In 2008 a 16 year old was arrested in Australia for wearing an anti-Christian, pornographic T-shirt dedicated to  Cradle of Filth, a metal band whose output bears no resemblance to music. The T-shirt was also banned in New Zealand. Now, it is on display at New Zealand’s Canterbury Museum.

Anglican extremists in New Zealand have called not, as everyone expected, for the producers of the T-shirt to be beheaded, but for the offending garment to be placed in a corner behind a large warning sign.

I haven’t included a photo of the shirt for fear of life-threatening reprisals by the numerous fundamentalist Christians who run amok here in Ontario at the slightest provocation. If you do choose to be offended, though, you can view the disagreeable item here.

From here:

Anglican leaders in New Zealand have said that a banned, offensive T-shirt being displayed in Canterbury Museum should prompt a nation-wide debate about freedom of speech versus respect.

The T-shirt, produced for an English extreme metal band, was part of an exhibition of 1000 T-shirts at the museum. It features a graphic image of a nun and explicit abuse of Jesus.

So strong has been the reaction to it that the T-shirt is in a separate corner, with a large warning sign and museum staff checking people’s ID before they are allowed to see it.