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Constantly-Offended Sensibilities

By Brian C. Ledbetter · Wednesday, December 12. 2007 09:08
So I hear that the soccer team of Milan has been sued by a Muslim lawyer, because he was "offended" that it resembled the symbol of the Crusades. I guess that means that the following will be guaranteed to offend the sensibilities of the Perpetually Outraged as well, then:

Avert thine eyes, ye heathen swine!


Charles Johnson's got an excellent roundup of other perpetually-offended offences, as well.
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Rhymes With Right on 2007-12-12 18:17 #3406

Turkish Muslim Seeks EU Ban On Crosses

Better yet – instead of an EU ban on crosses, how about an EU ban on Muslims? A Turkish lawyer is taking legal action against Inter Milan, the Italian football team, for wearing a strip with “Crusader-style” red crosses that...

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forest on 2007-12-12 10:09 #1
*It looks like Denmark, Britain, Norway etc are going to have to change their flags now - or maybe just scrap them and submit to the EU flag. No, wait, that will probably piss off Turkey too. Maybe they should just go straight to a crescent design.
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