[lbo-talk] Victoria's Secret withdraws Buddha bikini

Jon Johanning jjohanning at igc.org
Sat Jul 31 10:38:45 PDT 2004


On Jul 31, 2004, at 7:33 AM, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:


> In the face of intense opposition from Sri Lanka and the rest of the
> Buddhist world, Limited Brands Inc - the American company which makes
> the
> "Victoria's Secret" brand of lingerie - have withdrawn their floral
> bikinis
> depicting the image of Lord Buddha.

Wonder if Buddhists in Alabama can buy them?

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org __________________________________________________ It isn’t that we believe in God, or don’t believe in God, or have suspended judgment about God, or consider that the God of theism is an inadequate symbol of our ultimate concern; it is just that we wish we didn’t have to have a view about God. It isn’t that we know that “God” is a cognitively meaningless expression, or that it has its role in a language-game other than fact-stating, or whatever. We just regret the fact that the word is used so much.

— Richard Rorty



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