When will Westerners learn to stop taking jobs in countries under Muslim law, no matter how tempting the pay may be.

The come on probably promises them exotic locations and a chance to explore another culture. Well this it

Taking something good and making it something bad. That's islam.

Khartoum north prosecution unit has completed its investigation and has charged the Briton Gillian (Gibbons) under Article 125 of the criminal code

It's grimly hilarious that they dress up their Dark Ages barbarity with civilized-sounding criminal procedure language.

And the politically-correct multi-culturalists leap to her defense.

I said... LEAP to her defense!
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::crickets::

I'd like to see her rescued by commandos.

"Inciting Hatred" is not a crime in Islam, it's a feature.

Not only are the Islamists worried about the blasphemy, but anyone who might insult Islam or Mohammed and punishing anyone who might not adhere to the dictates of Islamic law.

But, they're also thinking that this is an insidious plot by the West against Islam.

Law & Order: Teddy Bear Blasphemy Unit

Shouldn't she be punished for insulting teddy bears?

re: #1 sultan_knish

Are you blaming the teacher? Come on!

NOW, its the time to stand up for justice for your sister.

/if a man speaks in a crowd of feminists, does anyone hear him?

And how would she know that mohammed is a sacred name. At least 1/3 of the bastard males have that name.

re: #2 mama winger

Taking something good and making it something bad. That's islam.

Amen. Oh, am I allowed to say that?

/sarcasm

Anyone think this'll wake up the British to the problem in their own land?

# 5 Ojoe;

I'd like to see her rescued by commandos.

Yes, the SAS could have some fun with this...re: #5 Ojoe

She got off easy. They beheaded the teddy bear.

Lawyers say the teacher, who is from Liverpool, could face 40 lashes, a fine, or six months in jail if convicted.

They declined to mention the obligatory multiple rapes at the hands of the prison guards, I see.

Is that the actual teddy bear pictured? Muhammad holding a heart that says 'I Love You' on it? Geez louise.

Does it have to be said again? I mean they come here and expect us to bend over backwards to protect THEIR rights. But when we go over there we HAVE to respect their rights. Does this make sense to any one?

This is the future for all who would accomadate the caliphate.

Either resist or live a life with fewer rights than a slave.

What about the kids that wanted to name the teddy bear Mo? Do they get the lash too or only the infidel?

Why doesn't England take her out of there?

Hold on a second - if Mahomet's name is "sacred", how come every second inbred male in the Muslim world is called that or some variation thereon?

That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog.

But...but the bear was already named Teddy.

Would naming your child Mohammed also be considered "insulting religion"? What if he's really ugly?

Tickle me elMO was not available for comment...

Well to be fair, I think that a certain amount of seething is actually in order in this case. By the teddy bears of the world! Hell, I'd be offended in their place.

Expect scenes of rioting stuffed animals pelting froggie gendarmes with gumdrops any day now. Followed by a quick and orderly surrender.

#19 BlueCanuck;

Does it have to be said again? I mean they come here and expect us to bend over backwards to protect THEIR rights. But when we go over there we HAVE to respect their rights. Does this make sense to any one?

I'd rather not call punishment a "right." I think the leaders of Islam would like us to think that, tho.

What would Theodore Roosevelt do?

(inspiration for the original Teddy bears)

Well the Brits have requested the presence of the Sudanese ambassador. I know Bush is trying to create unity against Iran but ... if they don't release the woman the entire civilized world should recall its citizens, send Sudanese officials home, cut off all aid, declare war against Sudan, destroy the village and the school, stop all immigration from that country and generally treat it in the way its behavior has earned itself.

#24
"That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog."

That would be an insult to dogs.

re: #10 DeafDog

No I don't think so, but going to these places to take jobs when they can do what ever they want to you makes NO sense!

Time to pull out of these nutty countries!

re: #18 Seattle Rep

Is that the actual teddy bear pictured? Muhammad holding a heart that says 'I Love You' on it? Geez louise.

No, the actual Mohammad bear has a heart that says, "Hey, kid: Allah wants you to blow yourself up"

re: #30 mama winger

What would Theodore Roosevelt do?

(inspiration for the original Teddy bears)

What would Thomas Jefferson do?

The teddy bear told the press that he is Jewish and that his real name is Moshe Bearkowitz.

re: #19 BlueCanuck

Does it have to be said again? I mean they come here and expect us to bend over backwards to protect THEIR rights. But when we go over there we HAVE to respect their rights. Does this make sense to any one?

Let a pig sit at the table and it will climb onto the table. Russian saying.

I am going to start naming my bullets "Prophet Mohammed"

She goes there to help the kids and this is the muslim thank you she gets.

