led off the shelves of French bookstores. What you are looking at is a voodoo doll of Nicolas Sarkozy, which comes with an instruction manual and 12 pins for poking. On the doll are famous sayings of Mr. Sarkozy. The only concession the company has to make is the paying of a $2000 fine and the inclusion of a label that will inform the consumer of the offensiveness the President feels because of the doll. Its funny, because if nothing would have been said about it in the first place it probably would have just disappeared by the wayside as a political gag gone wrong, but now that there has been such a big deal made over it it has become quite the hot item. So hot in fact that even I, a lowly American, wish that I could get my hands on one (but am not willing to post a bid on the one on Ebay which is currently at $61.00 + $10 shipping). It just goes to show that a little publicity goes a long way, and that if you really want something to go away you shouldn't put a world spot light on it...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Go ahead, stick it to the French President. Twelve times in fact.
Offensive to the French President? It doesn't matter says a judge in a lawsuit brought about by said President to get these dolls pul
led off the shelves of French bookstores. What you are looking at is a voodoo doll of Nicolas Sarkozy, which comes with an instruction manual and 12 pins for poking. On the doll are famous sayings of Mr. Sarkozy. The only concession the company has to make is the paying of a $2000 fine and the inclusion of a label that will inform the consumer of the offensiveness the President feels because of the doll. Its funny, because if nothing would have been said about it in the first place it probably would have just disappeared by the wayside as a political gag gone wrong, but now that there has been such a big deal made over it it has become quite the hot item. So hot in fact that even I, a lowly American, wish that I could get my hands on one (but am not willing to post a bid on the one on Ebay which is currently at $61.00 + $10 shipping). It just goes to show that a little publicity goes a long way, and that if you really want something to go away you shouldn't put a world spot light on it...
led off the shelves of French bookstores. What you are looking at is a voodoo doll of Nicolas Sarkozy, which comes with an instruction manual and 12 pins for poking. On the doll are famous sayings of Mr. Sarkozy. The only concession the company has to make is the paying of a $2000 fine and the inclusion of a label that will inform the consumer of the offensiveness the President feels because of the doll. Its funny, because if nothing would have been said about it in the first place it probably would have just disappeared by the wayside as a political gag gone wrong, but now that there has been such a big deal made over it it has become quite the hot item. So hot in fact that even I, a lowly American, wish that I could get my hands on one (but am not willing to post a bid on the one on Ebay which is currently at $61.00 + $10 shipping). It just goes to show that a little publicity goes a long way, and that if you really want something to go away you shouldn't put a world spot light on it...
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