MUSLIMS FEAR BACKLASH FOR NUKING L.A. (ON A TV SHOW)
If watching 24 taught me anything last weekend, it was this: That God hates Jack Bauer. Oh, and that all Muslims are evil.
As has been reported in numerous stories, the Muslim community is exploding (no pun intended) over last weekend’s premiere. And the groups have a point. It really is insensitive and irresponsible to portray Muslim extremists as terrorists. Honestly, when was the last time a terrorist turned out to be of Arab descent?! Outrageous!
The writers should get back to creating the gritty and realistic villains of previous seasons – like vengeful Serbs, big oil tycoons, Mexican drug lords, disgruntled British agents, Russian separatists, and the President of the United States. I don’t know who cooked up this wacky “Arab terrorist” notion, but whoever it was has quite an active imagination.
While we’re at it, I would also like to join the Muslim community in voicing my displeasure with the depiction of “terrorists” in the Back to the Future trilogy. Not only is the idea that Muslims would ever murder “Doc” ludicrous, but it’s rather common knowledge that Islamic fundamentalists are, in fact, fervent supporters of time traveling and the flux capacitor.
Indeed, a spokeswoman for an L.A.-based public affairs council is worried about the negative message the show is sending about Muslims. “I’m concerned about the image it ingrains in the minds of the American public and the American government.”
Another image concerning the group? The fiery collapse of the twin towers.
Seriously, they’ve even portrayed Kumar as a terrorist. And we all know that Kumar is not a terrorist.
You’ve really jumped the shark this time, 24.
2 comments:
Just to lighten the mood, from Conan last night:
"If Muslims are upset about that, they should see how they're portrayed on Fox News!"
Yikes.
Dear Islam,
What would you rather 24 do, use Amish Fundamentalists instead?
That would be great and let's have Jack be Amish too. Have him commandeer a horse and buggy...shoot a terrorist with a wooden rubber- band gun... interrogate Jebodiah by sticking his head in a butter churner.
That would be safer for Fox too: The Amish can't get pissed because they don't have t.v.'s.
When Muslim terrorists aren't relevant anymore then 24 will have to look for a new type of terrorist that connects with their audience. Maybe a Timothy McVeigh type character?
When that happens, you WILL see my Irish ass get fired up!!!
A word of advice: It makes you look worse when you go crazy anytime you are portrayed in an entertainmnent medium.
Good luck with your uproar. I'm off to post a picture of Mohammad on my Myspace page.
Best,
Ken
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