Readers, which "we never realized this would offend anybody" statement do you find less convincing:

Busta Rhymes not realizing Muslims might be offended by his Koran-sampling song "Arab Money," in which the rapper boasts of getting "oil-well money" and "gambling with Arafat?

Or, Playboy not realizing that Catholics might be offended by its Mexican edition depicting a nude model as the Virgin Mary on its cover?

I vote for the second one.

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12:16 AM ET

December 15, 2008

My jaw hit the floor the

My jaw hit the floor the first time I heard that song, I couldn't believe what he was saying. Not to mention that he insists on pronouncing Arab "Ay-Rab" through the Entire Song.

Poor taste to say the least.

 

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