I would be amiss if I didn't mention that is was announced today all "Thai police officers who break rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame". Apparently Hello Kitty's kawaiiness is intended to shame these macho men into feeling like little girls. Hello it's 1864 calling! They'd like their sexist rhetoric back! Whatever your views on the Freudian aspect of this, one has to wonder if the power house Sanrio will be suing for negative publicity any time soon...
