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Sooke · Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Location: korea

Hey Uber,

you should have no problems bringing that stuff in. Of course, don't declare it. I just brought back two t-shirts with war propaganda and one poster from Vietnam, and there was no hassle at all. I also brought back some old school originals from China. When I was dating a Chinese girl, she got a real kick out of them. And they make good gifts for my family members who run for election as candidates for the CPC-ML (Communist party of Canada-Marxist Lenninists).

Geez, I guess according to Daechidung Waygookin this means I'm a NAZI.

Seriously, I think those customs guys are more concerned with meat/dairy products, fruits or vegetables, OTC phamicuticals and illegal narcotics, in that order.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

I brought these things back from China

customs didn't check my bag though (do they ever?) so I can't really tell you if they would've had a problem with them.

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

what would be awesome if this was a discussion at, say, a party or some other real social interaction.

daechidong waygoofy would pipe up with one of his quasi-intellectual bits of satire or "i'm right and you're wrong" histrionics.

we'd all turn about 30 degrees either right or left and we'd go back to talking about slayer or something worthwhile, and he'd be dissed and dismissed.

but no, it's the internet, and we have to wade through his fencesitting kaka to get to the real meat of any issue.

Dude: "They're nihilists".
Walter: "Huh?"
Dude: "They kept saying they believe in nothing".
Walter: "Nihilists? Jesus".

seoulunitarian · Joined: 06 Jul 2004

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai

actually I was borrowing it from a friend- but I'll ask her

thorin · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

trigger123 · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:46 am Post subject:

so, ignoring the fact that it is the DW you're arguing with, he surely has a point?
how did mao get made into a fashionable icon? i bought the waving hand watch from china for my brother, in full knowledge of mao's crimes. its a curio. but why did i buy it? its naff. it doesn't work. the strap broke too. but its kept on his mantle piece cos it's, well, you know... mao isn't it...
you won't see a chinese citizen wearing the watch; they are made for and sold, exclusively to, tourists. somehow, in the OP's words, mao merchandise is 'cool'.
are some dictators therefore more fashionable than others? what about mass murderers? sure you can pick up a hitler t-shirt but thats not cool is it?
'i mean that osama is soooo well dressed. just love that hiding-in-the-mountains-rural style you know...'

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

trigger123 · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:37 pm Post subject:

soz, my mistake.
enough with the hostility though.
still wondering how your communist stuff is 'ok', and mao is 'cool', while others ain't...
have a nice day

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

word, i had had a couple BGI's before i typed that... didn't mean for it to sound totally hostile.

i just get frustrated when people take a simple plea for advice into a polarized political discussion. once again, the inevitable daechidong waygoof hijacked a thread that was about a legit question and turned it into a venue for his pseudo-intellectual hooey.

i'd much rather talk to a stoned mathematician than a drunk political scientist.