<a href="http://unhate.benetton.com">Benetton</a> clothing has a new campaign out called the <a href="http://unhate.benetton.com/campaign/china_usa/">Unhate Campaign</a>.  The images of the campaign show high profile enemies kissing each other.  In most cases the two enemies are men.  One includes President Obama and one includes the Pope.The images aren't sexual in nature, but they are provoketive.  They stir something in us, not just from an artistic boundary breaking standpoint, but from the possibility of what the image actually means.  <strong>While the images are meant to shock us, its bold to suggest that enemies could actually reconcile.</strong> Our imagination runs h when we consider that peace isn't just possible but attainable.  I applaud Benetton for taking such a risk in its advertising.

What do the images say to you?

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