Unhate foundation withdraws pope-kissing Imam photo after Vatican complains - Polidicks

[URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/17/vatican-criticises-benetton-pope-kissing"]Source[/URL] [release] Italian clothing company Benetton has withdrawn a publicity shot of the pope kissing a Muslim religious leader following a Vatican backlash. A digitally manipulated picture showed Benedict XVI locking lips with Mohammed Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand sheikh of al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, as part of [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/"]an advertising campaign[/URL] that launched on Wednesday and featured unlikely combinations of religious and political figureheads kissing. An image of Silvio Berlusconi kissing Angela Merkel was withdrawn after the controversial Italian leader submitted his resignation last week. The offending poster of the pope and Tayeb briefly appeared in Rome, but the Vatican reaction was swift. Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi criticised the company for exploiting the pope's image, calling it completely unacceptable. He said: "We must express the firmest protest for this absolutely unacceptable use of the image of the Holy Father, manipulated and exploited in a publicity campaign with commercial ends. This shows a grave lack of respect for the pope, an offence to the feelings of believers, a clear demonstration of how publicity can violate the basic rules of respect for people by attracting attention with provocation." Lombardi also appeared to suggest that the Vatican would try to protect the pope's image in the future. Benetton apologised, saying it was sorry the picture "had so hurt the sensibilities of the faithful". [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/egypt"]Egypt[/URL] [URL="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/11/pope-middle-east-christians-egypt"]recalled its ambassador[/URL] to the Holy See earlier this year for what it called "unacceptable interference in its internal affairs" after the pope appeared to criticise the government for failing to protect Christian minorities.[/release] "[I]What does UNHATE mean? UN-hate. Stop hating, if you were hating. Unhate is a message that invites us to consider that hate and love are not as far away from each other as we think. Actually, the two opposing sentiments are often in a delicate and unstable balance. Our campaign promotes a shift in the balance: don’t hate, Unhate[/I]" [IMG]http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01408/pope-kiss_1408806a.jpg[/IMG] Rest of the photos: [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/usa_venezuela/"][IMG]http://static.unhatefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Palestine_Israel-940x664.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]President of the Palestinian National Authority – Prime Minister of Israel[/I] [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/northkorea_southkorea/"][IMG]http://static.unhatefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Germany_France-940x664.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Chancellor of Germany – President of France[/I] [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/palestine_israel/"] [IMG]http://static.unhatefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NorthKorea_SouthKorea-940x664.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Supreme Leader of North Korea – President of South Korea[/I] [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/germany_france/"] [IMG]http://static.unhatefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/China_USA-940x664.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I]Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China – President of the USA[/I] [URL="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/aw11_homepage_unhate06_nologo/"] [IMG]http://static.unhatefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/USA_Venezuela-940x664.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [I] President of the USA – President of Venezuela[/I]

For a split second I thought that this was an organisation dedicated to hating the U.N. My question is, are these extremely intricate photoshops, or the use of extremely accurate doubles?

This seems reasonable. It's an alternative and more personalized conception of the 'white hand shaking with black hand' motif [editline]18th November 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CheeseMan;33327180] My question is, are these extremely intricate photoshops, or the use of extremely accurate doubles?[/QUOTE] Neither, kissing on the lips is a non-western (well partially anyhow) version of shaking hands. [editline]18th November 2011[/editline] Of course, the expected response from us entrenched Westerners is likely to be [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXw6znXPfy4[/media]

Man they're all terrible fucking kissers

man this is wierd

Vatican has no right to remove any other than the ones with the pope

what

Wait, the Vatican is mad because a picture of the pope kissing another leader is being used to promote tolerance? The fuck is wrong with you Catholics?

Guys this is how many middle eastern and some Asian(?) countries shake hands, nothing sexual. Despite this, I laughed IRL when I saw the Kim Jong Ill one :v:

[QUOTE=Xain777;33328426]Wait, the Vatican is mad because a picture of the pope kissing another leader is being used to promote tolerance? The fuck is wrong with you Catholics?[/QUOTE] It's technically being used to promote clothing, but ya it's pretty weird.

[QUOTE=Xain777;33328426]Wait, the Vatican is mad because a picture of the pope kissing another leader is being used to promote tolerance? The fuck is wrong with you Catholics?[/QUOTE] gay acts are "icky"

[QUOTE=The Baconator;33329572]Guys this is how many middle eastern [..] countries shake hands, nothing sexual. [/QUOTE] Its not really common, but their lips never touch when they do that type of greeting.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;33329634]Its not really common, but their lips never touch when they do that type of gretting.[/QUOTE] Oh, well I know in Latin and South America it's common. My dad's side of the family is from there.

[QUOTE=Xain777;33328426]Wait, the Vatican is mad because a picture of the pope kissing another leader is being used to promote tolerance? The fuck is wrong with you Catholics?[/QUOTE] Since when does religion promote tolerance?

If I were an advertising executive, I don't think a series of ads featuring wrinkly, liver spotted old men making out would would be on the top of my idea list.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;33329634]Its not really common, but their lips never touch when they do that type of greeting.[/QUOTE] only the balls touch

Eughhh, the Chavez one.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;33329634]Its not really common, but their lips never touch when they do that type of greeting.[/QUOTE] Oh. Do their tongues touch?

[QUOTE=Mister Sandman;33333223]Oh. Do their tongues touch?[/QUOTE] Obviously

That is one fucking good camera

I'm sure this wouldn't be the first time the pope was involved in a homosexual activity. ;)

[QUOTE=Xain777;33328426]Wait, the Vatican is mad because a picture of the pope kissing another leader is being used to promote tolerance? The fuck is wrong with you Catholics?[/QUOTE] It's not about religion. Even doing this with random people without asking them is very disrespectful. But it would be ok with a priest and an imam who would have agreed to be on the picture. And it is more about shock people than promote tolerance. Why not just do a handshake?

I don't hate homosexuals. I actually encourage people to come out, but I still find it very awkward when two dudes kiss.

[QUOTE=valkery;33333957]I don't hate homosexuals. I actually encourage people to come out, but I still find it very awkward when two dudes kiss.[/QUOTE] People making out in public is awkward regardless of sexuality, but you shouldn't be weirded out if they just have a quick kiss.

[QUOTE=valkery;33333957]I don't hate homosexuals. I actually encourage people to come out, but I still find it very awkward when two dudes kiss.[/QUOTE] I personally don't mind making out in public in general. However regardless of sexuality it often gives me boners.

[QUOTE=valkery;33333957]I don't hate homosexuals. I actually encourage people to come out, but I still find it very awkward when two dudes kiss.[/QUOTE] That's only because you don't see it on tv every 12 seconds like you do with a man kissing a woman

Don't they actually make out in certain countries, or at least in the past?

[QUOTE=Zeke129;33334554]That's only because you don't see it on tv every 12 seconds like you do with a man kissing a woman[/QUOTE] Exactly. Same reason I see people take a double take whenever they see an interracial couple. It's ridiculous the way TV and movies influence us so much.

Yes, but did they slip tongue?

The article says digitally manipulated, why is everyone saying they are real? Or are they real? I find it more believable that their lips didn't actually touch, and they were edited so that their lips touched.