Why Lady Gaga outraged Indonesia, and what the US should learn 14Google +10 CWN - June 01, 2012 >From Our Store: Misinterpreting Catholicism (eBook) Authorities in Indonesia have cancelled a concert by Lady Gaga. Western journalists have generally interpreted the move as another example of Islamic repression. Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, writing for Catholic World Report, offers a quite different perspective. Lady Gaga’s performances are offensive, Hoffman argues, not only because of their crude sexual content but also because they are deliberately insulting to religious faith. The outrage that she provoked in Indonesia was not confined to Islamic militants. The episode should be recognized as a warning of a trend developing in many countries: “a growing indignation at what is perceived as an American cultural imperialism that treats the moral values of other countries with contempt.” http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=14499&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatholicWorldNewsFeatureStories+%28Catholic+World+News+%28on+CatholicCulture.org%29%29
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