Were you there when they crucified my pop star?
So they may be blowing one another up elsewhere in the world, but Muslims, Jews and Christians have found one thing upon which they can agree: Madonna's crucifixion act is a bad thing.
How easily distracted can we as a species be, anyway? "Oh, this situation in the Middle East is terrifyingly out of control -- wait, Mel Gibson did what?" "Anyway, U.S. policy seems to have backfired ... omigosh, what's Madonna doing to that cross?"
Given that there's no shortage of cheesy crucifixion imagery littering the pop-culture landscape, isn't Madonna's sheer hubris behind what she's doing at least as offensive as the fact that she's doing it? If it meant establishing peace elsewhere, it might be worth it for the sundry faiths to band together to declare full-scale war on Madge; that, at least, might be a winnable campaign. (I'm surprised someone didn't think of this after "Swept Away.")
Madonna's enduring popularity astonishes me. Why do people CARE what she's doing? Who are these people who still go to her concerts? Concerts, I might add, that must now be played in unairconditioned large venues, to "aid her voice." Nevermind that her fans might be passing out from heatstroke after having paid oscene amounts of money to worship at her altar.