MurderInc
23rd May 2006, 17:41
As I grew up as a child, I was raised to revere George Washington and Abraham Lincoln especially. All school children throughout America are. That's why it was always funny to me that their likenesses were used to promote matress sales and money.
There was always a matress sale at the time of their birthdays (don't ask me why, I don't know), and their likenesses would speak to the viewers and hock the beds.
Washington's face was always speaking from the dollar bill, usually to get you to save money by buying something.
They are not the only Americans where this is the case, but they are the most famous cases of this.
Perhaps others who are at this forum from other lands can speak of similar efigies of the famous and dead, who "speak" to viewers, I really don't know.
I was always shocked by this, because of the reverence I have for these figures.
Che is no different.
People make money satiring Mt. Rushmore, placing different people on the Mt. Rushmore drawing, and then putting it on a t-shirt.
Famous historical figures really have nothing to complain about. They're usually dead,or so famous that they can't sue as easily as a private person.
My view of this is to relax and not freak out about it. It's just how it is.
Maybe one day, the likeness of Che will be on television hocking motorcycles.
It's the way of the world. I think it has to do with humor and satire as much as it does money.
What does everyone think?
There was always a matress sale at the time of their birthdays (don't ask me why, I don't know), and their likenesses would speak to the viewers and hock the beds.
Washington's face was always speaking from the dollar bill, usually to get you to save money by buying something.
They are not the only Americans where this is the case, but they are the most famous cases of this.
Perhaps others who are at this forum from other lands can speak of similar efigies of the famous and dead, who "speak" to viewers, I really don't know.
I was always shocked by this, because of the reverence I have for these figures.
Che is no different.
People make money satiring Mt. Rushmore, placing different people on the Mt. Rushmore drawing, and then putting it on a t-shirt.
Famous historical figures really have nothing to complain about. They're usually dead,or so famous that they can't sue as easily as a private person.
My view of this is to relax and not freak out about it. It's just how it is.
Maybe one day, the likeness of Che will be on television hocking motorcycles.
It's the way of the world. I think it has to do with humor and satire as much as it does money.
What does everyone think?