Jesus is a very popular name in the Hispanic community, he might be singing about a friend or an imaginary person who he has named Jesus in the song.
People have jumped straight into this one.
It's Gackt's problem if he causes controversy by being too close to the knuckle or offensive, ie burning bibles/crucifixes etc. People will be offended. Simple as that, that's obviously imflammatory and imo very far from anything that Gackt would probably attempt. Edgy yes, thoughtprovoking yes, but straight out offensive on purpose......I think not. He's not that kind of guy (from watching his career for ten years), what would it achieve? Why do people think the worst just because of a simple song title? How about Jesus could be a metaphor for goodness/kindness and the song lyrics are about helping people, being compassionate etc? Yeh kids just jump on the negative.
On the other hand people have a responsibility to accept that other people can express themselves, artistically or otherwise with whatever subject matter they choose. Not forgetting that most Japanese people have little idea of Christianity, (remember the crucified Santa in the shopping mall?) From talking to Japanese friends over time on the whole Jesus is seen as a nice dude on the same scale as any Japanese saint equivalent. (won't go into theological blah here, just getting a point across)
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Date: 2008-10-17 08:58 am (UTC)People have jumped straight into this one.
It's Gackt's problem if he causes controversy by being too close to the knuckle or offensive, ie burning bibles/crucifixes etc. People will be offended. Simple as that, that's obviously imflammatory and imo very far from anything that Gackt would probably attempt. Edgy yes, thoughtprovoking yes, but straight out offensive on purpose......I think not. He's not that kind of guy (from watching his career for ten years), what would it achieve? Why do people think the worst just because of a simple song title? How about Jesus could be a metaphor for goodness/kindness and the song lyrics are about helping people, being compassionate etc? Yeh kids just jump on the negative.
On the other hand people have a responsibility to accept that other people can express themselves, artistically or otherwise with whatever subject matter they choose. Not forgetting that most Japanese people have little idea of Christianity, (remember the crucified Santa in the shopping mall?) From talking to Japanese friends over time on the whole Jesus is seen as a nice dude on the same scale as any Japanese saint equivalent. (won't go into theological blah here, just getting a point across)