On Fox News:
Tammy Bruce is ripping the NOW for refusing to take a position on this case.
She also said the Sudanese 40 lashes might be fatal for the not-so-young Ms Gibbons.

re: #24 Photon Cowboy

That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog.

Poor dog.

Was this the work of the Mossad?

They teach young Muslim children to read and write and take care of stuffed animals. Sounds about right! EVIL JOOS!

re: #10 DeafDog

I don't think he's "blaming" her...but I agree with him in what I think he's saying. That any sane, reasonable, logical, adult type person should know the truth about islam, about the country they are thinking about moving to, about their laws and the penalty for making a mistake of this kind.

It doesn't matter to them that the kid wanted to name it MO. They wanted a reason to punish and infidel and they found it. As a matter of fact, the more I think about it, the more I think she is responsible. Not responsible for causing this ridiclious, horrible situation...but for being stupid enough to get herself into this mess. At some point, you have to ask whether or not it's safe to go into the lions den...you can't always just blame the lions. We should know what they're capable of...

Again, yes - the muslim laws regarding insults to islam are pure facist evil.
But if you go to Saudi and hold your bible in plain view on the corner, you should know what will happen to you. Who knows, maybe she knew what she was getting into( moving to an islamic state) and went anyway.

re: #41 amphibian

re: #24 Photon Cowboy

That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog.

Poor dog.

I might name a rat or other vermin that, but a dog deserves better.

A compromise could be reached.

She should be sentenced to write of the chalkboard 10,000 times that:

Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace.Islam is a relgion of peace...

re: #40 mean Gene

She also said the Sudanese 40 lashes might be fatal for the not-so-young Ms Gibbons.

Which is quite true... but, my prediction, won't happen. The moment the Sudanese begin to actually whip Ms. Gibbons, they lose their bargaining power. No, they're going to milk this for all it's worth, get their ransom, then release Ms. Gibbons and be praised for their "moderation".

I would think naming a Teddy Bear after a psychopathic, murdering pedophile would've been an insult to the Teddy Bear. Go figure!

re: #1 sultan_knish

When will Westerners learn to stop taking jobs in countries under Muslim law, no matter how tempting the pay may be.

The come on probably promises them exotic locations and a chance to explore another culture. Well this it

I agree. Years ago when I was young & single, I was recruited by a firm to work for them in Hong Kong. It sounded great.
The problem occured when someone internally posted for it.
The plan was to send me to Saudi Arabia. Uh uh. I declined & told them they stone people there for the things I like, liquor & women etc & I was not that bad. I just knew better

Didn't one of the little kids say that the teddy bear was named after him?...his name also being Mohamed? If they want to flog teachers, come to the USA to any Liberal Arts College and go wild!

Time for GI Joe and Combat Carl to lead a rescue mission.

And this guy here [Link: www.wnd.com...] came to chew gum and kick ass and he's all out of bubblegum.

re: #32 Seattle Rep

#24
"That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog."

That would be an insult to dogs.

yeah. not to mention it's just a plain old sh*tty name.

re: #19 BlueCanuck

Does it have to be said again? I mean they come here and expect us to bend over backwards to protect THEIR rights. But when we go over there we HAVE to respect their rights. Does this make sense to any one?

Of course it does, Islam is the Religion of world domination, Islam commands all to submit to Islam. Hence the seemingly double standard, which really isn't a double standard at all. When they come to a none Muslim country that country must submit to Islam, when you go to a Muslim country you must submit to Islam.

Husker wacademia;

U.S. has no right to claim moral superiority

...Americans, please disabuse yourselves of the idea of this nation as a torch-bearer for democracy, shining its light of liberty into dark and "uncivilized" regions of the globe...

Comments invited here.

re: #21 SecretInternetDoucheBag

My thoughts exactly. How would those parents feel about their little ones being stretched out and given the stick for daring to suggest the name in the first place!

re: #45 Opinionated

I hope they don't behead her for my inadvertent misspelling of religion.

I guess that, in order to be in full compliance with Sudanese law (specifically, Article 125 of the Criminal Code... donning powdered wig, ooh, I look just like the grownups!...), the moment that little boy in her class proposed naming his bear "Muhammad", she should have beheaded him.

Can I call my toilet paper mohamed? Just askin.

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Abbas: We must have e. J'lem as capital

Sorry but Mo' ain't getting it, you mass murdering pos. Sickening.

re: #33 Dustoff-507

Maybe, but in a sense, that attitude is akin to the "withdrawal" crowd.

