"Last Supper" depiction at Olympics Opening Ceremony

And some people are convinced it’s just a sporting competition 😁

Ahh no, you have a point of course by way of demonstrating that the Games are more about politics than they are about sport. The bit about vanquished foes though? The artistic director of the opening ceremony imagined they were vanquished foes too, and didn’t reckon with the almighty forces of the perpetual offence seekers.

They don’t even have to leave the comfort of their armchair to impose themselves on others, so I don’t imagine the battles that you claim are to be fought by LGBTQ activists are solely limited by any geographic limitations. They’re not interested in fighting your battles for you, is an infinitely more accurate assessment of the situation. Neither the director nor the actors involved sought to target Christianity in the first place, so it doesn’t make any sense that they should target anyone in an attempt to achieve what you determine is fair.

Spoony appears to have already thought of that - apparently no legitimate person can claim that LGBTQ interests are underrepresented and that more needs to be done to ensure equality.

If anyone does claim it, they’re illegitimate 🤔

That's the dude thats painted blue, who's the chick with the crown / halo meant to represent?

Oh that’s his main squeeze…

God of wine, main squeeze… no? No? 😬

Fine 😒

I just let out a little whine...

And the point being?

in fairness no one needs to be embarrassed for thinking it parodied the last supper as even today on the RTÉ website it reads

‘Paris 2024 organisers apologised on Sunday to Catholics and other Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo Da Vinci's famous 'The Last Supper' painting.’

Now on the other hand, being offended by it and making a fuss, well that remains embarrassing IMO.
I’m a card carrying Christian and certainly wasn’t offended(although slightly irritated by the needless placement of an obese person). I take it as a compliment that western Christian societies can do such things and not get too hot headed about it and it’s not important hat art directors etc have to painfully think about other cultures haven’t evolved as much yet.

For those getting offended and saying things like ‘can’t mock Jesus unless you also mock Muslims , Jews at the same time etc…’ all a bit fundamental and no craic and like the ‘careful now, down with that sort of think Father Ted stuff 😉

for anyone looking for Islamic and Jewish artwork scenes there are plenty to choose from, including…

I don’t think anybody would have the neck to depict these in a way that could cause insult. The extremists in some cases might indeed unburden you of your intact neck. Christianity is always a safe bet when it comes to derision.

Ahhhh, all the Abrahamic religions, a great bunch of middle eastern, alien, death cult, irrelevant lads to get Northern Europeans into a ludicrous tizzy.

Are you in the habit of telling black people that they are simply wrong to see something as racist if you yourself don’t already see it as such? Would you not think it inappropriate for a white person to be so dismissive if a black person was offended by Blackface?

In what way are you better qualified to recognise misogyny than a woman is?

Or is your certainty that you know best yet another example of this?

It’s really not a valid remark though as it had to be qualified with the term “extreme”, and even then there isn’t a fear of anyone losing their head or anything else. It’s just not common because about the same handful of people care about it as the handful of people who claim to be offended by what they imagined was an insult to Christians, all two billion of them, apparently 🙄

Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini said: "Opening the Olympics by insulting billions of Christians in the world was really a very bad start, dear French. Sleazy."

https://timesofmalta.com/article/archbishop-slams-insulting-last-supper-parody-paris-olympics-ceremony.1095977

I don't know lads, I think the French made a balls of it. I mean London 2012 was quintessentially British, this felt more like something you'd expect from San Fransisco….without all the homeless, excrement on the streets, crime etc…

I can see why Irish "progressive" mammies loved it tho, it had loads of drag, and there's nothing those mammies like better than to bring their infant kids to drag shows…but outside of that I don't know who will have gotten much from it!!