ago, and saw a blackface lawn ornament. But I guess in your eyes, you would only consider this as bad taste right? Like a pink flamingo?”
-insult deleted by admin - This difference between an intentionally racist caricature, deemed offensive by the culture that created it, and a completely unrelated set of imagery without racist connotations created by a completely different culture has been clarified in discussions on this site, that you’ve posted to, over and over again.

Anyway, how do you know it was a “blackface” lawn ornament? Did you scratch the surface to see if a white man was inside? I’m going to guess you’re talking about a lawn jockey? A black figure in riding gear holding up a ring to which one would attach a horse? Wow. remind me – what is inherently racist about that again?

“Im going to say this again: “Until you walk a mile in a black persons shoes, dont judge on what we find offensive.””

Too funny. You know, a Japanese person says “we Japanese” and people jump on them saying “you don’t speak for the entire Japanese race”. So what makes you think you speak for the entire black race? I have seen quite a few blacks in discussions about e-mobile saying “the monkey is just a monkey”. You are free to feel however you want about the issue, of course, but you’re wrong.

“I am only judging blatant ignorance within a country. Has nothing to do with a culture. And the fact that you put two and two together is an insult to Japanese culture in itself.”

No, the fact you refuse to see that in Japanese culture the monkey means something entirely different from what you think it means is an insult to Japanese culture. It is not “blatant ignorance”, it is an entirely different way of looking at a monkey. If it was done in America, it would be wrong, but (apparently you haven’t noticed) this is not America. Japanese cultural paradigms apply, not yours.
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

-Petty insult deleted by by admin.-
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

Pay attention everyone. The very person who claims the following is in no way racist is trying to educate you.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Lawn_jockey.jpg/180px-Lawn_jockey.jpg

You should all feel so blessed.
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

500 years of blacks being called monkeys

their natural temper is barbarously cruel,selfish and deceitful and their Government equally barbarous and uncivil, and consequently the men of greatest eminency among them are those who are most capable of being the greatest rogeus……..As for their customs they greatly resemble that of their fellow creatures and natives, the monkeys-James houston(1725),

In 1758, Carl linnaeus described africans asBlack, phlematic,lax,black curly hair, apelike nose……He is ruled by authority

David Hume(1768):

I am apt to suspect that Negroes………to be generally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized of any other complexion than whites……..No ingenious manufactures among them, no arts , no science. Such a uniform ang constant difference could not happen, in so many countries, if nature had not made an original distinction betwixt these breeds of men.

Edward Long, a Jamaican administrator said this in 1773:

[The negro’s] faculties of smell are truly bestial, nor less their commerce with the other sexes; in these acts they are libidinous and shameless as monkeys or baboons. The equally hot temperament of their women has given the probability to the charge of their admitting these animals frequently to their embrace. An example of this intercourse once happened, I think, in England. Ludicrous as it may seem, I do not think that an Oran-outang husband would be any dishonour to an Hottentot Female. The Orang-outang has a much nearer resemblance to the Negro than the latter bear to the White men.

In 1850 Profesor Robert Knox described “Hottentots as follows: Of dirty yellow colour, they slightly resemble the chinese, but are clearly of a different blood the face is set like a baboon’s

In 1920, a South African post card had a Picture of luke the Baboon boy, and at the back of the post card was written:

When a small baby was stolen by baboons while his mother was hoeing mealies and remained untraced ’till years afterwards when a police patrol rescued him from a troupe of baboons. He was eventually handed over to a farmer in the port alfred region,with whom he has been over 20 years. He has been trained to give up his simian habits and become a useful farm hand.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2008/02/080207163811-large.jpg

May 2008 a guy by the name of Mike Norman from Georgia, USA decides to print T-shirts depicting Barack Obama as curious george, an Ape species. When CNN Interviewed the guy, he said something similar to what the guy who made the peachmobile ad said, he said the T-shirt was not meant to offend anybody, he just saw the resemblance between Obama and Curious george, We believe you Mr Norman. The was a lot of protest about the T-shirt and it’s sale was aborted, hmmm I wonder why?

http://www.appletreeblog.com/wp-content/2008/05/obama-t-shirt.jpg

In June 2008 a toy company by the Name of Binkley Toys Inc. Thought that it would be a very good idea to make a stuffed monkey toy and call the toy Obama, after the company received numerous angry e-mails from people like me who think it is unacceptable to portray a black person as a monkey, the company’s owner Mr Rob Bishop had this to say: “I Apologize to all those who found the toy offensive” He didn’t think the toy would offend so many people, it wasn’t his intention to offend anyone. That might be so, but that doesn’t make the toy less racist!

http://aquilogy.blat.co.za/files/resize_media.jpg
LB

*yawn*

Get out of Denver, open your eyes and learn about the rest of the world. I do not dispute anything you wrote in the last post, Lenora, but none of it has anything whatsoever to do with Japan, e-Mobile, or this particular commercial.

Have you ever even been here?
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

Why yes I have. Several times in fact. I love Japan. But I wont turn a blind eye to ignorance.
ponta

Lenora
I am glad you love Japan.

E-mobile didn’t link the monkey with Obama,
Japanese viewers didn’t link the monkey with Obama.
It is just some Americans with prejudice that linked the monkey with Obama, liking him with being black, linking black people with a monkey, linking a monkey with an idiot(?)

I wonder what the point of the protest is.
(1)The black people don’t want to be degraded as a monkey.
But here in Japan, nobody except some Americans with prejudice even recognized the monkey as Obama nor as a blackman.
(2)The black people do not want spread the prejudice about black people as a monkey.
But who is spreading the prejudice among the Japanese people? Isn’t it the protesters who are spreading it through the protest, ?

