They actually have done just such.
Bauer came under seige in a gun shop that was owned by a couple of Arab Americans. I don't want to "spoil" what happened, except to say that it was very touching. 24 has shown both sides, neither pandering nor caricaturing, imho.
I want to hear Muslim groups say, "The portrayals of Muslims on 24 sadden us, because we know that too many of our fellow-believers have given credibility to this portrait. We share with the producers, and with our fellow-Americans, their contempt for the cowardice and subhuman brutality of these monsters, we repudiate them, and we too enjoy seeing the likes of Jack Bauer foil their obscene plans."
That would do FAR more to raise their image in the eyes of the American public, than all this whining.
That was very well said. You should send it to some of the Whiney muslim groups and give them pemission to use it.
Yea, but were they *Muslim" Arab Americans? Lots of Gun Shops are owned by Lebanese Christian Arabs.
Good memory. So the portrayal is not as one-sided as the likes of CAIR claim.