Church vs. campaign
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- cola
French court has banned the Christ advert by Marithe et Francois Girbaud. France's Catholic Church has won a court injunction to ban the clothing advertisement based on Leonardo da Vinci's Christ's Last Supper.
- komodofrog0
They what, mother fuckers, its on now.
- kezza_20
dont forget this was the country that also banned muslim headscarves.
They are trying to remove religious iconography everywhere from crosses in the classroom to skull caps.
- cola0
so much for freedom of expression.
- komodofrog0
too remove religious iconography I'm coo with, but not a piece mockin religion. god damnit. It looks so damn cool. I want a painting like that on my wall.
- monNom0
but it sounds as though the catholic church had issue with it, not the french gov't.
I'm a bit surprised. It's not as though there's a copyright issue. It may be poor taste to some, but it's not THAT scandalous.
- komodofrog0
scandalous is me dressed as the big bad wolf, and walking with red cap through the vatican city doing what I do best. chaos.
- Duane0
But those creepy spider and scorpion AIDS ads are OK? Go figure.
- dexter0
muslim headscarves are banned on turkish schools too.
- monNom0
"But those creepy spider and scorpion AIDS ads are OK? Go figure."
LOL
- komodofrog0
I'm already in a bad mood for my front tooth to have randomly cracked again.
- brandelec0
come on, this is exactly what they wanted, they're getting way more publicity for it this way
wouldja think!
- monNom0
drag queens would have gotten even more.
- kezza_20
IT IS ODD AS IT WAS A PIECE OF art not a religious artifact. But I guess the subject matter is, and mey piss some people off.
Hey look as someone working in advertising, I think it's pretty lasy to rip off the worlds most famous painting to sell jeans. And frankly the clothing company will love the fact it was banned.
Its just the Benetton school of advertising.
- komodofrog0
On second thought, burn that shit.....
- kld0
if that was my last supper I would surely die a happy man.
- kezza_20
It is an interesting discussion. Should you be able to walk over someone's beliefs to sell something?
I'm not too sure. I've recently done some work selling chocolate bars using famous sports people. Dicotomies are everywhere
- komodofrog0
no you wouldn't my last supper includes goo goo girls and brasilian bbq. beat that jesus.
- kezza_20
chicken livers and naked chicks.
- komodofrog0
I rip everything off, but in a way nobody notices, and I keep all to myself since I'm too retarded to go ahead and open a web design agency, I still have to find that volunteer assistant to work for the dark side.
- komodofrog0
you mean chicken hearts