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The
Unified Vietnamese Australian Buddhist Congress of Australia – New
Zealand
Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association of Victoria
QUANG DUC BUDDHIST MONASTERY
105 Lynch Road, Fawkner, Victoria 3060, Australia. Tel: 03.9357 3544.
Fax:03. 9357 3600.
Email:quangduc@quangduc.com; Website:
www.quangduc.com
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To: The
Director & staff of Conforama,
Email :
boutique@conforama.fr
REQUEST for the CESSATION OF
the CREATION OF, WITHDRAWAL FROM PRODUCTION, SALE and the RECALL OF
OFFENSIVE AND INSENSITIVE PRODUCTS
I refer to the Conforama
Catalog, code number: 128842,
please find the photo enclosed in this letter, or you can check it out
at this link:
http://www.conforama.fr/ConfoOnline/pages/media/FR/catalogue/ope20/op20.pdf
We, Buddhist followers around
the world are shocked and disturb at Conforama’s recent carpet
production. We are absolutely stunned to find that the Buddha’s image
has been printed on the feet cleaning carpet.
Displaying the image of the
Buddha on the feet cleaning carpet is an appalling and serious insult to
all Buddhism believers, not just in France, but also to over 500 hundred
million Buddhists around the world.
We understand your products
are made creatively; however it should never be permitted to show
contempt of any religion. The lack of respect for our religion, as
shown by Conforama, could also lead to a very regretful outcome.
Let's think of other possible
outcomes if the Conforama Catalog has used the spiritual founders, other
than Buddha, on the feet carpet. What if they portrayed Jesus Christ or
Mohamed? Considering the blatant lack of respect, we must then question
the sensitivity and integrity of every employee at every level,
responsible for creating, producing and marketing the carpet.
Conforama’s promotion of Buddha images on their products, not only shows
ignorance and a total lack of respect for religion, but is highly
offensive.
France is a nation with a
long-standing civilized, united and determined record of religious
tolerance and harmony. Such simple ignorance, as displayed by your
company, in many cases, could cause massive unrest and protests, with
ramifications for your company and for the international reputation of
France.
To help restore a mutual
understanding and respect for religion, we strongly request Conforama
take immediate action, in relation to all products containing
religious images, and in this instance, with
particular regard to those containing images of Buddha, as
follows:
- Cease creation, production
and distribution of the catalogs & products.
- Recall all catalogs and
products distributed, (including from all retail and wholesale outlets.
- Cease creation of any
further products displaying religious images that are insensitive.
We are raising this petition
to let Conforama and all other companies know how much business you can
lose through religious insensitivity, not only from French-Asian
consumers but from all French with a social conscience.
Sincerely,
Ven. Thich Nguyen Tang
Vice Abbot of Quang Duc Monastery
105 Lynch Road
Fawkner, VIC 3060. Australia
Tel: 61. 3. 9357 3544
Fax: 61. 3. 9357 3600
Mob: 61. 412 794 254
Email : quangduc@tpg.com.au
http://www.quangduc.com
Nam
mo Da Di Da Phat
Kinh bach chu Ton Duc,
Kinh thua quy Phat tu
Chung con, chung toi xin duoc chuyen den quy Ngai,
quy vi mot tai lieu (cung nhu mot thu len tieng phan
doi) ve viec IN HINH PHAT TREN
THAM LOT SAN NHA cua mot phat tu (trong so
nhung thu ma chung con, chung toi da nhan duoc).
Chung con, chung toi nghi rang bat luan la quoc gia
ma quy Ngai, quy vi dang cu ngu deu co the len tieng
(thu bang tieng Phap, hoac tieng Anh)
yeu cau cua hang CONFORAMA thu rut lai het nhung tam
tham co in hinh Phat tren do ra khoi thi truong,
khong tiep tuc ban nua.
Tam tham ay duoc mang ma hieu 128842 trong trang
quang cao 20 cua cathologue conforama
(http://www.conforama.fr/ConfoOnline/pages/media/FR/catalogue/ope20/op20.pdf).
Quy Ngai, quy vi co the tuy nghi lien lac thang ve
boutique@conforama.fr
de truc tiep len tieng.
Rieng phan chua Khanh Anh, chung con, chung toi cung
da len tieng ngay tu khi biet tin nay va cua hang
Conforama co tra loi rang se lam nhung thu tuc can
thiet de dap ung yeu cau cua chung ta.
Vai hang chung con kinh trinh len chu Ton Duc va quy
Phat tu duoc ro.
Kinh thu
Chua Khanh Anh ( Paris, Phap Quoc)
Email:
khanhanh@free.fr
From:
Thanh-Long DANG [mailto:thanhlong.dang@multidist.com]
Sent:
lundi 24 octobre 2005 23:27
To:
boutique@conforama.fr
Subject:
Votre annonce dans le catalogue.
En effet, le produit que vous référencez sous le
numéro 128842 représente un Bouddha. Or, le
Bouddha est sacré et, ne peut en aucun cas, ne
peut être reproduit sur un vulgaire tapis de
maison. Même les grandes communautés bouddhistes
(dont une que je fais partie) ne font pas le
sacrilège que vous faîtes. Je pense que pour
toutes les autres religions, il en convient de
même.
Par conséquent, à l'avenir, je vous prierais de
bien vouloir faire preuve de maturité en terme
de marketing, car étant une personne de nature
pacifiste, je ne souhaite pas porter atteinte à
votre enseigne à cause d'un détail, qui, à mon
égard est plus important qu'autre chose.
Vice Président Association Jeunesse Bouddhiste
Quang Duc
1, Allée de la Rocaille Appt 22
PS : Cet email a fait l'objet d'une copie au
travers des membres des associations bouddhistes en
France, qui je
pense, n'hésiteront pas à compléter si
nécessaire ce que je viens de vous écrire.
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Update: 25-Oct-2005
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