New program featuring Arabic signs aims to dispel fears about Muslim community

International Herald Tribune & AP ^ | 12/18/06 | By Kristen Gelineau

[hemogoblin]

RICHMOND

[hemogoblin]

This is just horsesh_t. In what possible way does this program make people feel more comfortable about Muslims and Jihadism? In what way does this "prove" anything? This is not dissimilar from the flying imams ("Boo! Scared ya!).

Reporters are really becoming mush-heads.

[BenLurkin]

"we see it and it’s fun, it’s hip, it signifies a cool culture.”

[Slings and Arrows]

It ain't working.

[razorback-bert]

“What did you think it said?”

Death to the infields would be my first guess.

[loungitude]

“As people see Arabic, they immediately make an association with terrorism,”

..........

Well DUH!

[the anti-liberal]

Press "1" for Spanish, "2" for Arabic, "3" for English?

[MeanWestTexan]

The proper response is to post flyers with pictures of people jumping from the smoking World Trade Center with the caption: "All I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11."

[MeanWestTexan]

When I hear a rattle in the brush, I think "rattlesnake."


Same thing.

[mtbopfuyn]

That's right, lull the infidels into a sense of peace by singing nursery rhymes and then BOOM!

[hsalaw]

Bias toward the Muslim community is a continuing problem across the country and in Virginia, said Imad Damaj, president of the Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs.

Oh, please. The Muslims' "problem" would greatly diminish if they would show that they're with us in the war on terror, instead of whining everytime someone looks at them funny. It's their problem - they ought to be doing SOMETHING to solve it other than this idiotic "paper or plastic" BS.

[Nachum]

Why not post another sign in Latin that says "piss off"?

[hemogoblin]

"See, it's not a bomb, you silly! It's just a special clock with homemade batteries!"

[xcamel]

what part of 50 years of rebuilding Japanese society to make kanji "cool" do these idiots not understand?
just like "fear of Germans" was unjustified, whereas fear of Nazis was completely justified.

[cripplecreek]

Here's a sign for them. It's an emoticon of Mohamhead with a bomb on his head.

[RightWhale]

Pamuk strikes deep in the heartland.

[Steve_Seattle]

Horsesheet indeed. Only liberal Christians would be such morons as to think this will reduce fears of Muslims. It will do the opposite - it will make it appear that Islam is gradually insinuating itself into our society, with all the dire consequences we see all around the world.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I lived two years at Wheelus Air Force Base in Tripoli, Libya, and the thing I associate with Arabic script is a horrible smell.

[VOA]

Ah, Virginia.

Home of the Wahhabi Corridor.

http://www.sperryfiles.com/corridor.shtml

[Steve_Seattle]

Press "1" for Spanish, "2" for Arabic, "3" for English?

Zing.

[WV Mountain Mama]

Or we could just do it in our own language and give them the finger. :)