Bringing it upon themselves

British teacher in a Muslim-dominated country asks her class of seven-year-olds what the class teddy bear should be named. They vote on Mohammed. Each weekend, a student brings the teddy bear home with them a logs a journal of what they do together. A parent or school administrator (correspondents are unsure which) gets hella pissed and the teacher was convicted of blasphemy. Her sentence was seven years in jail and 40 lashings, but it was reduced to 15 days in jail. Muslims leaving their mosques on Friday called for execution by firing squad.

This is why I don't think anyone should hold any single value to be sacred. One can commit themselves to an ideal, but need to realize they're not above slanders and critical humor. Every news story concerning Muslim extremists makes me think that they're not so extreme, that among them punitive assaults are casual and bloodlust is normal. The class named a teddy bear. It's a compliment by the transitive property. The teddy bear is soft and cuddly and a source of affection, the teddy bear is named Muhammed, Muhammed is therefore soft and cuddly and a source of affection. Isn't that basic?

Family Guy showed the funniest joke the other today. This Muslim goes into heaven with dynamite around his chest, rubbing his hands together gleefully anticipating his 72 virgins, and then from a crowd of teenage boys one with thick glasses a heavy lisp looks up from his laptop and says, "We're playing Magic: The Gathering. Wanna play?" The Muslim looks to the sky (even though he's supposed to already be in heaven) and screams, "Curse you, Allah!"

Oh my god, how funny. Totally deserved it. I hope they're received by 72 white nerds playing Magic: The Gathering after suicide bombing or jihad. They bring it upon themselves with their Dark-age irrationality and intolerance.