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Ellis in Wellyland

Thursday, May 18, 2006

Chairman Mee-ow

Massey University magazine Chaff has caused some controversy over it's latest issue - it depicts a parody of a Cosmopolitan Magazine cover (calling it 'Commopolitan') complete with Chairman Mao in a dress. Chinese students at Massey University are upset and have protested the publication, likening it as offensive to them as the infamous Danish 'Mohammed' Cartoons.

Of course, Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward created mass starvation and his Cultural Revolution lead to the torture, imprisonment and execution of many Chinese (along with the destruction of items from Chinese History), plus his 'Ballroom Dancing' with teenage girls make him the perfect target for this sort of lampoon.

9 Comments:

  • I know nothing! We had nothing to do with it!

    By Blogger Townie Fella, at 8:32 AM  

  • I thought it was brilliant - when I used to study at Massey I would always look forward to the day when the weekly Chaff was published.

    Also it so funny when the Chinse student who was protesting against racism compared Mao to Jesus.

    Opps..I think he just offend Christians.

    I think he needs to aplogoise.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:14 AM  

  • Chaff is great. I used to love Captain Awesome.

    By Blogger Rich, at 3:54 PM  

  • Massy go to hell.

    You will pay for it!!!!!!

    Frankly, all foreighers are all bitches!!!!!!!!
    It is not much surprise that they did this kind of stuff for their ancestors are all savages!!!
    OH. Exactly!!!New Zealand is a isoalted island!The people living in there are all animals!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:44 PM  

  • It is time to point out how deeply brain-washed the people in China are. They just simply buy everything the party taught them. They have double standards on many things if you know them.

    Pity those students...

    By Anonymous Ching-Huei, at 6:13 AM  

  • nz goto hell
    when our chinese rules the world, we will teach u how to respect
    your damn westen savage knows nothing about culture or politeness

    what a pity...

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:23 PM  

  • westen savage wake up, u want go against chinese? this way only lead u to hell, u be friendly with us, we will do the same, u want be our enemy, we will hit u back 10 or 100 times hard...
    watch it out westen savage, take my word...hell gate is opened

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:43 PM  

  • haha - racist aren't you.

    Typical of a communist country where everything you think and do is control by the state.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:59 AM  

  • i agree. I'm Chinese, I grew up in China. But I HATE Mao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many chinese lives lost under his regime?? 800 million?? more than that!!!!!!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:42 PM  

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