Year Of the Rat _ Should Mickey be offended??

Year Of the Rat _ Should Mickey be offended??
Jan 31, 2008 09:17
JABAROOTOO Points: Join Date: Jul 4, 2005 Status: offline	This year in the Chinese Calendar is the year of the Rat. Ironically, Disney's iconic Mickey MOUSE is taking centre stage with the Beijing Mascots - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini - in New Year decorations around the country. Shouldn't Mickey MOUSE be offended? After all he is not a RAT! And one may well ask what is an American cartoon character doing along side the Chinese Olympic mascots in a very traditional Chinese New Year celebration??????

Jan 31, 2008 09:17

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This year in the Chinese Calendar is the year of the Rat.

Ironically, Disney's iconic Mickey MOUSE is taking centre stage with the Beijing Mascots - Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini - in New Year decorations around the country.

Shouldn't Mickey MOUSE be offended? After all he is not a RAT!

And one may well ask what is an American cartoon character doing along side the Chinese Olympic mascots in a very traditional Chinese New Year celebration??????

Jan 31, 2008 11:21	#1
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	This is a weighty issue and merits serious consideration! I will ponder it during my flight over the Pacific and see if I can come up with great wisdom concerning this matter. ;-) This post should be fun JABAROOTOO.

Jan 31, 2008 11:52	#2
JCNILE123 Points: Join Date: Mar 30, 2006 Status: Offline	Mickey is an American icon. China is China.

Jan 31, 2008 22:12	#3
ICEBERG Points: Join Date: Sep 10, 2007 Status: Offline	"Shouldn't Mickey MOUSE be offended?" Of course not. "After all he is not a RAT!" He is not a rat? What is it? A mouse？

Jan 31, 2008 23:41	#4
LEMONCACTUS Points: Join Date: Dec 8, 2005 Status: Offline	oooooo! So is this the year of the rat... or the year of the mouse ? Does the Chinese 鼠 mean rat or mouse... ? according to my dictionary it's both!!

Feb 1, 2008 10:05	#5
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	Ok, so it is the year of Supermouse, much nicer than rat.

Feb 1, 2008 19:25	#6
LEONARDO Points: Join Date: May 21, 2007 Status: Offline	We use " Rat" instead of " Mouse" in Chinese zodiac. That expression has been commonly accepted.

Feb 11, 2008 21:34	#7
JIMMYB Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Should the Mickey Mouse be offended? No. I suggest a duel between Mickey and Olympic Mascots. The winner takes all.LOL!

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