It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

MASCOTS FOR RIOT POLICE? South Korea's got 'em. The Marmot doesn't like 'em. I've noticed a tendency in Korea to not only have cute little mascots for anything and everything (which in and of itself is hardly unique. Remember those annoying mascots from the Salt Lake City winter games?) but to anthropomorphize everything. Money bags, brick walls, hot dog vending machines in the subway, you name it, if it is a symbol for a Korean business, government, or cultural venture, it must have arms, legs, eyes, ears, etc. I remember seeing a poster that depicted a cartoon starfish standing on two extra limbs, waving another extra limb and giving the thumbs up with yet another. I guess the five limbs it already had weren't enough. I'm not even sure what this is supposed to be, but, true to form, it has hands and feet.