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Hello Kitty: Emasculating Thai Police Since 1974*

Started by tofugu · 10 months ago

It seems the question was posed in the Crime Suppression Division in Bangkok recently: What better way to teach our law enforcement officials a lesson than through public humiliation? And, truly, what greater shame could be inflicted on a staunch, over-bearing asian man than to having t ... Continue reading »

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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    Maybe if they had to wear an entire hello kitty uniform . . .
    Though, pretty ironic that the police are stealing plaid clothes. Kind of doesn't make sense if you ask me.
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  • Brian

    1 year ago

    Now that’s something you don’t see everyday. I think Koichi is right, an entire hello kitty uniform is much more humilating. Stealing plaid you say? interesting………Maybe they were just sick of seeing the same old colors and thought "hey, this looks pretty [dang] cool" haha
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  • Koichi

    1 year ago

    Maybe they're in love with Oregon / Canada. All they need is Birkenstock shoes to round their outfit off.
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  • Brian

    1 year ago

    ahha. When I think of plaid, I imagine Clark Kent from Smallville. The classic farm boy, and yet, I don't think the police were going for that look.
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  • Onimusha Nosferatu

    1 year ago

    it's kinda pointless if they're not humiliated. make them walk the streets. psychological torture.
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  • Fredy

    1 year ago

    They should make them wear it outside. They should. HAHA.
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  • Erin

    1 year ago

    Onimusha Nosferatu and Freddy:


    While I agree that it would be funny to make them wear it on patrol, the rational side of me recognizes that it probably wouldn't be good to have the community start disrespecting or teasing them. A loss of authority probably wouldn't be worth it.

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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Am I the only one that finds it not that humiliating to wear a Hello Kitty armband?
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  • Erin

    1 year ago

    Viet:


    Quite possibly, yeah. I like Hello Kitty, but I wouldn't want to wear that.

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  • Kurisu

    1 year ago

    In return, if your a good example to other, they should make you wear Keroppi or Batz Maru.. lol ^_^
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    @Erin


    I wouldn't want to wear one also. But I can think of more humiliating things they could employ instead. The armband is like a slap on the wrist.


    But then again.. We are talking about macho Thai man.

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  • Fred

    1 year ago

    sa wat dee.

    @Erin
    Yeah, that is reasonable. Go rationalizing!

    @Viet
    Depends on the machoness I suppose. But if they were really macho, wouldn't their machoness just distract everyone from the armband?

    Also, unless there is a lowered percentage in crime or whatever and an increase in police effectiveness, I kind of see this thing as useless. But if I worked for Hello Kitty, I'd be very happy, assuming they somehow make a profit from this, if not some type of advertising.

    I should ask my FES friends who went back to Thailand if they've seen this. haha.
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  • Daniel

    1 year ago

    lol this is humiliating? Well, actually, I wouldn't want to be caught wearing that thing on my arm. :(
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  • Immelmann

    1 year ago

    I gotta say, the guy on the photo doesn't seem to unhappy about it :) Still, not a bad idea! I wish they'd make something like this for Russian police, but, realistically, the police force here is too corrupt, nobody ever gets caught, and, for a final counter-argument, hardly anyone knows what hello kitty is...
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  • Marc

    1 year ago

    Make them wear skirt,no, not a kilt,but a skirt,around the office. That would be humiliating!
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  • Erin

    1 year ago

    Man, I didn't realize how merciless the tofugu audience is, hehe.
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  • miya

    1 year ago

    @ viet: real men wear pink!! XD

    the darth vader pic is scary.. its like proving how power full Hello Kitty is *buru*

    i guess making them wearing the armband for a day will make people to disrespect them, and all, but whats the point of making them wear it inside the office? doh!
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  • Tiya

    1 year ago

    They should make them wear it outside.
    There is really no real "humiliation" if they're all just locked up in a room together.

    lol! I think making them them wear skirt is a bit much if they we're only late to work and other tiny little offenses like that...
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  • Kirby

    1 year ago

    I lol'd.
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  • Sexy Beam

    1 year ago

    That is completely awesome.
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  • Kaijiru

    1 year ago

    I wonder if it'll work, really. Perhaps if it wasn't on the news, it might do more damage. Seeing as when people look as someone wearing it, they'd be like "oh, he was just late, he's not wearing it by choice".
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  • Mary F.

    1 year ago

    Hah!!!! Super neat. :P
    That probably will make them even more scarier... Cutie pink thai cops that beat your as off until you regret every single thing you've done wrong in your life.
    They should make their staffs pink too, maybe with a flower/sanrio ornament in the end of it.
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