There is always a huge outcry whenever there is a depiction of a religious founder or leader in a sort of caricature mode or in a "derogatory" manner. There was always somewhere someone depicting Jesus with a smoking pipe or a bottle of whiskey or puffing a cigar; not to mention someone, drawing a caricature of Prophet Muhammad (not too often though!); or some celebrity dancing around trees in a movie draped with some shawl with imprints of gods and goddesses. Immediately there are protests and letters and agitations...
Well, understandably sentiments are delicate and thereby one easily gets hurt. To voice a corrective note is obviously a sensible thing to do. However, things often are taken overboard and an unnecessary ruckus created. More than stage protests and create a scene, the same occasion could very well be used to instruct, perhaps using the very same "derogatory" text/movie/picture. Take the wind off the sails! Or use the wind to steer in your direction...
I suppose that demands much prudence, wisdom and knack.
Well, understandably sentiments are delicate and thereby one easily gets hurt. To voice a corrective note is obviously a sensible thing to do. However, things often are taken overboard and an unnecessary ruckus created. More than stage protests and create a scene, the same occasion could very well be used to instruct, perhaps using the very same "derogatory" text/movie/picture. Take the wind off the sails! Or use the wind to steer in your direction...
I suppose that demands much prudence, wisdom and knack.
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