What's up, Dhimmi?
Posted on 02/07/2006 7:25:42 AM PST by oxcart
A spokesman for the Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), producers of Sesame Street, today said that global riots in response to Danish editorial cartoons connecting the prophet Mohammad with terrorism have nothing to do with the teachings of Islam, but are the “natural legacy of a generation raised on violent cartoons like Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner.”
“If you expose children, even peaceful Muslim children, to thousands of hours of Looney Toons, you produce a generation of desensitized brutes,” according to the unnamed CTW spokesman. “They can’t comprehend the real impact of their violent acts, because animated victims of firebombings, gunshots and beheadings always immediately appear, clean and unharmed, in the next scene. The rioters are innocent victims of exported American cartoon culture.”
In order to combat the effects of violent TV, and unwarranted prejudice against Muslims, CTW will introduce a new peace-loving Islamic Muppet character to its flagship Public TV show.
Proceeds from the sales of the new Sesame Street plush toy, ‘Tickle Me Imam’, will go to the United Nations Fund to Aid Islamic Respectability.
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"Proceeds from the sales of the new Sesame Street plush toy, ‘Tickle Me Imam’, will go to the United Nations Fund to Aid Islamic Respectability."
LOL, good job Mr. Ott!
United Nations Fund to Aid Islamic Respectability = UNFAIR! That's good!
What's up, Dhimmi?
Hassan CHOP!
Too funny. Last year, I promised my grandson I'd buy him a new video game if he reached an academic goal. He did and I went and bought him a Tom and Jerry game. When I bring it home my wife notices it says its only for teenagers and she's afraid my daughter in law won't let him play it. So I show my daughter in law, she says it's probably fine but she'll watch him play it for a while. Turns out, it's just normal Tom and Jerry had bashing, anvil falling, burnt fur antics. And it's rated for teenagers!
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When cartoons are outlawed.....
Only outlaws will draw cartoons!
Had to read twice to make sure I was reading it properly.
I seem to recall the muppets had a character named Animal that used to use a little dynamite plunger to blow himself up... I could be wrong, it's been a while since I've seen The Muppet Show.
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