Idols

What does it mean to want to wear someone else's face, image, or brand on your shirt?

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The very word "idol" has been stripped of its historical connotations of idolatry, but if one does believe that there is no higher purpose to be distracted from, as most bears do, is there still a problem with this kind of image appropriation?  What does it even signify?  And what are the limits of the permissible in an age of instant internet reproduction of images?  Is this just algae floating on the surface of consciousness, or does it have deeper roots?  Certainly it reflects some kind of urge.

*60% of NJ Kpoppers' idols pictured.