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Cartoon Riots Caused by Looney Tunes, Not Koran (Scrappleface)
Scrappleface ^ | 02/07/2006 | By Scott Ott

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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URLs in this post: global riots: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4684652.stm Danish: http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/news/travel7.php?rss


TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: cartoons; islam; muslims; satire; scottott; scrappleface
This one is just to good.
1 posted on 02/07/2006 7:25:45 AM PST by oxcart
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To: oxcart

"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!


2 posted on 02/07/2006 7:26:37 AM PST by oxcart (Remember Bush lied.......People DYED... THEIR FINGERS! (M. Steyn))
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To: oxcart

United Nations Fund to Aid Islamic Respectability = UNFAIR! That's good!


3 posted on 02/07/2006 7:29:03 AM PST by Buck W. (John Kerry: The Emir of Absurdistan.)
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To: oxcart

What's up, Dhimmi?

4 posted on 02/07/2006 7:31:25 AM PST by andy58-in-nh
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To: andy58-in-nh

Hassan CHOP!

6 posted on 02/07/2006 7:38:37 AM PST by mikrofon (Open Sesame Street...)
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To: oxcart

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!


7 posted on 02/07/2006 7:44:38 AM PST by old and tired (Run Swannie, run!)
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To: old and tired
How many more people have to be hit over the head with mallets, before we outlaw cartoons???/


Join S.N.U.H. Now!!

When cartoons are outlawed.....
Only outlaws will draw cartoons!


8 posted on 02/07/2006 8:23:58 AM PST by rawcatslyentist (Come and see the violence inherent in the system. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!)
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To: old and tired
Never underestimate the liberal mind.
9 posted on 02/07/2006 9:30:10 AM PST by oxcart (Remember Bush lied.......People DYED... THEIR FINGERS! (M. Steyn))
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To: oxcart
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. - Nick Diamos


10 posted on 02/07/2006 10:01:54 AM PST by Lady Jag ( All I want is a kind word, a warm bed, and world domination)
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To: oxcart

Had to read twice to make sure I was reading it properly.


11 posted on 02/07/2006 10:06:43 AM PST by IrishMike
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To: oxcart

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.


12 posted on 02/07/2006 10:09:05 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: NYTexan

ping


13 posted on 02/07/2006 7:27:16 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom
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(thanks for the pings!)

14 posted on 02/07/2006 7:53:54 PM PST by NYTexan (Where is MY global warming?)
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