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WASHINGTONFollowing the publication of the image above, in which the most cherished figures from multiple religious faiths were depicted engaging in a lascivious sex act of considerable depravity, no one was murdered, beaten, or had their lives threatened, sources reported Thursday. The image of the Hebrew prophet Moses high-fiving Jesus Christ as both are having their erect penises vigorously masturbated by Ganesha, all while the Hindu deity anally penetrates Buddha with his fist, reportedly went online at 6:45 p.m. EDT, after which not a single bomb threat was made against the organization responsible, nor did the person who created the cartoon go home fearing for his life in any way. Though some members of the Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist faiths were reportedly offended by the image, sources confirmed that upon seeing it, they simply shook their heads, rolled their eyes, and Continued on with their day
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/
I have posted this before. But given all the post whining about Islmophobia I thought it was worth posting again.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)First time I've seen it.
Vishnu is flexible.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)The clear intention of that garbage is not to express irreverence toward all religions, it is to imply that Muslims are inherently more barbaric and dangerous. FUCK THAT SHIT.
And fuck The Onion for being so fucking obtuse.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)
produce stuff like this? It doesn't.
The Ayatollah of Iran issues a Fatwa on Salman Rushdie for writing a book.
The vatican made no similar declaration when Brooks did this