This is interesting! I've never heard of it before, but I'm a sucker for interesting beliefs and superstitions, so I probably would, depending on the price and the materials used.



This.... This makes little sense to me.
"In the late 1990s, several groups of human rights activists claimed that the practice of making Daruma without eyes (and the practices associated with them) is discriminatory against the blind."

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"They hand you a coloring book and say, 'Be creative, but don't color outside the lines.'"- George Carlin

Why? [link] That's why.

Blind people are often portraid as without pupils, they cannot see. Some people that have cataracts don't appear to have pupils. The traditional making darumas without pupils is seen as 'rude' because they read into it too much. I honestly don't think that a self respecting blind person would see it that way. You could say the same that the legend behind it is against say people without arms or legs.

The pupils denote the state and status of wishes/goals.

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Bah-wheep Grah-naw-wheep Nini-bong!

I understand where they're getting it, I just think it's grasping at straws.
But I like to be PC, so... *shrugs* If that's what makes 'em happy.

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"They hand you a coloring book and say, 'Be creative, but don't color outside the lines.'"- George Carlin

Why? [link] That's why.

Some things like that are grasping at straws

There's a difference between politically correct and anal.

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Bah-wheep Grah-naw-wheep Nini-bong!

...And sometimes, I am both!

In any case, the Darumas are still awesome, and I would definitely consider buying one.

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"They hand you a coloring book and say, 'Be creative, but don't color outside the lines.'"- George Carlin

Why? [link] That's why.