Monday, February 2, 2009

Che Merchandising

Despite Che is not a hero, who helped castro rise to power, and oversaw prison executions, started labor camps, Che’s image is everywhere and the new Che movie is in the works
Why is this guy so famous? Why is this anti-american person’s face is printed on a t-shirt? Is this appropriate to wear Che or Hitler’s t-shirt? Beck says no, and I agree.
Not while ago, there was a controversial issue about naming a child as a Hitler and putting ‘Happy Birthday Hitler’ on the his birthday cake. His parents say that they did it just because it was unique, but the store rejected to do it.
I think the reason people tend to wear the che’s face is because they are not aware about this, and the blame for this situation must be on the companies that produce the t-shirts, and companies that produce the movie. Also, some people thinks Che, Hitler, and Napoleon are the evil losers. Meaning that they believe they became notorious because they lost the fight, and had they won, they would become the heroes of their time period. Such ideas creates a romantic image over them, and blinds them to see what they have done. I think it is the education and government’s job to restrict.

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