All good Catholics

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All good Catholics should rise up, burn some Australian flags and embassies, and demand an apology from the Australian Government and the head of Greens senator Kerry Nettle.

On the other hand, it's a funny t-shirt.

Background.

Comments

[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

I really can't see how people could be offended by that. Is the juxtaposition of biology and religion really that offensive to some people? Is it so wrong to say "I don't follow your religion, don't tell me how to live?" Or are people saying "OMG, that's offensive!" because they're afraid someone else is going to, and want to be seen being "sensitive" to the "issue?"

Sorry, got off on a rant there. Great slogan. ^_^

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

A little background: The Minister For Health is a devoted Catholic, and as minister he had control over whether the "abortion pill" RU486 would be allowed into the country or not, hence rosaries/ovries. Yesterday the Senate voted to take that power off him and give it to the Theraputic Goods Administration (The Aussie version of the US's FDA. I don't know the name of Canada's version) who has control of every other drug. There was no real reason why the Minister had control over this one drug.

I don't know why people are getting so upset about it unless they see doing so to be some way of showing "balance" with the Mahommed Cartoons thing.

[nekura-ca.livejournal.com]

That makes more sense. From the articles, I was under the impression that it was the church that was trying to take away the normal duties of the minister. Either way, it's a perfectly valid statement to make, if a little inflammatory, and can't see how it constitutes "...derogatory remarks about a particular religion." But you're right, at this point in time, it's not a good idea to say anything that could possible be considered "offensive."