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An image of Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb kissing the pope is featured in the latest Benetton ad that is causing quite a stir.
Benetton has since removed the image after complaints from the Vatican, who plans to take legal action.
A statement from the Vatican said the ad was “damaging to not only to dignity of the Pope and the Catholic Church but also to the feelings of believers.”
Their
feelings? Wow.
Other ads in the same campaign feature other world leaders.
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Il kissing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (Courtesy Unhate)
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting with representatives of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas March 4, 2011. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
Oh, this story is just a beaut! Every once in a while you see a story that just doesn't need much explaining. You can just sit back and laugh at the pure stupidity of some folks.
Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday.
"I have always said, heard, that it would not be strange that there had been civilization on Mars, but maybe capitalism arrived there, imperialism arrived and finished off the planet," Chavez said in speech to mark World Water Day.
Chavez, who also holds capitalism responsible for many of the world's problems, warned that water supplies on Earth were drying up.
"Careful! Here on planet Earth where hundreds of years ago or less there were great forests, now there are deserts. Where there were rivers, there are deserts," Chavez said, sipping from a glass of water.
He added that the West's attacks on Libya were about water and oil reserves.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
Okay, sorry about that; I had to pick myself up off the floor.
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Oh, well if Hugo Chavez is for it, shouldn't we all be? This is getting more disturbing.
Chavez's congressional allies are considering extending the "Social Responsibility Law" for broadcast media to the Internet, banning messages that "disrespect public authorities," "incite or promote hatred" or crimes, or are aimed at creating "anxiety" in the population.
Government opponents and press freedom groups have been critical of the plan, saying it is one of several measures being considered that could restrict freedoms in Venezuela.
"We aren't eliminating the Internet here ... nor censoring the Internet," Chavez said during his weekly television and radio program, "Hello, President." "What we're doing is protecting ourselves against crimes, cybercrimes, through a law."
Disrespecting public authorities? That could be anything! If you criticize an opinion of an authoritative figure, that could very well be banned. These terms are so broad, making it open-game to shut anyone down with an opposing opinion. How is that NOT getting rid of the internet?
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"They're calling me a dictator?" Chavez said, dismissing the criticism. "They're the dictators, those who are crazy for installing the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie once again in Venezuela - but we'll never again allow them."
Delusions.
