[Antoninus]

So you are saying the statue was a representative of the Blessed Mother and should be held in such regard.. hmmmm... sounds like a 'graven image' to me..

Ah, I get it. You recognize that this is offensive to Catholics and you're ok with it because ... you think it's good to insult Catholics.

Let me try to explain this in terminology so simple, even a chimp can understand...

Let's say someone took a picture (a representation) of your own mother and insulted her on national television and referred to her "bleeding out the ass," in the picture. Would you just turn the channel and say "no big deal"?

[mnehring]

Ah, I get it. You recognize that this is offensive to Catholics and you're ok with it because ... you think it's good to insult Catholics.

Nope, I don't recognize it as an insult to Catholics.. I recognize it as an insult to people who put statues in place of God, something real Catholics wouldn't do.
Real Catholics don't pray to statues for healing..

..and if I started praying to a statue of my mom and worshiping her as a God, she would probably be the first person to put something insulting up about herself to straiten out my priorities and shock me into thinking..