Honestly, I think a majority of the time, people mock it because they don't understand it. I don't. I believe what you say about being offended entirely, but

Honestly, I think a majority of the time, people mock it because they don't understand it. I don't. I believe what you say about being offended entirely, but I find it almost impossible to wrap my head around the idea. Getting mortally offended by just a picture of a historical figure -- is just wierd. Now, I could understand some mean mockery being offensive. A better example than the N word people have been using would be drawing MLK eating watermelom in blackface. That's really offensive, and unnecessary. You have to go out of your way to do something like that. But just a depiction of Mhd. in a lightly humorous or non-mocking context or a context that is ambiguous just doesn't seem like it would be a that much of gut punch -- taking that kind of offense just seems really thin-skinned to me and borne of silly religious dogma... (sorry). I'm fully willing to admit that I "don't get it", however. :-)