Australia:
"UPSET Hindus have welcomed apology from an Australian swimwear label over the depiction of image of Goddess Lakshmi on swimwear at Rosemount Australian Fashion Week in Sydney last week.
Indian activists of the right-wing Hindu organisation Shiv Sena held photocopies of models wearing swimwear featuring Lakshmi as they burned an Australian flag during a demonstration in Amritsar.
A statement attributed to Lisa Blue Swimwear, headquartered in Byron Bay said: "We would like to offer an apology to anyone we may have offended and advise that the image of Goddess Lakshmi will not appear on any piece of Lisa Blue swimwear for the new season, with a halt put on all production of the new range and pieces shown on the runway from last week removed.
In a statement, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, said the apology was “a step in the right direction”. He said inappropriate usage of Hindu deities or concepts for commercial or other agendas was offensive to devotees. Symbols of any faith should not be mishandled, he added.
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Maybe it's time for Christians to get on the bandwagon and do a bit of shouting, fist waving and flag burning etc. Christians in both Britain and America certainly get a lot of hate poured out at them by atheists and the Left.
10 comments:
Anonymous 12:17 and 12:59,
I am a Christian, and I do not act or say the things you depict as typically Cristian.
My faith and my church do not condemn homosexuality. ALL are welcome at our worship, and some take leading roles in service and education, defined by their faith, not their sexual preference.
To make a statement so blatantly stereotypical shows your ignorance and intolerance,not theirs.
Brian - you are biased to say it's stereotypical when it's more typical than your apparently tolerant local church. I am of course "ignorant" of your particular church but not of others.
I have to agree with them, she should not be wearing that bathing suit...or any other bathing suit...or anything at all other than me of course!
I would object if my wife or daughter wore one, for a totally different reason: one shouldn't advertise a heathen deity.
In other words, although the costume might be considered in some circles as trivialising somebody's religion, it could just as easily be seen as making that religion acceptable.
Ahh, Islam. The religion of tolerance and peace.
Regardless of what's said, damn she's hot! I'd climb the steps of that temple ANY day!
Anon 8:50 AM, um look again. The article title is, "Hindus learning from Muslims". Frankly, that scares the Hell out of me.
Sig, BOO! LOL
Actually, I LOVE seein' pics of Jesus and angels and anything else Christian-related. Does not bother me a bit. Would like to see more of it. Maybe we could all start wearing crosses around our necks as a fashion trend. (No snaps to Madonna and the Goths -- I'm serious about more people taking pride in showing that they're Christians. Sounds great to me.)
You mean like stereotypes have no basis in reality?
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