Posted on 04/16/2014 12:01:45 PM PDT by Mount Athos
UNICEFs new campaign, Poo2Loo, targets Indias public defecation problem with a series of music videos, pranks and advertisements featuring a giant feces mascot.
According to the campaign, 620 million Indians are defecating in public every day.
Thats half the population dumping over 65 million kilos of poo out there every day. If this poo continues to be let loose on us, there will be no escaping the stench of life threatening infections, diseases and epidemics, the Poo2Loo website says, while asking visitors to sign a pledge to ending public defecation.
YouTube videos for the campaign feature giant, walking, talking, dancing, singing, piles of poo, and website visitors can even play a video game called Toilet Trek, where players can experience how difficult it is to find a public toilet in India.
According to the website, 28 million school children lack access to a toilet in school, and women and girls often avoid defecating until nighttime to avoid shame and possible assault.
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But the dead bodies floating in the river are ok? They throw their dead and defecate in the same river, at the same place they bathe and brush their teeth.
I guess the plus side is the disease helps keep the population down.
I have absolutely no doubt about the numbers.
I once stumbled across a Chinese student’s blog on the web. He posted dozens of photos of his visit in India.
Now, I realize that China still isn’t the most developed nation on earth, but what took me aback was this guy’s surprise and outrage over the bad public hygiene—he spoke as a Westerner, from a position of Western standards. He was *really* outraged and surprised this happened.
He was astonished that the “sacred” Ganges had piles of human defecation covering the riverbanks, the degree of public nudity during the act, and photos showed bodies (BODIES!) floating down the (sacred?) Ganges. Yeah, bodies.
Nobody bothered to retrieve them, let alone notice them.
And the photos of the “piles” were astonishing. It showed India as a helluva backward country, and it was SHAMEFUL. Even our medieval...no, DARK AGE ancestors didn’t live like this. And India can launch satellites...can you believe it?
I may scrounge up the link.
Sauron, lately, of Mordor (where we dig slit trenches, at the very least).
This Public Service Announcement brought to you by the Morder Visitors Bureau. Come visit Mordor. Bring the family!
That is hilarious. I need to rent one of those costumes for Earth day.
Beat me to it.
Mr. Poo uses the loo,
Do you?
I believe that Mumbai and Mexico City are two places on Earth where you can actually measure atmospheric fecal matter.
Mr. Poo appearing in turd world countries.
Well if the costume rental shop is out of them when you go you can always try for Mr. Scrotum. Of course if you live in San Francisco it might be hard to get as well.
Disgusting and disturbing
What ever happened to adults being decent around kids?
Here's the link: Shameful and Lazy!
When India's done with the mascot, he can come work games in Minnesota at Target Field.
I came across that blog as well. Very disturbing images. I am amazed that a Black Death type epidemic hasn’t broke out in that part of the world yet.
That IS disgusting and disturbing.
Do you know anything about the history and/or purpose of that “character”?
Turd world people, turd world ways and turd world problems in this case.
Here is a GAWKER piece on him: Mr. Scrotum
Michael Medved was playing some of their PSA’s during his show last week. I was rolling on the floor and busting a gut!
Probably the worst place in the world for him to reside, given their love of soccer.
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