So, you’re saying that sex, race, and religion are controversial?
Readers, which "we never realized this would offend anybody" statement do you find less convincing: Busta Rhymes not realizing Muslims might be offended by his Koran-sampling song "Arab Money," in which the rapper boasts of getting "oil-well money" and "gambling with Arafat? Or, Playboy not realizing that Catholics might be offended by its Mexican edition ...
Readers, which "we never realized this would offend anybody" statement do you find less convincing:
Readers, which "we never realized this would offend anybody" statement do you find less convincing:
Busta Rhymes not realizing Muslims might be offended by his Koran-sampling song "Arab Money," in which the rapper boasts of getting "oil-well money" and "gambling with Arafat?
Or, Playboy not realizing that Catholics might be offended by its Mexican edition depicting a nude model as the Virgin Mary on its cover?
I vote for the second one.
Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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