Friday, November 30, 2007

AAARH! When will the dhimmitude end...

No resentment, please.




Crowds demand Teddy Bear teacher be shot...

but don't turn against the Muslims, folks!

Oh no, we wouldn't want to do that now, would we?

Her son, John, from Liverpool, has not yet been allowed to telephone her but was hoping to fly out to Sudan to visit her as soon as a visa could be arranged.

He stress that British people angered by his mother's jail sentence should not turn against Muslims.

"I don't not want this to lead to any anti-Muslims feeling in this country.

"Everyone has been very nice, we have had a lot of support from Muslims in Britain, in Sudan and across the world.

"My fear, and one of my mother's fears, is that this will result in resentment towards Muslim people. "That is something I really hope does not happen and I am sure my mum feels the same way."

Yeah, maybe. If she gets out of there alive.

Monkey Tennis Center offers sage commentary and has a round up of comments about the situation that will make your hair stand on end.

Other than among Islamic hardliners, you would think that the plight of British teacher Gillian Gibbons, who faces jail and 40 lashes in Sudan for allowing her pupils to name a teddy bear Mohammed, would elicit near-universal sympathy.Not so, judging by the comments of a sizable minority of commenters on the BBC's website, who appear to think that Mrs Gibbons deserves everything she gets. This is just a selection of their views (brackets are mine):

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