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| 2003-11-23 |
| EFL The Council on American-Islamic Relations once again is demanding an apology for an alleged slur of Muslims, this time asserting a veteran cartoonist has cryptically defamed Islam. The Washington, D.C.-based group sent out a dispatch to its e-mail list after a "B.C." cartoon last week by Johnny Hart was publicly questioned on a Washington Post Web chat page. The cartoon shows a caveman entering an outhouse at night, and then saying, from inside, "Is it just me, or does it stink in here?" (Cartoon’s on the site - read the whole thing.) This is the height of insanity. These people (CAIR) are psychologically unstable - they see "affronts to Islam" everywhere, I’m sure even under the bed at night. They need to get a grip. If they don’t stop their incessant "Islam is so holy it cannot be even remotely twigged", they’re going to initiate such a backlash (not far off, IMHO) that will put Islam in the same boat with Zorastrianism, with about as many followers. |
| Posted by:Old Patriot |
| #11 What's the saying ...don't hand someone a whip to beat you with ?? Something like that. Except for Muslims, desperately searching for persecution under every rock, no one else would have gotten it (if they read it)or heard about it if they didn't. CAIR has just succesfully publicized this negative stereotype for us all to consider, even though it probably wasn't there in the first place. They did themselves no favors, but they certainly did one for Hart. He's gotta be loving it....this IS a celebrity's dream negative-publicity-event. |
| Posted by: B 2003-11-24 8:07:33 AM |
| #10 Moons got legs? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-23 8:28:35 PM |
| #9 I'm sorry but Islam doesn't have a patent (or even trademark) on the crescent moon. Along with the moons, CAIR's e-mail noted that Hart drew a sound effect – "SLAM" – between two frames to accompany the closing of the outhouse door. The SLAM, which was rendered vertically in the shape of an I, could be viewed as "Islam," CAIR said. I suppose they don't consider Iman's screaming death to all Jews and Americans from the mosques to be raciest at all. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2003-11-23 8:24:40 PM |
| #8 just ignore, they will grow up soon enough. You'd think 1300 years would be enough, don't you? |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-23 6:25:34 PM |
| #7 Actually, the cartoon does seem anti-Islam. And it is pretty obvious. But so what?? If I had a penny for every time Jesus (or Christianity) was made fun of on TV nowadays.... |
| Posted by: Rafael 2003-11-23 6:22:26 PM |
| #6 CAIR and the elitist dipsticks that run it are showing that they can be just as racists and intolerant as their brothers in the middle east. IF that (funny but hardly anti-islam) cartoon had been in a paper in Cairo, Beruit, etc. they would be rioting in the streets. People they are just wrapped that frigin tight. They remind me of my 13-year-old (always moody and itching for a fight). Don't engage them and just ignore, they will grow up soon enough. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-11-23 4:25:54 PM |
| #5 IMHO, BC was VERY funny in its earlier days. Maybe Hart found religion and lost his sense of humor; maybe he's just run out of good material. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-11-23 3:27:14 PM |
| #4 In my opinion, Johnny Hart is *mildly* funny about one time in a thousand. When I saw the outhouse cartoon, I complained to my boyfriend about Hart taking up valuable real estate in the funny pages. Why is this funny? Outhouses stink? Who knew?! I can't decide whether to believe it was indeed a coded slur: if it was, it was somewhat funny, and subtle, and I don't believe Hart is capable of either. Maybe the Mossad drew the comic that day. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2003-11-23 2:55:15 PM |
| #3 Hey, if that hooper dipshit from cair keeps spouting bizarre crap like this, they'll be completely marginalized. Well, except with the rest of the tinfoil hatters and crazies on the left. The more stuff like this they go after, the more paranoid and insane they look. |
| Posted by: commo 2003-11-23 2:21:24 PM |
| #2 Actually the reverse may be true. If Islam allows humor, it allows freethinking and if it allows freethinking, it allows freedom of conscience and if it allows freedom of conscience, people can leave Islam without fear and if people can leave Islam without fear, the game is up. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-11-23 2:12:32 PM |
| #1 The seeming lack of a Muslim sense of humor probably will be their downfall. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2003-11-23 1:43:32 PM |