Atomic Bomb earrings target Japanese emotions
The city of Hiroshima in Japan has protested against the sale of Atomic Bomb earrings as souvenirs at Albuquerque's Atomic National Museum. While late last week, the museum was standing firm, latest word is that they've caved and the atomic gift shop's most popular keepsake has been withdrawn. The museum's tactical blunder was revealing the existence of "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" replica earrings on its website. Antinuclear activists in Japan stumbled onto the souvenir and complained...
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