Протести проти волосся на обличчі у Південній Кореї

[Dilbert]

цікаво, як історичний контекст може викликати протест проти такої банальної речі як вуса

 

цілком погоджуюсь - фу дровосєки і дартан‘яни

 

 

South Koreans say no to facial hair.

Social media users in South Korea have launched a campaign against U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris’s mustache, accusing him of insulting his host country by sporting a look that, according to the Guardian, “reminds many South Koreans of the days of Japanese colonial rule,” when several Japanese governors had mustaches.

 

The Korea Times suggested that his facial hair “has become associated with the latest U.S. image of being disrespectful and even coercive toward Korea.” Harris, who is Japanese-American, has dismissed such concerns, telling local journalists, “I’m the American ambassador to Korea, not the Japanese American ambassador to Korea.”