Huh, I wonder if the Chinese people were at all offended by the
yellow-skinned doofus that was supposed to be getting printed? And I bet if
these had come out printed in white, there wouldn't have been even the
slightest detectable blip on the news. The whole problem with this
politically-correct crap is people go around trying to turn anything and
everything they can find into a big bru-ha-ha about racism. The insult is
in their own minds and they never think twice about their own problem of
always assuming the worst possible intentions in their fellow man.


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"Horseapples" wrote in message
roups.com...

"Somehow, boxes of SpongeBob SquarePants
Valentine's Day cards are popping up in local
Wal-Mart stores -- but the popular cartoon
character found inside isn't his traditional yellow color.
He's black -- And with his trademark big teeth and
wide eyes, this SpongeBob seems similar to
images of African Americans portrayed in
Minstrel Shows decades ago......"

Story: http://www.freep.com/features/living...3_20040213.htm

(and you guessed it...they're already on e-Bay too....for big $$$)

HINT: If I were you I'd rush out to your WalMart NOW and see
if they havn't pulled them off the shelves - they're goin 4 big bucks!)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2225799250

(YOU REALLY HAVE 2 LOVE THOSE CHINA BASED PRINTING HOUSES !!)

ROTFLMAO