If you have ever been to Rome you will know that there are dozens of shops and stalls selling all sorts of religious ‘tat’, so I had to laugh when I read that the Vatican has got it’s knickers all in a twist over the Jesus wigs now on sale in Italy. It seems that they come complete with beard and plastic crown of thorns, and are priced at around £8.50 ( $15).
I’m sure that they will sell like hot cakes, alongside such old favourites as ‘Pope on a Rope’ and the Jesus ‘Action Man’ figure, to the likes of the female tourist overheard talking to her husband in one such souvenir shop …
“Ooo! Just look at all those crosses Darling. Shall we buy one with a little man on it ?”.
OK, so this hairy item is in bad taste and I’m sure that some people will accuse the Chinese manufacturers of blasphemy, but I wonder if we will see crowds of offended Catholic protesters demonstrating outside Chinese embassies and ‘take-aways’ across the world carrying placards threatening beheadings, bombings, and jihads crusades ? …
… I very much doubt it.
