Indian protesters burn effigies of Richard Gere after public kiss

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by fotze

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

NEW DELHI (AP) - Angry crowds in several Indian cities are burning effigies of Richard Gere.


It's happening after Gere swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event.

Photographs of Gere embracing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek at an HIV/AIDS awareness event in New Delhi were splashed across front pages.

India is a country where sex and public displays of affection are largely taboo.
In Mumbai, members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena beat burning effigies of Gere with sticks and set fire to glamourous shots of Shetty.

I wonder if this stems from the hindu's belief in never harming animals and Gere's past treatment of gerbils?

No gerbils were harmed in the formation of this riot.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

LOL, I don't know why this story made me laugh out loud, but it did.

[bluejays]

I think it's dumb shat disturbing, but Rich Gere should know better going into a country, what is taboo and what is not. Too often Hollywood celebs see themselves as above the law and do things regardless, which is shat disturbing themselves. Whatever.

[Reggie Dunlop]

He should be burned in effigy for Autumn In New York too.

[Winsor_Pilates]

LOL. What a bunch of idiots. Some people just need any excuse to act like morons.

[Burninator]

So why are they burning effigies of him? Do they want him dead? Killing some for a cultural misunderstanding is, I don't know, just a wee bit of an over reaction.

[Prototype]

It may have been a bit before my time, but I've heard the Gerbil reference many a time. What's it all about. I mean, I don't want to try what I think it is. Syl told me it was fun and that I should try it some time.

Seriously, what's the big deal about Gere and Gerbils?

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by Prottotype

It may have been a bit before my time, but I've heard the Gerbil reference many a time. What's it all about. I mean, I don't want to try what I think it is. Syl told me it was fun and that I should try it some time.

Seriously, what's the big deal about Gere and Gerbils?

From Urban Dictionary:

4. gerbil


a small rodent that lives in Richard Greer's tuckus.

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by Burninator

So why are they burning effigies of him? Do they want him dead? Killing some for a cultural misunderstanding is, I don't know, just a wee bit of an over reaction.

Its called religious intollerence and ignorance. Christians used to do stuff like that too.... 400 years ago.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Its called religious intollerence and ignorance. Christians do stuff like that too.

Fixed.

[Rerun]

Originally Posted by fotze

Ya, some may look at this the same way some european countries looked at the US and the Janet Jackson boob expose uproar.

I don't recall angry crowds in multiple US or Canadian cities burning effigies of Janet Jackson.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by fotze

Ya, some may look at this the same way some european countries looked at the US and the Janet Jackson boob expose uproar.

I don't recall people banning Janet from the radio and stomping and burning her CD's. Oh right, that was the Dixie Chicks.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Its called religious intollerence and ignorance. Christians used to do stuff like that too.... 400 years ago.

Yeah, it's been 400 years since Christians practiced religious intolerance and acted out of ignorance towards another culture.

[Hakan]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Its called religious intollerence and ignorance. Christians used to do stuff like that too.... 400 years ago.

Post of the month.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Hakan

Post of the month.

Perhaps the year.

[Rerun]

Gee... refresh my memory. When was the last time angry mobs in multiple Judeo-Christian cities burned effigies denouncing someone because they offended their religion.

Instead we take down Christmas trees because we're afraid their Christian symbolism might offend someone who is not of the Christian faith.

[Vulcan]

I opened this thread thinking he must have kissed another guy. Glad to see it wasn't but the Indians sure have a strange attitude considering their high birthrate.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Gee... refresh my memory. When was the last time angry mobs in multiple Judeo-Christian cities burned effigies denouncing someone because they offended their religion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_burning

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by fotze

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

NEW DELHI (AP) - Angry crowds in several Indian cities are burning effigies of Richard Gere.


It's happening after Gere swept a popular Bollywood actress into his arms and kissed her several times during an AIDS-awareness event.

Photographs of Gere embracing Shilpa Shetty and kissing her on the cheek at an HIV/AIDS awareness event in New Delhi were splashed across front pages.

India is a country where sex and public displays of affection are largely taboo.
In Mumbai, members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena beat burning effigies of Gere with sticks and set fire to glamourous shots of Shetty.

I wonder if this stems from the hindu's belief in never harming animals and Gere's past treatment of gerbils?

This is nothing new for public displays of affection . . . . Valentines Day is a phenomenon sweeping across India, sparking protests:

As a Valentine's Day card smoldered, more than 100 members of the Hindu extremist group Shiv Sena chanted "Death to Valentine's Day" and "People who celebrate Valentine's Day should be pelted with shoes!"

Valentine's Day has in the past two decades made strong inroads in India as the country has slowly opened itself up to the outside world - its economic boom bringing in not just foreign investment but also aspects of Western culture virtually unknown here a quarter century ago.

Across the country, stores stock heart-shaped balloons and chocolates, restaurants offer Valentine's Day specials and young lovers find refuge from prying eyes in the parks.

It's a state of affairs that enrages Hindu and Muslim hard-liners, who on Wednesday vented just as they do every Valentine's Day - burning cards, holding rallies and even threatening to beat couples caught canoodling in public, a strict no-no for those who claim to defend traditional Indian values.

"This is a conspiracy to misguide the young people of our country," said Jai Bhagwan Goel, chief of the Shiv Sena's north India branch.

http://www.christianpost.com/article...'s_Day.htm

Cowperson

[Igottago]

I've got two words for those protestors...Kama Sutra.