Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Claire Berlinski ·
Jun 8, 2010 at 2:13am
Troubled by a poll suggesting that most Britons associate Islam with violence and extremism, the Inspired by Mohammed campaign explains to Britain that in fact, Islam champions the rights of adorable kittens.
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May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Just don't get them started on dogs.
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Oh, they're adorable, all right.
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Islam: We've made a few . . . changes.
(For those who don't recognize it, that's a Simpsons reference.)
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Just coming back from London, I saw a few of those posters. I don't think it's a bad idea at all to showcase non-violent, law-abiding Muslims, because they are the majority, and there are a significant number of people who don't realize that, and if people want to donate money to buying ads to pointing this out, fine.
I did find one pretty hilarious, though: the one about the environment, describing the woman featured as an "eco-Muslim."
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
What do you have against dogs? Defend yourself!
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Duane, you should direct your inquiry to the Muslim taxi drivers at your local airport..
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Claire, I haven't seen anything this funny in a long time. "Islam! Now with more kittens!" I double-checked the URL to make sure it wasn't from The Onion.
Which is to say that it's the kind of thing that would be fun and easy to parody -- on SNL, on "The Daily Show" -- if the penalty for parodying Islam wasn't beheading.
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
INRS, they actually all hang out at the SuperAmerica gas station one exit West of the airport, and most are Somali. The only positive aspect of the cash-sucking light rail line is that you can now go from the airport to downtown without risking your life in a cab. But don't forget we also have Target cashiers in hijab who refused to scan Evil Unclean Bacon.
But, in my opinion, most rocket science isn't really all that tough any more. Pretty basic organic chemistry on the propellants and physics and mechanics for the launch forces and ballistics. I think we should change our official "Ricochet technology complexity cliche" to "It's not like predicting how DNA uses 'junk DNA' to trigger encoding of 300,000 proteins with only 30,000 elements". Of course, the new acronym might lose something....
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Oh, you have bruised my tender pride. We just make it look easy. ;-)
May '10
Re: Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are kittens
Well, it's not gene splicing.