Homosexuality will lead to world peace?
Just like defining moments in the life of an individual, there can be defining moments in the history of an organization that reveal deep character -- the core ideals and beliefs that define that entity psychologically and morally. For the fashion house Benetton that moment is now, with the publication of advertisements for its "Unhate Foundation" that depict Pope Benedict XVI erotically kissing a Muslim imam, and President Obama erotically kissing Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and China 's Hu Jintao . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown in a passionate moment with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas . The only psychological interpretation of such ads that makes sense to me as a psychiatrist is that the corporate leaders at Benetton literally believe that homosexual sex between world leaders -- or at least homosexuality, as an orientation -- would lead to world peace. They have tipped their collective hands as a company and indicted m...