Crucifixion cartoon too incorrect for department store
Australia:
"More than 20 years after it first appeared, a classic Mambo design has proved too controversial to sell on a department store T-shirt. Big W has removed 200 shirts depicting the crucifixion of a mouse from 30 of its stores following a complaint. The design was created by the Australian artist Richard Allen in 1986.
The move comes just weeks after the discount department store added Mambo designs to its clothing range, which was seen as an attempt by the label to widen its sales base.
The "100 per cent Mambo" T-shirt bears the tagline: "Forgive them, father, they know not what to wear."
A spokeswoman for Big W, Clare Buchanan, said the T-shirt's inclusion in the Big W collection was reviewed after a complaint from a customer at its Fairfield store.
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It looks like the over-sensitivity fostered by the Left is catching in some quarters.
4 comments:
That shirt belongs in a goth store like Hot Topic, it's common marketing sense. A store like Hot Topic can get away selling uber-controversial stuff, the Big W can't unless they're happy pissing of the Christian majority.
Could it be that someone has finally realized that anti-Christian messages are just as offensive as anti-jewish and anti-Muslim messages?
I find the design mildly offensive and may have sent something to Big W to complain about it.
I would not have held a protest outside the store, burned the t-shirt or any flags, nor called for Christians to kill the artist and Big W CEO.
Ok, kids, now let's pretend that it was a picture of Muhammad raping a 9-year-old girl with the slogan, "Be a good Muslim and get your virgins!" What do you think the outcome would be?
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