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JamesFord
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 Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject: Name my bear |
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So, I got me this here bear........
.....and I figure every bear needs a name. So I thought I'd name it.
The first thought that came to mind was Muhammad.
Any other ideas? |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Muhammad would be appropriate as I can definitely see the fire of Allah burning in his eyes.
Is that a bow or a fuse? |
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howie2424
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Koizumi ? How about Ohno ? |
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whatever
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Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Takeshima-san |
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dangun. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Ha ha very funny. |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Rapacious Mr. Batstove wrote: |
Muhammad would be appropriate as I can definitely see the fire of Allah burning in his eyes.
Is that a bow or a fuse? |
Yeah, I read that NY Times article yesterday about that UK teacher that let her students name a teddy bear Muhammad for a class project and now she's sitting in an African jail. Poor lady. |
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JustJohn
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Yogi
Ronald
Bare
William Shatner
Those are all good |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Tinkle |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Central Areola
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| Rapacious Mr. Batstove wrote: |
Muhammad would be appropriate as I can definitely see the fire of Allah burning in his eyes.
Is that a bow or a fuse? |
Yeah, I read that NY Times article yesterday about that UK teacher that let her students name a teddy bear Muhammad for a class project and now she's sitting in an African jail. Poor lady. |
You know what ? I totally, read the SAME article! Wow! Right here on this very forum, too. Oh-my-god, isn't that soo wierd?
But seriously, a thread about naming a teddy bear and the suggestion of calling it Muhammad are probably just, like, you know, a totally huge coincidence. |
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whatever
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Rapacious Mr. Batstove wrote: |
You know what ? I totally, read the SAME article! Wow! Right here on this very forum, too. Oh-my-god, isn't that soo wierd?
But seriously, a thread about naming a teddy bear and the suggestion of calling it Muhammad are probably just, like, you know, a totally huge coincidence. |
British teacher charged with insulting Islam over teddy bear's name
� Calling toy Muhammad is an 'incitement to hatred'
� Foreign Office demands explanation from Sudan
Xan Rice in Nairobi, Andrew Heavens in Khartoum
Thursday November 29, 2007
The Guardian
A British primary school teacher was charged yesterday in Sudan with "insulting religion and inciting hatred" after allowing children in her class to name a teddy bear Muhammad.
Sudan's ambassador to London was summoned to the Foreign Office last night as the state prosecutor said Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, would appear before judges in Khartoum today. She has been held by police since Sunday, accused of insulting the prophet Muhammad. Despite her colleagues insisting it was an innocent mistake, Sudan's deputy justice minister confirmed yesterday that a charge had been laid.
"The investigation has been completed and the Briton Gillian was charged under article 125 of the penal code," said Abdel Daim Zamrawi, speaking to the official Sudan news agency in Khartoum. "The punishment for this is jail, a fine and lashes. It is up to the judge to determine the sentence."
Gibbons arrived in Sudan in August to take up a post at the exclusive Unity high school, which follows a British-style curriculum. In September, during a class on animals and their habitats, she asked her seven-year-old pupils to give a teddy bear a name. They chose Muhammad, the name of one of the boys in the class and a popular name in Sudan.
Last week the education ministry informed the school that a few Muslim parents had complained about the name, and police arrested Gibbons at her home in the school grounds.
Sudan's top clerics, known as the Assembly of the Ulemas, said in a statement on Wednesday that parents had handed them a book the teacher was assembling about the bear. "She, in a very abusive manner, used the name of Prophet Muhammad, may Allah shame her," the statement said.
Unity's directors have shut the school to avoid the type of protests that greeted the publication of the notorious cartoons in a Danish newspaper last year.
The Foreign Office confirmed Gibbons had been charged, prompting a statement from Gordon Brown's official spokesman. "We are surprised and disappointed by this development," he said. "The first step is to summon the Sudanese ambassador so we can get a clear explanation for the rationale behind these charges."
The foreign secretary, David Miliband, is expected to see the ambassador this morning. The Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown is understood to have been in close contact with Sudanese officials. Diplomats in Khartoum, who were denied access to Gibbons on Tuesday but were allowed to see her for 90 minutes yesterday, were shocked by the decision to press charges. They had hoped that a policy of quiet diplomacy would persuade the authorities to free the teacher.
Muhammad Abdul Bari, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said he was appalled by the news. "This is a disgraceful decision and defies common sense. There was clearly no intention on the part of the teacher to deliberately insult the Islamic faith." |
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Rapacious Mr. Batstove
Joined: 26 Jan 2007
Location: Central Areola
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| Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| browneyedgirl wrote: |
| Rapacious Mr. Batstove wrote: |
You know what ? I totally, read the SAME article! Wow! Right here on this very forum, too. Oh-my-god, isn't that soo wierd?
But seriously, a thread about naming a teddy bear and the suggestion of calling it Muhammad are probably just, like, you know, a totally huge coincidence. |
British teacher charged with insulting Islam over teddy bear's name |
browneyedgirl I think we have some weird kind of telepho....telepaf.....some kind of cool brain thing going on. I watched something on Buffy the Vampire Slayer once about that kind of thing. You know, when you think something, someone in another place can hear you. Like some kind of twilight zone, but with brainwaves. Freaky. |
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kimcheechochy
Joined: 22 Nov 2007
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Actually I think that bear looks nothing like the REAL Muhammed does in this cartoon (hope I don't get killed for this)
Oh well, mods won't let me show a harmless cartoon. Why is it that muslims can publicly burn the American flag, but the Dutch can't show a cartoon that depicts Muhammed?
Chalk up another win for crazy religions. |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| The bear has a name. It's Edward. Edward Bear. Thus: Ted, Teddy. |
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