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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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 Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 3:45 pm Post subject: Bad Thai cops to endure 'Hello Kitty' shame |
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Bad Thai cops to endure Kitty shame Mon Aug 6, 7:38 AM ET
(AP) BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday.
Police officers caught littering, parking in a prohibited area, or arriving late � among other misdemeanors � will be forced to stay in the division office and wear the armband all day, said Police Col. Pongpat Chayaphan. The officers won't wear the armband in public.
The striking armband features Hello Kitty sitting atop two hearts.
"Simple warnings no longer work. This new twist is expected to make them feel guilt and shame and prevent them from repeating the offense, no matter how minor," said Pongpat, acting chief of the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok.
"(Hello) Kitty is a cute icon for young girls. It's not something macho police officers want covering their biceps," Pongpat said.
He said police caught breaking the law will be subject the same fines and penalties as any other members of the public.
"We want to make sure that we do not condone small offenses," Pongpat said, adding that the CSD believed that getting tough on petty misdemeanors would lead to fewer cases of more serious offenses including abuse of power and mistreatment of the public by police officers.
Hello Kitty, invented by Sanrio Co. in 1974, has been popular for years with children and young women. The celebrity cat adorns everything from diamond-studded jewelry, Fender guitars and digital cameras to lunch boxes, T-shirts and stationery.
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe put 'I am a useless *beep*' on Korean cops uniforms. |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| The idea will attract young girls to bad men. Its a bad idea. |
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tfunk
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:25 am Post subject: |
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This is childish. It just breeds resentment and hatred in the police. If everything goes topsy turvy in the Thai government then there'll be a whole load of police officers waiting to give out a beating...
The guys in the photo with the kitty masks don't look Thai. |
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flakfizer
Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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| tfunk wrote: |
The guys in the photo with the kitty masks don't look Thai. |
I noticed that too, but that's the photo that went with the article. Maybe just a stock photo, which means that some men somewhere are wearing Hello Kitty attire of their own free will. |
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