Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A Kiss Is Just a Kiss

So, the Vatican threatened legal action over Benetton's photoshopped image of Pope Rat kissing Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed El-Tayeb.

I wonder why. This one, genuine not faked, didn't seem to be a problem:

Nor did this one:

Though this one, of course, is beyond the pale:

(That's the Popemobile in the background, bravely ignoring the kiss-in.)

I guess there are just some mysteries man was not meant to understand.