Fulmer as Jesus?

From a journalistic standpoint, I'm curious what you guys think of this, from the Daily Beacon, the Univ. of Tennessee's student newspaper: http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=37511.

Should a newspaper avoid statements like this that could be potentially inflammatory toward a large portion of their readership, especially in the Bible Belt? Are there different standards for this sort of thing for a student paper rather than, say, the Knoxville News Sentinel? Was this purposefully offensive?

 

One of the most famous magazine covers in history had Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian with arrows sticking out of him, a more obscure religious figure than Jesus, but a religious figure nonetheless. It was done by Esquire in 1968 and then spoofed more recently by Radar with Tom Cruise taking Ali's place. I think people in Tennessee are taking this way too seriously.

http://www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/051021_prince/

 

Man, Jesus has really let himself go these days.
Maybe he should think about joining a gym.

 

yeah... although it'd been great if they had fulmer-jesus eating a krispy kreme

 

If Fulmer were Jesus, we'd all still be Romans.

 

He probably thought that idea was immaculately conceived.

 

Wouldn't kill him to leave the loaves and fishes and try a salad once in a while, either

 

And much like every other conception in that office, it was a mistake.

 

christians find more reasons to be pissed off than any other subsection in the world. ... jesus christ.