Katy Perry Dark Horse video 'portrays blasphemy'

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26359917

Katy Perry Dark Horse video 'portrays blasphemy'

Katy Perry has been accused by some Muslims of "portraying blasphemy" in the video for her single Dark Horse.

The video features the pop star as an Egyptian queen who transforms suitors into sand by disintegrating them.

Shazad Iqbal, from Bradford, has started an online petition for it to be removed from YouTube after he spotted one of the suitors wearing a pendant with the Arabic word for God on it.

More than 60,000 people have signed the petition, saying the clip is offensive.

Explaining his reasons for starting the petition, Mr Iqbal wrote: "At 01:15 into the video Dark Horse a man is shown being burned, whilst wearing a pendant (also burned) forming the word Allah.

"Blasphemy is clearly conveyed in the video, since Katy Perry (who appears to be representing an opposition of God) engulfs the believer and the word God in flames."

He added: "Using the name of God in an irrelevant and distasteful manner would be considered inappropriate by any religion.

"My only request is to all artists in the music industry: You have wealth, fame and success - please do not use the foundations of other religions in a mockery to carry out your fame."

(continued, rants of a tolerant muslim... )

[JimC]

Simple answer.

Fuck off, deluded moron, and stop trying to ram your inane bullshit into the rest of society.

Go and have a fucking bacon sarnie...

[cronus]

Simple answer.

Fuck off, deluded moron, and stop trying to ram your inane bullshit into the rest of society.

Go and have a fucking bacon sarnie...

I'd like the mussies to be more open in their criticism...showing a sand-nigger melting, inferring usage of white phosphorus, I can make you levitate...subtle, almost, inference towards extraordinary rendition etc.

[Animavore]

They've airbrushed the offending item out on VEVO on YouTube.
Cowards

[cronus]

They've airbrushed the offending item out on VEVO on YouTube.
Cowards

How long before some wiseguy says it's blasphemy to airbrush away G-ds name?

[Sælir]

Simple answer.

Fuck off, deluded moron, and stop trying to ram your inane bullshit into the rest of society.

Go and have a fucking bacon sarnie...

I'd like the mussies to be more open in their criticism...showing a sand-nigger melting, inferring usage of white phosphorus, I can make you levitate...subtle, almost, inference towards extraordinary rendition etc.

A sandnigger??

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Simple answer.

Fuck off, deluded moron, and stop trying to ram your inane bullshit into the rest of society.

Go and have a fucking bacon sarnie...

I'd like the mussies to be more open in their criticism...showing a sand-nigger melting, inferring usage of white phosphorus, I can make you levitate...subtle, almost, inference towards extraordinary rendition etc.

A sandnigger??

And when you've finished -ing, you can again.

[cronus]

I'm not the inventor of the term. It's an Americanism I picked up.

[Sælir]

I'm not the inventor of the term. It's an Americanism I picked up.

So that makes it ok?

Is it ok that I call you white supremacist?

[cronus]

I'm not the inventor of the term. It's an Americanism I picked up.

So that makes it ok?

Is it ok that I call you white supremacist?

No, that's like saying I differentiate between people. They are all the same to me. White-nigger trash like me can't tell the difference.

[Sælir]

Well you seem to be differentiating between people by using derogatory terms for people of a certain colour.
If you didn't differentiate you wouldn't have used that word.

[cronus]

Well you seem to be differentiating between people by using derogatory terms for people of a certain colour.
If you didn't differentiate you wouldn't have used that word.

Really? Except I'd have known if I'd have some emotional weighting in using the term and it didn't happen. For me that is enough. Words are sounds and unless it is fire in packed theatre or fire in a firing squad no harm done. People have few qualms about using fire-fire-fire despite the numbers who've died in a fire related incident so I'll happily say nigger-nigger-nigger with no pangs of guilt and no deep down ill will intended.

[Hermit]

People have few qualms about using fire-fire-fire despite the numbers who've died in a fire related incident so I'll happily say nigger-nigger-nigger

Massive analogy fail. "Fire", unlike "sand-nigger", is not a derogatory term traditionally used by racist fuckwits for a group of human beings, and that is the crucial difference. Now, I am not claiming you are a racist, but I do think using that label in the context you have, is not only unnecessary - it is also disgusting.

Edit: Fixed quote tag.

[Sælir]

[cronus]

Yes, big deal here and now. What about in 350 years or 500 years? I mean - the use of the term in regards of slavery is out side and way beyond living recall, it's a cultural relic lost of its moorings, used by left right and centre for a shuttle cock. I don't play tennis. The cock drops.