Friday, May 11, 2012



Burger King Offends Hindus



We read:
"Hindus have asked Burger King Corporation to publicly apologize and immediately withdraw a poster seen in Spain, which shows Hindu goddess Lakshmi promoting a meat sandwich, which they termed repugnant.

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was highly disturbing to see goddess Lakshmi, who is highly revered in Hinduism, modeling for a meat sandwich as shown. Lakshmi was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not for pushing meat sandwiches in the streets for mercantile greed of a global corporation.

Rajan Zed pointed out that Hinduism promoted strict vegetarianism insisting on ahimsa (not harming living creatures) and non-killing, and renouncing animal slaughter and meat eating. It suggested taking of sattvik (vegetables, fruits, etc.) and avoiding rajasik (eggs, etc.) and tamasik (meat, intoxicants, etc.) foods.

Source

Hindu religions might seem wacky to us but try to explain the Christian triune God to a Hindu and he will think that you are the crazy one.  Odd though Hindu devotions may seem to us,  they are nonetheless often deeply felt.

For an American Hindu organization to complain about an advertisement in Spain smacks of  publicity-seeking, however.  I guess that they have learned American ways and found that getting  "offended" a lot can have payoffs of various sorts


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Where's the Beef?"

Brian from Rochester NY said...

Anonymous 12:39,

Wrong franchise slogan ;-)

Personally, I don't see a problem in asking BK to stop using the likeness. If it offends you, you have the right to speak up.

BK then has the right to ignore the request and risk losing a portion of their customer base, or stand firm and take a chance on not losing anyone.

As for complaint coming from the US, I agree with Jon. It smacks of opportunism from someone who is actively looking to be offended.

A. Levy said...

Quite true Jon. Being "offended" has become a new (and major) industry in America.

Having said that, the religious beliefs of Hindus deserve as much respect as any other religious beliefs. That is of course, if you assume any religions, other than Islam, are still respected.

Message To Burger King: DUMB, REALLY, REALLY, DUMB!

Anonymous said...

Is Bird of Paradise a closet Islamist?

Anonymous said...

Looks more like a cynical tactic of BK to get extra publicity, but a cowardly one not to use a picture of Muhammed instead!

Anonymous said...

JESUS SAVES...
at Bank of America

Anonymous said...

Isn't celery a living thing?

Anonymous said...

Humans must learn to live by photosynthesis!

Anonymous said...

I like gummy bears.

Go Away Bird said...

What flavor annon 1:22?

Anonymous said...

Green of course (lime).