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Target stores pull Che Guevara CD case
« on: December 22, 2006, 11:24:18 AM »

Target stores pull Che Guevara CD case
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Target Corp (NYSE:TGT - news) said on Friday it had pulled a CD carrying case bearing Ernesto "Che" Guevara's image after an outcry by critics who label the Marxist revolutionary a murderer and totalitarian symbol.

Target had touted a music disc carrying case for Che admirers emblazoned with the Argentine-born guerrilla's iconic 1960 portrait by Alberto Diaz, or "Korda." A set of small earphones was superimposed on the image, suggesting he was tuned in to an iPod or other music player.
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"What next? Hitler backpacks? Pol Pot cookware? Pinochet pantyhose?" wrote Investor's Business Daily in an editorial earlier this month, citing the Guevara case as a model of "tyrant-chic."
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In a rare moment of accord, some social activists said they were not sorry to see Guevara taken off Target's shelves, but on different grounds.

"Che would just be rolling in his grave if he knew his face was making money for Target," said Nell Greenberg, spokeswoman for San Francisco-based Global Exchange. "Everyone who does support that legacy of social justice is certainly not going to be opposed to stopping Target from using that tool."

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Re: Target stores pull Che Guevara CD case
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2006, 11:27:12 AM »

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Re: Target stores pull Che Guevara CD case
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2006, 11:55:34 AM »

Bah, I was looking forward to the line of Stalin ScotchGuard products.
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Re: Target stores pull Che Guevara CD case
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2006, 06:47:54 PM »

WTF am I supposed to do with the 5000 cases of Bolshevick female personal grooming kits I just had manufactured in China! SH!T. I had a great slogan too...."Sick of bush? Bolshevick it."
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