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Olympic chiefs 'sorry' opening ceremony caused offence
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Posted on 07/28/2024 12:36:58 PM PDT by RandFan

Olympic Games organisers have said they are "sorry" that scenes in Friday's opening ceremony caused offence.

A banquet sequence featuring drag artists in particular came in for criticism from Christian groups, who felt it parodied Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'The Last Supper'.

That famous 15th Century work depicts a key biblical scene.

The Catholic Church in France was among critics, saying the ceremony featured "scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity".

A US telecommunications company, C Spire, said it would be pulling its advertising around the Olympic Games after being "shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dragfags; olympics; openingceremony; parisolympics; queers
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1 posted on 07/28/2024 12:36:58 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

What olympics?


2 posted on 07/28/2024 12:38:06 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et. al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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To: RandFan

Oh screw this guy.
They aren’t sorry! They had no problem doing such drivel in the first place. I won’t watch a single second of the Olympics…….


3 posted on 07/28/2024 12:38:07 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
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To: RandFan

If the Paris Olympics organizers had real stones the opening ceremonies would have depicted Charles Martel smashing the invading Umayyads at the Battle of Tours.


4 posted on 07/28/2024 12:39:32 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (A perfect storm. There will be no escape from what is coming.)
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To: RandFan

Just rake in the money...that’s what it’s all about. Olympics supposed to be here in 2028...Cancel it...


5 posted on 07/28/2024 12:39:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

That would teach them a lesson


6 posted on 07/28/2024 12:40:43 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I doubt if he is ‘sorry’. He’s probably quite proud of himself for having garnered all this attention, even the scorn. Some things that have been said or done can never be unsaid or undone, this enthusiastic debauchment of the Olympics open is one them.


7 posted on 07/28/2024 12:41:04 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: RandFan

Uh huh, suuuure.


8 posted on 07/28/2024 12:41:55 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: RandFan
...Christian groups, who felt it parodied Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'The Last Supper'.

It was an obvious copy of the painting, yes, but what was being parodied was the event, not a piece of canvas. The media are trying to minimize this as some weird sort of art criticism, which it is not.

They placed Bacchus in the middle of the Last Supper to compare the latter to a drunken orgy. And yes, that's more than a little bit offensive.

9 posted on 07/28/2024 12:43:28 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: RandFan

So sorry that they had to erase all criticism of it.


10 posted on 07/28/2024 12:44:23 PM PDT by setha (Cleveland Indians, not Guardians.)
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To: RandFan

The more that boycott the merrier.


11 posted on 07/28/2024 12:44:36 PM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope”)
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To: RandFan

Every sponsor should withdraw. And all viewers should watch reruns of Hogan’s Heros instead.


12 posted on 07/28/2024 12:44:50 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: RandFan

Oh, was someone offended? They are SOOOOOOOP sorry those offended “didn’t get it”.


13 posted on 07/28/2024 12:46:16 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: RandFan
"Christian groups who FELT it parodied Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'The Last Supper'."

You silly Christians. You just felt it was a parody. It really wasn't that at all.

Far be it from the Beeb to simply write "...the blasphemous denigration of Leonardo da Vinci's painting 'The Last Supper'."

14 posted on 07/28/2024 12:47:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: RandFan

Translatoin "Did I just take a shut all over your beliefs? Sorry, not sorry!!!"

I hope my fellow Christians burn the elite parts of Paris to the ground.
15 posted on 07/28/2024 12:48:08 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: RandFan

Sure they didn’t know. sarc


16 posted on 07/28/2024 12:49:57 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Trump beat Hilary in 2016. He ended her kill streak in 2024.)
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To: RandFan

I have a lot of trouble being kind to enemies and forgiving them. Along with giving my cloak as well as my coat and helping them to raise up and refill their tipped over cart.

So a simple “sorry about that” at the Olympics makes it all go away because religious people will quietly accept it.

Like we do with our American flag being burned and our monuments spray painted by enemies.

Let’s move on. Put it behind you. Heard that a lot lately.


17 posted on 07/28/2024 12:51:01 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: RandFan

Every Christian leader of every denomination should be decrying this performance. It’s time to take a stand against the attack on Christianity. Has the Pope said anything? Cardinal Dolan? Welby? Any of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarchs?


18 posted on 07/28/2024 12:51:42 PM PDT by djpg
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To: RandFan

The Olympics are past their “sell by” date.


19 posted on 07/28/2024 12:52:44 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: RandFan

Those pigs aren’t sorry. They’re afraid of repercussions, but that’s not the same thing. Those fags would force march decent humanity into ovens if they could and, the way things are going, they might just do that some day.


20 posted on 07/28/2024 12:54:08 PM PDT by LouAvul (DEI = Didn't Earn It. )
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