On Saturday 03 May 2008 8:54:42 pm Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 4:55 PM, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Anyone know if it was actually used in a real campaign ? . I got > a stinker from someone in the ad agency/Coffee Board (I don't remember > which) telling me that I was trivializing religion and bringing > disrespect to our sacred culture. I guess things have changed...for > the better....IF this was actually used. Strange stuff. I believe that the ad agency/coffee board and the Shiv Sena and over-wrought NRI groups often miss the point about god and religion among a whole lot of Hindus in India. God is a friend, not a humorless entity that threatens and gets angry. By getting knickers in a twist over such things - these groups are converting a friendly ally of a god into something that is fearsome and is a fundamental misinterpretation (IMO) of god/s from the Hindu viewpoint. But then again - maybe that IS the point - i.e to say to everyone "If you can get pissed off over humorous depiction of your holy wotsit, I'm not going to be left out of this game - else you might think it's OK to be funny about my holy wotsit while its a crime to crack jokes about your holy wotsit" In fact that is what seems to be occurring at least some of the time shiv
