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 ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.

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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