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I am not sure people need to "think" about it. I look at the poster and see two sheep studiously averting their eyes (the "good Germans") while a third boots out a sheep whose only discernable difference is his colour. The black sheep looks hurt and sad. Ask a child his/her reaction to that image and I think (and hope) that the predominant response would be "Why are the white sheep being mean to the black one?". I would also hope that the gut response of most adults would not be very much different.
by det on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 06:42:31 AM EST
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But it's a BLACK sheep! It certainly must have done terrible things to deserve this colour!

/trolling along peacefully

"If you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles." Sun Tzu

by Turambar (sersguenda at hotmail com) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 06:45:37 AM EST
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It must have reincarnated without asking the Chinese government for permission.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 06:49:28 AM EST
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I assume their argument is that the image of the black sheep is fairly ubiquitous and has nothing at all to do with racism. Which is bullshit; of course they knew exactly what they were doing.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 07:10:49 AM EST
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I don't agree that that would be the majority response (of white people).  Plenty of people are very quick to shout "I'm not racist, but..."

They think they are justified in discriminating against racial/ethnic minorities and immigrants because of all these 'truths' that they happen to know.

So many people are not able to tell when they are being fed racist propaganda, because it is always there around them and usually in much more subtle ways than this.  

The 2 white sheep averting their gaze were too cowardly to put a stop to the black sheep being in their country. The white sheep kicking the black sheep out is a hero. And the black sheep doesn't look hurt, that's 'sheepish' guilt, it's been caught out and received its comeuppance.

This is the image the poster was designed to promote and that is the message that unfortunately will seep into the minds of many people who see it.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 08:06:33 AM EST
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In other words: the poster is like a Rorschach blot or... a Tarot card.

Can the last politician to go out the revolving door please turn the lights off?
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 08:36:06 AM EST
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Not like a Rorschach blot - since that is just a blot and you assign your own meaning without being given any direction.  

Definitely more like a tarot card, since the symbols used are more likely to conjure up certain associations over others.

I don't know, what do the stars say about all this?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Mon Sep 3rd, 2007 at 08:48:50 AM EST
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