Sometimes something is just so stupid that you have to sit back and laugh at it. Then you have something like what is going on in India at the moment, where people are burning effigies of Richard Gere (yes, the American actor) because he hugged and kissed the cheek of Indian actress/Celebrity UK Big Brother winner Shilpa Shetty while the two were in India promoting AIDS awareness. Apparently this is a big no-no in India (gee, I wonder how they managed to pump out a couple of billion kids if they’re so against public displays of barely affection), because now they’re burning effigies of the actor on the streets and if I’m not mistaken, Shilpa Shetty’s career in India is all but dead.
From the AP:
In Mumbai, members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena beat burning effigies of Gere with sticks and set fire to glamorous shots of Shetty.
Similar protests broke out in other cities, including Varanasi, Hinduism’s holiest city, and in the northern town of Meerut, where crowds chanted “Down with Shilpa Shetty!”
Yikes. Can you imagine what would have happened if he had shove his tongue down her throat instead of just a friendly peck on the cheek?
Anyways, here are pictures from that infamous kiss:
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