To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.mediawatchOpen lugnet.mediawatch in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 MediaWatch / 2070
2069  |  2071
Subject: 
Re: Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.mediawatch
Date: 
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 00:22:13 GMT
Viewed: 
2715 times
  
In lugnet.mediawatch, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
   I’m wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of this poster from the UN about racism. I’m having a hard time thinking it’s coincidental that the symbol they chose for “odd man out” is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy.

And now it seems the UN OHCHR has taken down the image (or maybe it just moved). Anyhoo, the linked page no longer has the poster on it.

I’m thinking someone gave the OHCHR an earful.

Steve



Message is in Reply To:
  Thoughts on the UN "Racist" poster?
 
I'm wondering what other LEGO enthusiasts think of (URL) this poster from the UN> about racism. I'm having a hard time thinking it's coincidental that the symbol they chose for "odd man out" is a LEGO brick, given the recent cartoon controversy. (...) (19 years ago, 21-Mar-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)

22 Messages in This Thread:










Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR