I currently practice no religion, but buddhism is the only one I've ever felt comfortable in and the one I most closely associate with.
I think the bathing suit looks tacky, but people will still buy it and that's what VS cares about. The controversy over it will just increase interest and in extension, sales figures.
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from the petition
Displaying the images of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas on the swim suite currently markets through Victoria Secret Catalog is an appalling and serious insult to all Buddhism believers, not just in America, but also to over 500 hundred million Buddhists around the world.
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People who call themselves "believers in buddhism" make me chuckle. The creators of that petition remind me of the easily offended zealots who take the world way too seriously and try to make us all as scared and nervous as they are.
I'd like to thank them for speaking for all the buddhists of the world, who NO DOUBT share in their outrage and demand that images of buddha be restricted to all other forms of merchandise that does not cover a woman's naughty parts.
