Thursday, January 18, 2007

Only to Be Expected

Muslim groups are protesting the portrayal of Muslim terrorists on 24.

"The overwhelming impression you get is fear and hatred for Muslims," said Rabiah Ahmed, a spokeswoman for the Washington-based Council on American Islamic Relations. She said Thursday she was distressed by this season's premiere.

"After watching that show, I was afraid to go to the grocery store because I wasn't sure the person next to me would be able to differentiate between fiction and reality."

Yeah. Fox is being irresponsible in portraying Muslims as terrorists because, like, that never happens in real life, but this woman who's afraid to go to the grocery store, she's not over-reacting. She's totally rational, and we should give a lot of weight to her concerns, and maybe alter a cultural phenomenon because of them.

Meanwhile, approximately zero government agents have protested Jack Bauer's latest escape tactic, despite the fact that so few of them have ever ripped any one's throat out with their teeth. But they will. You know they will. They just need to get organized.

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