Sunday, August 24, 2008



Must not refer to the fact that Asian eyes are different



I guess most readers will have heard of this controversy by now. Anything to do with the Olympics gets big coverage.

Various Spanish sporting teams marked their departure for China by having their photos taken while they were pulling their eyes into a slant. Apparently the Spaniards thought it was funny, the Chinese didn't give a toss and all the do-gooders were outraged.

Pics above from here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This story could tell us two things. That Spaniards have a real-wrold sense of humor, and the ChiComs have yet to be infected by political correctness.

Anonymous said...

Slanted-eye mimicking is harmless.

However, it's a good thing the Spanish Basketball team didn't try to duplicate the other item of the (female) Chinese anatomy which has reputedly been reported as slanted!