Cameron Diaz’s Inca Faux Pas

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Cameron Diaz inadvertently caused a mini-controversy during her trip to Peru by toting a bag emblazoned with a Chinese Communist slogan. Unbeknownst to Cameron, the slogan was popular with a Maoist-inspired insurgency during the recent past, which resulted in the death of over 70,000 Peru citizens. Oops.

Diaz, 34, was visiting the Inca city of Machu Picchu, a popular tourist site high in the Andes, wearing a green bag printed with a red star and the words “Serve the people”

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Published 6/25/07 by

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Yay communism is such a cool fashion statement...in America!

45 happydancrs 6/25/07 Message Add to Friends Reply

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Yea like anyone here wouldn't make the same cultural faux pas. We wear Che Guerro shirts all the time w/out even knowing who the guy is. Most people think Anarchism means living in chaos. Diaz is just a reflection of our ignorant culture.

195 thisismylife365 6/25/07 Message Add to Friends Reply

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She's from San Diego..

291 PinkPixieDust 6/25/07 Message Add to Friends Reply

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She's an idiot pure an simple, so no surprise that this has happened.

30 roseyposey 6/25/07 Message Add to Friends Reply

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i agree with 'thisismylife'. sometimes people are just ignorant. Carmen Diaz happens to be one of those people.

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