Larisa Alexandrovna: Reds: The Target Edition-Ridiculous Censorship Ploy

[kpete]

Reds: The Target Edition
Larisa Alexandrovna


Target inc., went screaming into the night after "critics" stomped their feet and demanded that an image in their shops be covered up before the children see it.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Target Corp said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image after an outcry by critics who label the Marxist revolutionary a murderer and totalitarian symbol.

Target had touted a music disc carrying case for Che admirers emblazoned with the Argentine-born guerrilla's iconic 1960 portrait by Alberto Diaz, or "Korda." A set of small earphones was superimposed on the image, suggesting he was tuned in to an iPod or other music player.

"It is never our intent to offend any of our guests through the merchandise we carry," Target said in a statement. "We have made the decision to remove this item from our shelves and we sincerely apologize for any discomfort this situation may have caused our guests."


Yes, the irony. A company who imports slave labor produced products from the world's leading Communist regime (China) censors a CD which only shows a photo of an already dead Communist. The critics who are offended by a symbol but are willing to buy products produced by the real thing offend me. Will target remove them from their stores to appease me? Hypocrites.

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[EFerrari]

1. Pictures of totalitarians are forbidden.

:rofl:

[peacetalksforall]

2. Where were these battalions of protesters when Nixon, Kissinger,

Armand Hammer and their contingents went to The People's Republic of China and started a series of contract signings that have brought our middle class down, down, down - combined with other corporate signing betrayals.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. My bet is Che would approve. I doubt he wants his likeness used

by capitalist corporations to sell consumer goods to the masses.