Hello Kitty, the New Mark of Shame
August 6th, 2007
“Thai police who break rules will have to wear hot pink armbands featuring Hello Kitty.”
–Yahoo News
This struck me as funny in light of the recent whirl of otaku navel gazing. So are Japanese cartoon icons the new scarlet letter? In Thailand, it seems to be for police who litter and arrive to work late. Not exactly in step with last weeks discussion, but an amusing aside. On a side note, whoever came up with Hello Kitty is a freaking genius or super lucky, but probably both.
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August 6th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Oh my god, I’d litter and come to work late every damn day of the week if it meant that I could wear a hot pink Hello Kitty armband.
August 6th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Haha, yeah for a couple of people this would definitely encourage it.
August 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Pink armbands with Hello Kitty~!? I’M THERE~! XD
August 6th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
lol what a shame~:P
August 6th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Lol, this news is all over the web now. I have already seen it on a few of my regular sites. Hello Kitty bring great shame to Thai police lol
August 7th, 2007 at 6:08 am
I dunno about Hello Kitty, but I’d totally wear a Nanoha armband. I don’t see how shameful that is though, I wore a Yuyuko-themed headband half the day in my school.
August 7th, 2007 at 6:57 am
I don’t know how shameful it is either, because if I saw a police officer wearing one of those, I probably would have assumed it was part of some program to make them seem less threatening to kids.
August 7th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Hahaa and they should reward those you do their job well with the same brassard as Haruhi’s one ^^;
Thanks for the laugh
August 7th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Whaaaaa??
Gimme me an armband!
January 1st, 2008 at 10:13 am
Cool! Thank for this remark. Can I take it to my russian blog? In Russia we have too many fans of Hello Kitty.
For example my blog about Hello Kitty and all cats - http://hellokitty.armadaboard.com
Hello Kitty
January 1st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Feel free, Hello Kitty.