Comments on: Pedobear: 2010 Vancouver Olympics mascot?

By: DataShade

DataShade — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Other Polish newspapers are covering the mistake from the other paper: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.pardon.pl/artykul/10804/&sl=pl&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

*MUST* *HAVE* *TSHIRT* *OF* *THIS* (I live in Vancouver, and I would wear it everywhere.)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m not ashamed and I live in the Lower Mainland.

By: chlitto

chlitto — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@DataShade – pardon.pl is not a newspaper…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is a beautiful moment for the Internet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

the vancouver pedobear image also got published in a Lithuanian magazine. i was very surprised but i have a copy so…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

pedo means fart in spanish.
i really hope they change the name!

By: VICTOR JIMENEZ

VICTOR JIMENEZ — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Wow, 4chan just keeps pushing the boundaries of trolling. IRL Newspaper! Anonymous deserves an internet medal. Win is you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

RULE #1

By: zerozero

zerozero — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think Pedobear belongs with this ragtag group. He too is pointing at his crotch.

If I had the inclination I would go to the protest on Friday with a placard of Pedobear, and shout: “more pedobear! More…..”

By: relgin

relgin — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think “Antinous” is on to something. These so-called “mascots” are wearing no pants! It is really shameful the great Olympics should stoop to having such representatives, even if one of them is from Poland.

By: Sork

Sork — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Copyright laws are different in every country. Fair use is not an international standard. I don’t know if more than USA has it, and this is an issue between Canada and Poland. And I’m not resident of any of the mentioned countries. VANOC implicitly say they won’t pursue non commercial fan art of the logos. Although I’m not clear about what deal they have with the artists.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It did happen in Poland, but it’s not “highly esteemed” newspaper. Just some local newspaper. “Olsztyn Newspaper”. Olsztyn is 200.000 inhabitants city.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Foreshadowing from said previous boingboing article’s comments,

“on 17 posted by rollerskater , November 29, 2007 9:52 PM

holy shyte, it’s PEDOBEAR!!! keep your children away!!”

By: simonemarie

simonemarie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

pedobear is never, ever funny.

pedobear is a mascot for kiddie porn.

xeni, have you even seen what happens on /b/ when pedobear is op’ed? it’s a signal for people who have it to post their cache of child images. every single one of those KIDS was forced to make kiddie porn, maybe raped. funny? /b/eautiful?

please use your head and your voice, boingboing. pedobear is not a joke.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Nope, its official now… http://communities.canada.com/theprovince/blogs/olympicscity/archive/2010/02/07/polish-newspaper-accidentally-makes-pedobear-olympic-mascot.aspx

By: dubzee

dubzee — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I thought that damn bear had lost the ability to make me giggle after all these years…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Eh… no. Have you actually been on 4chan? Pedobear IS just a joke, not a pedophile bat signal.

By: pretzellogic

pretzellogic — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

What’s so controversial about this? What percentage of the Polish population (or any population) would recognize a “Pedobear”? I guess you have to spend time on websites where pedophiles tend to congregate…

By: pretzellogic

pretzellogic — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’m still with you on this one. I don’t think it’s a good idea to draw attention to something like pedobear with all the horrible baggage attached to the image (Perhaps we’re completely wrong, and Captain Picard is all you’ll ultimately end up with, but I’m not going to start clicking on images of pedobear on 4chan just to see if I’m right.)

By: Natmonkey

Natmonkey — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In my television guide the same image appears. Fools. But at least they don’t mention Pedobear as a mascot.

By: BroccoliDog

BroccoliDog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is a conspiracy by Desu Toys for pedobearplush.com.

By: BroccoliDog

BroccoliDog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

yes this is meerly running bear. see him walk!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This Spanish sports blog is actually crediting Pedobear by name.

Quatchi, Miga, Sumi, Mukmuk y Pedobear son â€œLas Mascotas de Vancouver 2010â€³, y como era de esperarse, no sÃ³lo estarÃ¡n presentes en en transcurso de los Juegos OlÃmpicos de Invierno, sino que ya se encuentran en cada rincÃ³n del mundo creado por el merchandising que rodea a estos juegos.

And...the guy who created it.

By: BroccoliDog

BroccoliDog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

yes this is meerly running bear. see him walk!

By: pKp

pKp — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

OMG this is hilarious.

By: Julian Bond

Julian Bond — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Rule #34

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It takes someone with the name “Pretzellogic” to accuse people of being pedophiles for knowing what pedobear is. Hey guess what Pretzellogic? With your reasoning, you too are now a pedophile!

I’m sorry, but I can’t stand for this witch hunt type thinking.

By: simonemarie

simonemarie — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

look: 4chan is the basement of the internet– it’s underground. the language of images that anonymous uses is complex and often nonsensical to the outsider. 4chan has its own vocabulary and its own sense of humor and justice– the racier the better. i’ve laughed hard at it, i’ve seen anon attack huge corporations to defend internet rights, i’ve seen them take down cat killers and potential child-abusers. it’s a /b/rotherhood open to anyone with the guts to be there. that’s why it’s such a great meme generator.

on one hand, this is great. free speech is awesome.

on the other hand, it’s anarchic. there are very few rules, and the rules that DO exist get broken every single night after moot goes to bed. people take advantage of 4chan, using anonymity to share their images of racism, gore, and child pornography. pedobear is one of these. absolutely and without a doubt: i am not waving the panic flag. what’s horrible is that these images inadvertently become part of the general 4chan vocabulary, mixed in with LOLcats and boxxy, and people seem to think it’s ok. it’s not ok, it’s not funny, it’s kiddie porn.

boingboing’s responsibility (and our own), is to remember ethical boundaries and decide when they’re being crossed. pedobear may not look the part, but he stands for pedophilia– and that’s not funny.

By: smandich

smandich — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yay for Pedobear. For fans of Meomi’s kickass Olympics mascots (especially the sasquatch Quatchi), check out my QuatchiWatch blog: http://quatchiwatch.wordpress.com/