Taiwan Nuclear Protest
In June, 2006, a group of protesters in Taiwan demanded that the government cease construction of its fourth nuclear power plant. The protest was titled "Rather nude than nuke" and about 30 demonstrators took part. These six covered their fronts, but not their rears. I was puzzled by their chest message EKUNON, until I realized that it said NO NUKE backwards. Why backwards? The protesters had simply each turned around to face the opposite direction for this photo.
Here's a rear view of them before they turned around. Note that the guy with the head scarf, who is on the right end of the line in the previous photo, is now on the left end of the line when viewed from the other side, so their chest message would read NO NUKE from left to right.
I can't read Chinese, so I don't know what the message on their backs says.
4 comments:
Chinese is written from Right to Left.
I know that, Jim. I'm sure the protesters know that English is written from left to right, and I still can't read what their Chinese message says.
They have a nice rear-view.
I agree 100%!!!
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