(no subject)

[metaphorge]

Many people often seem to become upset when memes they personally hold important or identify with are replicated in what they feel to be an inexact fashion.

Agree, disagree, commentary?

(I feel the wikipedia article on "cultural appropriation" has good things to say on and examples of this subject.)

Comments

[beautifulpyre.livejournal.com]

If you thought the lettering was cool and you didn't know what it meant, how could you be disrespectful to the faith and its faithful? And why would the ignorant wearer of the t-shirt be the one that's being disrespectful? What about the company that created the t-shirt without any regard to who might be wearing it or whether they would understand and respect the symbol? Then again, is there anything wrong with making money off religious symbols? If so, why?

Why do these entities demand respect? Does anyone own OM? There are a lot of issues to consider.

[roadriverrail.livejournal.com]

There are a lot of issues to consider.

There sure are, and I think there are no satisfying answers to them, which is why I personally try to hold very little as sacred and try to not care about stuff like this.