It seems to me that they are using this poor woman as a pawn to achieve a level of groveling from the west. They need to be made to understand that this sort of punishment to an alleged "crime" is cruel. If they go forward with anything close to what they are talking about, the perpetrators will be held to our justice.

re: #49 ploome hineni

good news Achmed

Romney Denies Vowing No Muslims In Cabinet

Call me whatever you want. This moves him further down the list for me. Just in front of RON PAUL !11!1!

I gotta say this and then run or at least walk slowly to do chores today, but with every passing day, it becomes more and more clear to me that Islam is NOT a religion; it's a cult.
Period.

. Devout Muslims must swarm the offending bear and tear it's stuffing out.
Allahu Blackbear!
// Primitives.

Fear not, N.O.W. leaps into action!

A spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation "is definintely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.

But she added that the U.S.-based organization is "not putting out a statement or taking a position."

Whew, that was a close call.

what was she doing over there anyhow? A white do-gooder?

re: #58 Occasional Reader

I guess that, in order to be in full compliance with Sudanese law (specifically, Article 125 of the Criminal Code... donning powdered wig, ooh, I look just like the grownups!...), the moment that little boy in her class proposed naming his bear "Muhammad", she should have beheaded him.

Uh uh. If the infidel raised her hand to the boy it would mean beheading for her. The faux-prophet says so.

re: #33 Dustoff-507 Hey there my friend - sorry I gotta leave, but did y'all get my e-mail yesterday?!

re: #31 GreenSoccer

I don't want Bush involved in this; his likely response would be to tell the state department to relax visa standards even further for Sudanese; a green card to any Muslim of Sudanese extraction who wants one.

40 lashes, a fine, six months in jail, and gang rape as a bonus said the Muslim prosecutioner.

/there fixed that for ya

re: #67 Crusader Rabbit

re: #58 Occasional Reader

I guess that, in order to be in full compliance with Sudanese law (specifically, Article 125 of the Criminal Code... donning powdered wig, ooh, I look just like the grownups!...), the moment that little boy in her class proposed naming his bear "Muhammad", she should have beheaded him.

Uh uh. If the infidel raised her hand to the boy it would mean beheading for her. The faux-prophet says so.

Hmm... good point. So, I amend my statement; in order to remain in full compliance with Sudanese law, she should have beheaded herself.

re: #62 Owl

re: #49 ploome hineni

good news Achmed

Romney Denies Vowing No Muslims In Cabinet

Call me whatever you want. This moves him further down the list for me. Just in front of RON PAUL !11!1!

Yup, me too, when word first came out that he said no Muslims in his cabinet I though oh, a politician with a backbone who understands the war on terror, but now I see him as just another waffle making pandering politician.

re: #65 frankp_63

Fear not, N.O.W. leaps into action!

A spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation "is definintely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.

But she added that the U.S.-based organization is "not putting out a statement or taking a position."

Whew, that was a close call.

They're waiting to find out what Ms. Gibbons' position on abortion is.

#2 Mamma Winger

Hi Mamma! It's great to have you back again!
You were missed. :)

re: #70 BingoBunny

40 lashes, a fine, six months in jail, and gang rape as a bonus said the Muslim prosecutioner.

/there fixed that for ya

Then 40 more lashes for getting herself raped, right?

re: #55 Terp Mole

Too much rage to comment on that idiotic blather. Can we deport HIM? Send him out into the world for an education on just why we CAN claim moral superiority!

re: #55 Terp Mole

Husker wacademia;

U.S. has no right to claim moral superiority
...Americans, please disabuse yourselves of the idea of this nation as a torch-bearer for democracy, shining its light of liberty into dark and "uncivilized" regions of the globe...

Comments invited here.

Unf*ckingbelievable.

Another bitter Stalinist-wannabe on campus. Color me surprised.

There comes a time when one is growing up. It's a time when the old parental excuses and fantasies are no longer adequate to explain what you see in your day-to-day life.

Li'l Jeffy is impervious to irony as well.

re: #43 Owl

I understand the point, and maybe it's valid if the rules were clearly explained to this woman prior to her taking the position (maybe they were, but I doubt it). More likely, IMO, some imam is using this woman as a pawn and it sickens me.

#18 Seattle Rep 11/28/07 9:01:51 am reply quote report 0

Is that the actual teddy bear pictured? Muhammad holding a heart that says 'I Love You' on it? Geez louise.

That's the part that has all Islam so upset. No sword, no threats, no bombs - just a heart and the I love you sentiment. There aren't enough lashes to the sentence. Get real all you Islamic thugs! re: #18 Seattle Rep

re: #66 Teacake!

She is probably another Rachel Corrie. Which in no way excuses the torture she is enduring at the hands of her Sudanese Muslim overlords.

re: #59 Quiller

Can I call my toilet paper mohamed? Just askin.

