Nice Try

Remember the episode of Seinfeld (its 2009, and the show ended 10 years ago--of course you do) when Jerry's dentist converts to Judaism and starts telling Jewish jokes? Jerry sees a Catholic priest to tell him about how he "converted for the jokes," and the priest remarks "and this offends you as a Jew." And Jerry replies, "No, it offends me as a comedian."

I'm not offended by the Jesus vs. Mohammad online game as a Christian, although maybe I should be...I'm offended as a person with taste. This could be the worst idea since the Jump To Conclusions Mat hit the scene.

In the game "Faith Fighter," caricatures of Jesus, the Prophet Muhammad, Buddha, God and the Hindu god Ganesh fight each other against a backdrop of burning buildings.

God attacks with bolts of lighting and pillars of fire while the turbaned Muhammad can summon a burning black meteorite.

SERIOUSLY?!?!

"This was meant to be a game against intolerance and against the one-way Islamophobic satire of the Danish Muhammad cartoons," Molleindustria said in an e-mail message. "So if a respectable organization didn't understand the irony and the message, we failed."

Yes, you failed. Miserably. Combat intolerance by killing another faith's deity/high priest figure! [sarcastic clap] Bravo.