{"id":5139,"date":"2010-05-31T22:49:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T06:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=5139"},"modified":"2010-06-01T11:14:17","modified_gmt":"2010-06-01T19:14:17","slug":"nadia-and-cami-samurai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/nadia-and-cami-samurai\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadia and Cami, Samurai"},"content":{"rendered":"

The exclusive Sister Wolf Samurai Award is only for heroes, so you won’t be surprised that the newest recipients are the partners of DI$COUNT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cami and Nadia are fashion designers but much more. They had the courage to move to Thailand from their home in Australia, only to find themselves in the middle of a violent political clash. They were forced to flee to safer ground but their spirits are unbroken.<\/p>\n

Last week, they posted a sharp and gleeful parody of Luxirare<\/strong>, an internet sensation known for striking but relentless branding.<\/p>\n

They’ve replied congenially to people who scolded them for being “negative” and\/or jealous. They’ve explained that they were blocked (and thus essentailly banned) from Luxirare’s website.<\/p>\n

Here are two issues that won’t go away:<\/p>\n

1. If you accept comments, should you censor them?
\n2. Is it bad etiquette to mock another blogger?<\/p>\n

Personally, I think the answers are obvious: NO and NO, respectively.<\/p>\n

As for parody, it is an art form. Nadia and Cami executed their parody with wit and style. It’s hard to see how it could be improved upon. If you don’t understand parody or satire, go see Spinal Tap again. Many years ago, The New Yorker ran a parody of Time Magazine, mocking their formulaic, awkward syntax. No one in those days would be so idiotic as to deem this effort “negative.” Why are people today such big babies??<\/p>\n

Nadia and Cami are talented, passionate, funny, warm and as an added bonus, beautiful. They are Challenging the Paradigm, as Faux Fuchsia<\/strong> would say. They are Samurai and they rule.<\/p>\n

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