Just when you think you've seen it all ... - Collecting Tiki

E ErichTroudt Tiki Socialite SoCal Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 634	E ErichTroudt Posted posted on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 12:08 PM Years and years ago, the people of Easter Island used up all their resources to build these giant statues to please their God, King, their Society, etc. They basically destroyed themselves and their island building these statues. They ran out of food and trees, their men were stolen by South Americans and put into slavery, some fought their way back to Easter Island………all so they can have their one prized possession, the thing they basically killed themselves over, be made into a degrading looking Kleenex holder. Kinda bothers me. I have often pondered the thought about how we take pictures of other cultures Gods and put them on mugs, menus, etc. I usually get over it since most of the tikis we treasure are fake and made up. But this Easter Island one bothers me. Having Kleenex hanging out of his nose is not cool in my mind. But hey, this is coming from the same guy who puts his cigar ashes out in a tiki ashtray, so what do I know, huh. Erich [ Edited by: ErichTroudt on 2003-12-21 12:21 ]

Years and years ago, the people of Easter Island used up all their resources to build these giant statues to please their God, King, their Society, etc. They basically destroyed themselves and their island building these statues. They ran out of food and trees, their men were stolen by South Americans and put into slavery, some fought their way back to Easter Island………all so they can have their one prized possession, the thing they basically killed themselves over, be made into a degrading looking Kleenex holder. Kinda bothers me.

I have often pondered the thought about how we take pictures of other cultures Gods and put them on mugs, menus, etc. I usually get over it since most of the tikis we treasure are fake and made up. But this Easter Island one bothers me. Having Kleenex hanging out of his nose is not cool in my mind.

But hey, this is coming from the same guy who puts his cigar ashes out in a tiki ashtray, so what do I know, huh.

Erich

[ Edited by: ErichTroudt on 2003-12-21 12:21 ]

Post #65880 by ErichTroudt on Sun, Dec 21, 2003 12:08 PM