How do they know it is not a mockery of Spartacus or one of the other thousands executed by crucifixion or even Kirk Douglas?

That is mega...I want one

The artist sees this as a cult like worship of capitalism, and as such one would have thought thinking Christians would embrace it or at least not attack it. But no. The knee jerk reaction of too many Christians to such things is all too common.

More of a political issue. The Jewish artist did not mock the Jewish religion. He only mocked the religion of the oppressed minority of Arab Christians.