Mexican Stamp Causes controversy

playabum17 · 07-01-2005

did you hear about this?

Mexican Stamp

07-01-2005

This is a very sensitive topic to raise. I'll just say that Mexicans relate to cartoons in a big way and wouldn't see this as racist as he's a well loved character.

playabum17 · 07-01-2005

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Originally Posted by Mindbender

This is a very sensitive topic to raise. I'll just say that Mexicans relate to cartoons in a big way and wouldn't see this as racist as he's a well loved character.

Didn't mean to offend, I only thought it was interesting. My apologies if I have offended anyone.

**Jesus** · 07-01-2005

Is funny and stupid. Why the White House has anything to do with a Mexican Stamp at all?
They argue is racist, but then Why the Post Office would issue a racist stamp? The only reason the character is in the stamp is to celebrate him, not to push him down.

In Mexico we feel that Speedy Gonzales and many other cartoons are really racists against Mexican, like the crows wearing sombreros and drinking tequila, the "indian" sleeping under a cactus with a sarape and big hat ( I have never ever seen that in my life in any of my trips around Mexico, even the arid zones ).
Here a lot of cartoonists, editorialist and so are saying a lot of bad things about the guys in the White House, and I agree.

07-01-2005

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Originally Posted by playabum17

Didn't mean to offend, I only thought it was interesting. My apologies if I have offended anyone.

Gosh, no need to apologise or feel bad.

Oh, here we go...

There's too much political correctness about things like this when real racist issues get ignored. It just makes an easy target.

I guess this gets more prominence in the press because of the recent comment Fox made about 'Mexican doing the jobs in the US now that blacks used to do'. I think he was just being realistic.

**Jesus** · 07-01-2005

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Originally Posted by playabum17

Didn't mean to offend, I only thought it was interesting. My apologies if I have offended anyone.

NO offenses sensed this way, either. Why apologize?

For us Meming Pinguin is almost like The Little Rascals, it involves some black guys, some white guys, but all doing some mischief and havin fun. Only thing is that Memin gets spanked by his Mom very often.

Babaloo · 07-01-2005

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Originally Posted by Jesus

Here a lot of cartoonists, editorialist and so are saying a lot of bad things about the guys in the White House, and I agree.

Down there too?
Ole Dubya seems to have gained quite a reputation worldwide.

MWC · 07-01-2005

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Originally Posted by Jesus

NO offenses sensed this way, either. Why apologize?

For us Meming Pinguin is almost like The Little Rascals, it involves some black guys, some white guys, but all doing some mischief and havin fun. Only thing is that Memin gets spanked by his Mom very often.

It really annoys me about this country that people will get all worked up about the image, without researching the cultural background at all.

Seakony · 07-01-2005

I don't think there would have been anything about it..but after what Fox said a few weeks ago just got things stirred up.

**Jesus** · 07-01-2005

Yes Seakony, the White House just took advantage to retaliate.

The stamp is the second in a series to celebrate Cartoons and comic stripes.

A few hours ago in the evening news they said that all of the 750,000 sheets of Memin Pinguin were sold in two days. A lot of collectors are paying big money to get their hands on them. Only possitive thing of all this non-issue.

Seakony · 07-02-2005

Dang it.. sold out already? I wanted some.
From what I saw on the news it was more the NAACP raising havoc.

07-02-2005

I don't know why the white house has to interfere in everything, if we started picking apart everything they did they would never hear the end of it.

**Susie Q Roo** · 07-02-2005

Who woulda ever seen it? Nobody mails anything in Mexico.

(Forgive my irreverence. Mostly.)

TAPPY · 07-02-2005

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Originally Posted by Seakony

Dang it.. sold out already? I wanted some.
From what I saw on the news it was more the NAACP raising havoc.

that is what I heard too

**sctx** · 07-02-2005

gee, I remember Mexicans/Mex Americans getting all upset about the Taco Bell chihuahua and Slow Poke Gonzalez (Speedy's cousin) creating a racist image......... guess I should be really pissed about the image Homer Simpson creates for white men and the way King of the Hill portrays Texans..... though that is mainly true......... Cartoons about the White House Admin??? Get a grip people, that has been going on for a couple hundred years now, nothing new there at all.... thats kinda like saying Letterman and Leno NEVER joked about Clinton

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07-01-2005	#2 (permalink)
Mindbender Guest Posts: n/a	This is a very sensitive topic to raise. I'll just say that Mexicans relate to cartoons in a big way and wouldn't see this as racist as he's a well loved character.

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Jesus Nutty Peep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 4,785	Is funny and stupid. Why the White House has anything to do with a Mexican Stamp at all? They argue is racist, but then Why the Post Office would issue a racist stamp? The only reason the character is in the stamp is to celebrate him, not to push him down. In Mexico we feel that Speedy Gonzales and many other cartoons are really racists against Mexican, like the crows wearing sombreros and drinking tequila, the "indian" sleeping under a cactus with a sarape and big hat ( I have never ever seen that in my life in any of my trips around Mexico, even the arid zones ). Here a lot of cartoonists, editorialist and so are saying a lot of bad things about the guys in the White House, and I agree.

07-01-2005	#9 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	I don't think there would have been anything about it..but after what Fox said a few weeks ago just got things stirred up.

07-01-2005	#10 (permalink)
Jesus Nutty Peep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 4,785	Yes Seakony, the White House just took advantage to retaliate. The stamp is the second in a series to celebrate Cartoons and comic stripes. A few hours ago in the evening news they said that all of the 750,000 sheets of Memin Pinguin were sold in two days. A lot of collectors are paying big money to get their hands on them. Only possitive thing of all this non-issue.

07-02-2005	#11 (permalink)
Seakony añejo Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: no longer in Mesquite with nothing to do Posts: 10,148	Dang it.. sold out already? I wanted some. From what I saw on the news it was more the NAACP raising havoc.

07-02-2005	#12 (permalink)
mofi Guest Posts: n/a	I don't know why the white house has to interfere in everything, if we started picking apart everything they did they would never hear the end of it.

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Susie Q Roo paradisiac Join Date: May 2003 Location: Q Roo Posts: 10,931	Who woulda ever seen it? Nobody mails anything in Mexico. (Forgive my irreverence. Mostly.)

07-02-2005	#15 (permalink)
sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,797	gee, I remember Mexicans/Mex Americans getting all upset about the Taco Bell chihuahua and Slow Poke Gonzalez (Speedy's cousin) creating a racist image......... guess I should be really pissed about the image Homer Simpson creates for white men and the way King of the Hill portrays Texans..... though that is mainly true......... Cartoons about the White House Admin??? Get a grip people, that has been going on for a couple hundred years now, nothing new there at all.... thats kinda like saying Letterman and Leno NEVER joked about Clinton

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