Small comfort: 
A bar in Athens has been ordered to remove a Southern Comfort poster featuring a multi-armed Durga holding bottles of whiskey (via India-West):
Large posters inside and outside the Balon Oriental Disco Bar in Athens depict the Goddess carrying bottles of Southern Comfort Whiskey in her hands…
The Indian community in Athens has been trying for the last three months to have the posters removed but in vain. Letters have been sent to the American manufacturer of Southern Comfort Whiskey in Tennessee, America, to withdraw the poster. [Link]
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p>Tacky? Yes. Boycott? Begone my NyQuil-flavored winter warmth. But there’s no need to go all Danish on their kundis. How very fundie-Muslim of them:
The offending poster was removed from the discotheque as a result of direct communication from the Greek Embassy in New Delhi to the authorities in Athens to have the poster removed immediately… The offending poster was removed from the discotheque as a result of direct communication from the Greek Embassy in New Delhi to the authorities in Athens to have the poster removed immediately as otherwise there would be a strong reaction from Hindus worldwide. [Link]Das says that the community wants to round up all the existing posters and burn them… members of the Sikh faith in Athens joined forces with the Hindu communities in their protest. [Link]
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p>Whiskey is not the only product Hindu deities apparently endorse (and may I have powertoni over their royalty checks?):
They are also offended that a Greek company has been using Lord Ram’s image on a tissue paper box. “Despite protests, the tissues bearing Lord Ram’s image have been in circulation for over a year because their German manufacturer has refused to cease production,” said Das. NCHT is outraged that the picture of a greatest Indian God is being featured on… something on which people blow their noses. [Link]
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p style=”margin-right: 0px”>Of course, it might help if Hindus themselves stopped slapping Krishna and Rama on commercial products and banks in India. Finally the makers of SoCo apologized, but the explanation beggars belief:
“We made a terrible mistake,” Brown-Forman’s vice president of corporate communications Phil Lynch told India-West Feb. 14 in a telephone interview from the company’s corporate headquarters in Louiseville, Ky. “We didn’t realize it was the image of a Hindu goddess.” [Link]
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p>And that purportedly white dude in a fabulous halo? Andrés Serrano didn’t realize that was the image of a Christian prophet.