Wednesday 16 January 2008

Mao Mystery

French car maker Citroen has apologised for an advert featuring Mao Tse Tung after complaints that it was an "insult."

Would someone please explain to me why insulting the memory of a vicious tyrant who was the greatest mass murderer in history is anything for any sane person to apologise for.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Seems to be some kind of pattern. Those Muhammed cartoons weren't all that insulting and look what kinds of reactions they caused. "Don't call me violent or I'll keel you!" indeed.

I wonder, if the French "insult" Mao, will Chinese burn cars in Copenhagen?

Anonymous said...

You are also developing a pattern. You also used something like the above 'greatest mass murderer in history' for Stalin, Che Guevara, maybe Lenin (the nicest of 'em all), and a load of other new socialist leaders and misleaders. Fighting against the red plague from all over the world, regardless of race, religion or creed! None of those people are your problem, especially when most of them allready went to hell.

Anonymous said...

I think from here on out the United States should declare that anyone who defaces one of our flags will be bombed. Why should Commies and Muslim fanatics get all the fun of being hyper-touchy?

Anonymous said...

Be they yesterday's commies or todays Islamopaths, the least we can do is take the piss out of their sacred cows...

Stephen said...

How many must die until bad ideas die their woefully belated deaths? A stupid idea (like communism) remains stupid no matter how hard it's tried.