News from the Poor Taste Dept.

[cheerful_deviant]

Holy site gets tacky map
MSNBC
By Brian Tracey

Pilgrims to a holy shrine in Portugal are being given free maps of the site that show the Virgin Mary on one side and advertisements for sex toys and aphrodisiacs on the other.
The maps, thought up by a local advertising company, have raised eyebrows among the Catholic faithful and ire from the authorities at the popular Sanctuary of Fatima.

"The map is not official and makes the wrong use of the picture of the Virgin Mary," a shrine spokeswoman said last week ahead of the the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on a hillside near the town 75 miles north of Lisbon. "The Sanctuary is saddened and will carry out the necessary measures to end its distribution."

Yes, massage oil and holy water really don't mix.

Why would anyone really think this was such a good idea? I may be going out on a limb here but my guess is that people who travel around the world looking at Holy sites, especially Catholics, probablly aren't the sex toy crowd.

 

[Guest]

Holy site gets tacky map


Why would anyone really think this was such a good idea? I may be going out on a limb here but my guess is that people who travel around the world looking at Holy sites, especially Catholics, probablly aren't the sex toy crowd.

um

i could debate this.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

um

i could debate this.

I could to. you were the first person I thoguht of when reading this

however, even though I'm sure that everyone from every religion would love to have sex toys from around the world, that doesn't mean that we need advertizements for them in our travel brochures.

 

[bluebell]

Directions for use of the Virgin Mary

"The map is not official and makes the wrong use of the picture of the Virgin Mary,"

That sentence sounds very odd to me.
And I'm really trying not to make a Girls Gone Wild joke right now.

*recites the Serenity Prayer instead*

 

[neonlyte]

Holy site gets tacky map
MSNBC
By Brian Tracey

Pilgrims to a holy shrine in Portugal are being given free maps of the site that show the Virgin Mary on one side and advertisements for sex toys and aphrodisiacs on the other.
The maps, thought up by a local advertising company, have raised eyebrows among the Catholic faithful and ire from the authorities at the popular Sanctuary of Fatima.

"The map is not official and makes the wrong use of the picture of the Virgin Mary," a shrine spokeswoman said last week ahead of the the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on a hillside near the town 75 miles north of Lisbon. "The Sanctuary is saddened and will carry out the necessary measures to end its distribution."

Yes, massage oil and holy water really don't mix.

Why would anyone really think this was such a good idea? I may be going out on a limb here but my guess is that people who travel around the world looking at Holy sites, especially Catholics, probablly aren't the sex toy crowd.

Actually CD, you have to live here to understand how such things happen. My fellows are capable of the most crass juxtapositioning, it's like the brain isn't connected to their eyes and not just in print media. They have a habit of worrying the details to death until it becomes to late to do anything sensible , or even tidy, until someone says 'fuck it' and they give the job to the company with the smallest estimate (and brain). It's the worse thing about living in a new democracy, they haven't yet reconciled freedom with responsibility.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I wonder if those sex shops sell the "Virgin Mary" model vibrator. One could be sanctified and satisfied at the same time.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

And I'm really trying not to make a Girls Gone Wild joke right now.

Mary would so be flashing herself on campuses and beaches across the world

(yes, I know how wrong that was, I'm not catholic though so I don't really care right now)

 

[neonlyte]

I wonder if those sex shops sell the "Virgin Mary" model vibrator. One could be sanctified and satisfied at the same time.

Tut, tut... where's the Rev Rumpole when you need him?

Say 100 'Hail Mary's' before bed missy.

 

[bluebell]

She fits since she's under eighteen, too. Goes with the current legal issues.

Mary would so be flashing herself on campuses and beaches across the world

(yes, I know how wrong that was, I'm not catholic though so I don't really care right now)

Ha!
You made the joke!
*happy dance*
Praise the Lord and pass the Mary!

She's so trendy.
And...well vibed.

 

[R. Richard]

The ad is obviously in poor taste.

However, poor taste here = controversy. Controversy = free publicity. Free publicity is the very best kind.

 

[rgraham666]

It's the worse thing about living in a new democracy, they haven't yet reconciled freedom with responsibility.

Don't feel bad. Over here in North America we've had democracy for centuries and we still aren't comfortable with or that good at it.

Never will be I suppose. Humans aren't really comfortable with democracy.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Don't feel bad. Over here in North America we've had democracy for centuries and we still aren't comfortable with or that good at it.

Never will be I suppose. Humans aren't really comfortable with democracy.

Well... down south of you, we had Democracy up until January 19, 2001, Rob. We sort of miss it now that it's gone

 

[egelante]

Holy site gets tacky map
MSNBC
By Brian Tracey

Pilgrims to a holy shrine in Portugal are being given free maps of the site that show the Virgin Mary on one side and advertisements for sex toys and aphrodisiacs on the other.
The maps, thought up by a local advertising company, have raised eyebrows among the Catholic faithful and ire from the authorities at the popular Sanctuary of Fatima.

"The map is not official and makes the wrong use of the picture of the Virgin Mary," a shrine spokeswoman said last week ahead of the the 90th anniversary of the first appearance of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on a hillside near the town 75 miles north of Lisbon. "The Sanctuary is saddened and will carry out the necessary measures to end its distribution."

Yes, massage oil and holy water really don't mix.

Why would anyone really think this was such a good idea? I may be going out on a limb here but my guess is that people who travel around the world looking at Holy sites, especially Catholics, probablly aren't the sex toy crowd.

I'm not too sure... the Church harbours all sorts.

The English Cathedral with a monk's face in agony carved at one end of the building is quickly subverted to ecstasy (or maybe still agony) when you walk round and look at the opposite end where you see another monk buggering him (to use that good old word ) springs to mind...

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I'm not too sure... the Church harbours all sorts.

The English Cathedral with a monk's face in agony carved at one end of the building is quickly subverted to ecstasy (or maybe still agony) when you walk round and look at the opposite end where you see another monk buggering him (to use that good old word ) springs to mind...

Why am I getting this image of the Cistine Chaple with Dildos on the right and Butt Plugs on the left?

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Why am I getting this image of the Cistine Chaple with Dildos on the right and Butt Plugs on the left?

because you watched the Dildo video one too many times?

 

[egelante]

Why am I getting this image of the Cistine Chaple with Dildos on the right and Butt Plugs on the left?

Erm... but it sounds like a fairly fun image. Bit like parliament, with 'Ay's on the left and 'No's on the right...

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

because you watched the Dildo video one too many times?

No. I think it was the Gonzoles Testimony before the Senate Judicary Committee.