Goddess’s pants removed
A Belgian firm has removed from production a pair of men’s underpants bearing the image of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Dod apologised profusely to the Hindu community following strong complaints (2 in number, judging from the INEPEXT report):
Please accept our deepest apologies, we respect all religions and didn’t mean any harm
it whimpered.
ONe Sumit Chatterjee, “a long-time Indian resident in Belgium” said in his protest letter
I was deeply shocked and astounded to see the picture of our Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth printed on an undergarment being displayed at your shops
The other complainant was a Mr Kapoor Chand Prem, who said the garment was an “insult to our religion and culture”.
What’s a poor pants seller to do?
we are very sorry for having offended you, but not being conscious of the origin of the picture, we didn’t do it on purpose.
Of course all these items will be sent back to where they came from and today I will ask the shop to take them out of the shelves
I’m trying to decide whether this is sillier than the chocolate Jesus statue or not.
Incidentally, according to Wiki (fount of all accuracy, I know but I’m lazy!) “Lakshmi (Sanskrit: ??????? lak?m?) is the Hindu goddess of wealth, light, wisdom, the lotus flower and fortune, and secondarily of luck, beauty, courage and fertility.”
I love the way many people fold instantly at even a hint of a complaint on the basis of religion. It’s so dignified.
Yes, get those Calvins off him at once… slurp
Would be ironic if they were made in India, as so many items of clothing are these days.
Btw, wasn’t Calvin a religious leader?
Same old, same old. *We’re* offended – so *you* must change. It’s pathetic.
What was Lakshmi doing, fallating the user? If not, then it’s just an image printed on material, nothing to do with ‘ooh, my bits are actually touching a Hindu god.’
Crikey, that’s a serious case of crabs!
Hindu gods and goddesses like putting it about a bit anyway. That Shiva, he couldn’t keep it in his blasphemous underpants…
Wait until the mullahs find out about the knickers with more-ham-head on the arse 😉
Can godess lakshmi do anything? hahahahh poor goddess