{"id":2179,"date":"2005-09-09T14:48:16","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T19:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=2179"},"modified":"2005-09-09T13:00:36","modified_gmt":"2005-09-09T18:00:36","slug":"apology_issued_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/09\/apology_issued_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Apology issued for mislabeled “package”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I bet you are all wondering (well at least<\/em> those that swing from a particular side of the plate) what’s under that forbidden black box (who says SM only features pics of hot women?).  Seyd tips me off<\/a> to yet another one of those “I can’t believe they put a Hindu icon on that<\/em>,” controversies (see previous 1<\/a>,2<\/a>).  Now my position on this is that I personally don’t care one way or another since I don’t concern myself with religious icons.  Other people get upset and sue over this stuff and it’s their prerogative to do so.  So what is the situation here?  Rainbownetwork.com has the details<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

DNA Magazine, Australia’s top gay publication, has censored their latest cover in an effort to quell outrage from the Hindu community<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The cover features male fitness star Matt Walch wearing a Roberto Cavalli brief that is screen printed with an image of the Hindu goddess Laxmi. \n

In a letter to the Hindu community, Editor Andrew Creagh, apologized for the offence and let it known that the magazine had no “deliberate intention to cause offence, antagonize or show disrespect to people of the Hindu faith.”<\/strong> \n

He added that the magazine was “unaware that the garment portrayed a specific Hindu deity.”<\/blockquote>\n\n

That sounded like a pretty sincere apology.  I mean he’s not going to pull the magazine off the shelves or anything because then they’d lose money, but at least on their website there is a black box over the bacon.  What truly offends me is that the picture is of the goddess Laxmi.  If they had even half<\/em> a brain they would have more appropriately offended the Hindu community by using an iconic image of the Hindu diety that is associated with the Lingam<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Also, although I’ve been meaning to invest in a good thong, I don’t think that I would buy this design. The last thing I need is for a conflicted Hindu girl to re-discover religion at the…ummm…wrong moment.<\/p>\n\n

So you guys want to see what is under that black box?  Click below (might not be safe for work).<\/p>\n\n

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And in case you have poor vision:<\/p>\n\n

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Seyd asks:<\/p>\n\n

I wonder who’s the Hindu community they are referring to. The straight Hindu community? More than likely, because I checked several gay Desi sources and the magazine has slipped under their radar. Which makes me think, how did the straight Hindu community hear about this? Suspicious… <\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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