Keep in mind that Japan is a country where a Japanese entertainer wears the same clothes as a monkey Pankun on TV show, a kid plays the part as a monkey in Momotarou (桃太郎）at the kindergarten, kids sing joyfully as a monkey a song “AiAi the moneky”, an actor plays the part as a monkey in Sogokuu　（孫悟空）, a speed racer is a friend of a monkey. a monkey is listening to Walkman on the ad more philosophically than a man.

I don’t see why black people cannot join this cultural game, equally with Japanese people.

Keep in mind that Japan is a country where a dog plays the part as a father on the TV commercial, a Japanese woman as a mother, the dog’s wife, a Japanese girl as a daughter. A black man has already joined the family as a son.

Pankun http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4629
孫悟空http://www.greatsage.net/
桃太郎http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D　
AiAi http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~hinapiyo/teasobi3.htm

Will (spacezombie)

Oh, yeah. You know, it’s funny… My grandfather mentioned not too long ago his favorite book when he was a kid was “Little Black Sambo”. As a kid, he didn’t see anything racist in it. He thought it was just about a kid and a tiger (or tigers).

http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

-Petty insult deleted by by admin.-

Aceface

Leonora:

Ever heard about “Little Black Sambo controversy” that started in Japan since 1989?
And the book has been neglected by all but one publishing company,and that publisher is known to be anti-discrimination oriented company that publishes many books on burakumin issues et al and the version they publish is with full text on controversy?

And this is the country where a white dog sells cellular phone,and in a folktale,it is said that monkeys and dogs are natural enemies and monkey usually outsmart the dog?

And the phrase “Change”is now a title of prime time Monday 9PM drama starring nation’s darling,Kimura Takuya of SMAP being in a role of Japanese Prime Minister?

And yeah,I haeard of Darkie Toothpaste.But the company is Taiwanese.
Troy

I feel sorry for the poor monkey getting compared to a US politician. The monkey seems quite honest.
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

As the Angry Asian Man would say: “That’s Racist!”
http://chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

Lenora:
Assuming that people are ignorant of the historical oppression of African-Americans because they recognize there are very different cultural connotations in Japan surrounding monkeys is taking the argument to a logical extreme. Despite what you may feel, the two are mutually exclusive in and of themselves. Your knowledge of what has happened in the past cannot separate the two and because of that your insistence on an entire nation adopting your cultural views makes you end up becoming an agent of cultural oppression yourself.

Furthermore, you do yourself a disservice coming here and talking down to people as though they have no understanding of these topics. There is a way of discussing these issues that doesn’t include calling people “idiots” and assuming they don’t know what they are talking about.
http://www.japanprobe.com James

Lenora:

I permit differing views in the comments section of this site, but it is not okay to engage in petty insults when other users do not agree with your views. Consider yourself warned.
http://www.myspace.com/lavirosa Lenora

I think its funny how you define insults. Someone calling me “dense” is not an insult? Someone saying that a Black face lawn ornament is not racist is not an insult? Shouldn’t you be fair in how you moderate your threads?
Sweetwater

It’s good to know the mindset of a typical African American woman and probably a typical Obama supporter.

http://chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

I am an Obama supporter so you can forget that silly assumption.

doinkies

Yeah, not all Obama supporters or even all African Americans feel the same way about this commercial. Don’t judge based off of one doink.

kabocha5000

Youch. What a riveting discussion. All these recent posts and strong opinions this way and that have certainly changed my perception of monkeys. I used to view them with interest, affection and even admiration for their learning abilities and capacity to adapt to their changing environment. Now I see them as offensive and shameful creatures, and experience an almost automatic pang of guilt whenever I think of them. Shame on me! And shame on the damned monkeys!

If the blogosphere has taught me one thing, it is that we must exterminate all non-human primates (from lemurs to bonobos) from this earth because they are causing friction within the obviously superior human race, and the world would be better off without them.

But, to be racially neutral about it, I believe the Brit Phil Collins started all of this when he explicitly compared U.S. President Ronald Reagan with a monkey in his puppet music video “Land of Confusion”. But the impact was clearly less than today because the internet did not exist back then (or if it did, it was a military secret). It was my favorite music video back when I was a lad, zoning out in front of the MTV, mainly because it had puppets.
BB

Ohh call Bush a chimp and it’s OK.. Use a company mascot to act like Obama and it’s racist. This is the difference between Americans and Japanese. Japanese can at least take things as the joke they are, with a sense of humor. Americans are drama queens.
Pingback: komomola! » Blog Archive » estoy harto de lo de CHANGE
Pingback: komomola! » Blog Archive » racismo inconsciente

Non-TV version of eMobile monkey advertisment still running

Recent Comments

Further Reading

South Korean Government Demands That International Hydrographic Organization Use “East Sea”

Japanese Documentary About Sea Shepherd’s Protest Activities in Taiji (English Subtitles)

Babies Born on March 11th Receive Special Present

Washington Times Freelancer Slams Former Employer, Fails to Ethically Disclose Relationship?

Christopher Johnson Attempts to Silence Criticism of His “Gaijin Gulag” Article (Legal Threats!!!)

Tabloid Reports About Yu Darvish’s Love Life: Kirara Asuka & Miho Koga?

Does K-Pop Group KARA Have Ties to North Korea?

Tokyo Gate Bridge

Sara Errani Admits She Avoided Tennis Tournament in Tokyo: Feared Radiation

Chinese Workers Who Survived March 11th Tsunami Return to Tohoku

Categories

Archives

Subscribe

Japan Blogs

Korea Blogs

Linkroll

Other Asia Blogs