Here is an excerpt from the article (click on the title for the rest!):
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Cheap Monday jeans are a hot commodity among young Swedes thanks to their trendy tight fit and low price, even if a few buyers are turned off by the logo: a skull with a cross turned upside down on its forehead.
Logo designer Bjorn Atldax says he's not just trying for an antiestablishment vibe.
"It is an active statement against Christianity," Atldax told The Associated Press. "I'm not a Satanist myself, but I have a great dislike for organized religion."
The label's makers say it's more of a joke, but Atldax insists his graphic designs have a purpose beyond selling denim: to make young people question Christianity, a "force of evil" that he blames for sparking wars throughout history.
---Katie
2 comments:
Now, if I were a Muslim and some bonehead did and said something like this guy did about Christianity, I'd have already issued a Fatwah and ordered his death. However, I'm a Christian and must forgive him for his stupidity. But it doesn't mean I won't be praying that the factory burns down or that sales are so bad they put him out of business. Oops- did I write that out loud? Perhaps I should just create my own jeans line with a giant fish that is eating his skull and upside down cross.
Trubble :)~
Interestingly, Sweden has hate speech laws that have been used against Christian ministers preaching against homosexuality.
Cecilia Julin, the Swedish ambassador to Slovakia, explained: "Swedish law states that public addresses cannot be used to instigate hatred towards a certain group." So much for free speech and religious liberty.
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weblogs/mohler/?adate=8/5/2004
Sounds to me as if this guy is using both words and his label to promote hatred against Christians. Where are the Swedish Speech Police now?
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