Nationes Pii Redivivi wrote:God Kefka wrote:
I'd call it cultural misappropriation. Trying to take a European legend, a European cultural and fictional treasure... and then co-opt it to a different cultural and ethnic context and claim it as ''universal.''
In the process completely ruining Santa Claus' physical appearance by deviating from the canon...
Because having a chink, negro, spic, wop, paddy, pole, jew, or any one who isn't part of our great Herrenvolk would sully and taint Santa Claus' physical apperance...how?
And deviated definitely from the canon...why?
And if Canon is how Santa was protrayed 'traditionally', that is, circa 1850, shouldn't we then depict all Irish people like this:
You know, for the sake of canon?
You're comparing apples and oranges. I'm talking about legends... you're talking about real people.