“Sticking It to Them”

In China, the Communist Party is giving out yellow smiley face stickers in an attempt to pacify citizens and soften social unrest following last month’s ethnic riots, The stickers say, “A smile is the common language of all nationalities,” but they are only for Chinese people.

Though the primary issue is over ethnic riots, somehow no one thought yellow-faced stickers were racist.

The smiley face on the stickers may not calm everyone, and the slogan on the stickers may not bring everyone to harmony, but the L.S.D. probably helps.