Would you really want to insult your own posterior that way?

Friday?

re: #61 DeafDog

Yes they are using this POOR women and when we stop going to these nutty places, they won't be able to use us.

I'm not a withdraw person, but as someone just said. Go into the lions den, what do you expect!

Don't feed the lions. (-:

has been charged with insulting religion, showing contempt for religious belief, and inciting hatred.

Is this behavior not rampant throughout the muslim world against Jew, Christians, Buddhists and anyone else who doesn't cowtow to muslim beliefs? Hatred against us and contempt for our sacred religious beliefs is spewed from countless mosques, news outlets and government leaders!

re: #76 luckygirl

idiotic blather

He can't be "idiotic", he's wearing Janeane Garofolo Smart Glasses! Didn't you see his photo?! Plus, he's got a shaved head and is wearing a black T-shirt, which proves that he's really tough.

What would be the backlash if the SAS together with a token "other country force" went in and brought her out to face justice in Britain , as the case could never be settled by a jury of her peers in the Sudan.
Is there any protocol for this? Calling on the Sudanese Ambassador is not a very forcefull measure since he is probably happy to be away from his own country as it is. Can anyone suggest another way to bring pressure on such a ridiculous regime?

While I certainly hope Ms Gibbons is able to extricate herself from that situation, you couldn't entice me to even visit a muslim country for any amount of money.

Our home-grown version of Sharia law, environmentalism, rears its ugly head here in California: it will soon be illegal in the bay area to start a fire in your fireplace. Outdoor grilling, power lawn mowers and smoking a cigarette are next on the target list. These dipwhistle enviro's are every bit as dangerous as the islamists IMHO.

#14 Leonidas Hoplite

Anyone think this'll wake up the British to the problem in their own land?

No.

At this point her students are probably in danger as well & Ms. Gibbons is probably tempted to take the punishments to protect them.

I curse islam

re: #68 realwest

No I didn't buddy?

re: #83 Dustoff-507

Train the lions savages!

re: #80 firebreather

re: #66 Teacake!

She is probably another Rachel Corrie. Which in no way excuses the torture she is enduring at the hands of her Sudanese Muslim overlords.

...but let's be clear. She chose to have them as her overlords.

re: #66 Teacake!

It may suprise you but there are people who just want to help others, no more complicae than that.

re: #73 Dead Sea Squirrel

re: #65 frankp_63

Fear not, N.O.W. leaps into action!

A spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation "is definintely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.

But she added that the U.S.-based organization is "not putting out a statement or taking a position."

Whew, that was a close call.

They're waiting to find out what Ms. Gibbons' position on abortion is.

As well as her sexual orintation

re: #86 boatguy

and brought her out to face justice in Britain

You're being sarcastic there, right?

A dog is a noble animal & no dog should be named after a mass-murdering child rapist who spawned the sickest, most twisted & inhumane belief system in the history of the human race.

Vermin have more nobility than Muhammad; fecal matter has more nobility.

Cancers should be renamed for Muhammad.

re: #87 elevenbravo1969

Our home-grown version of Sharia law, environmentalism, rears its ugly head here in California: it will soon be illegal in the bay area to start a fire in your fireplace. Outdoor grilling, power lawn mowers and smoking a cigarette are next on the target list. These dipwhistle enviro's are every bit as dangerous as the islamists IMHO.

Are you serious? What's the reasoning behind this moonbattery anyway?

OT

This is depressing news, if true:

Vatican: Palestinian Refugees have Right to Return

A Vatican official said Wednesday that Palestinian refugees have the right to return to their homeland, and said he hoped Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would address the issue.

Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the Vatican's office for migrants, said "It is my hope that all the parts of the problem are taken into consideration such as that of the Palestinian refugees, who like all other refugees, have the right to return to their homeland." (AP)

Perhaps we should send every freaking cabdriver named mohammed back to their country of origin for associating with infidels daily. I am seriously thinking of getting a pot bellied pig and naming it mohammed. I like the idea of immediately cutting off all aid to a country that can allow such a travesty of justice to occur. Now our politicians are groveling at their feet because if we dare offend them, there is no telling what they will do to this woman. In islam, the innocents always suffer; this is a common denominator in their perfidious ways. They understand only one thing and that is overwhelming force. The lack of capitals is intentional; I refuse to show any respect for the r.o.p.

re: #92 Crusader Rabbit

Disingenuous.

re: #78 DeafDog

The main problem, they change the rules to fit their needs.

re: #100 Ojoe

re: #92 Crusader Rabbit

Disingenuous.

Don't follow you at all.

Was she forced to live in Sudan?

40 bombs for 40 lashes

As an incentive to get the Sudan to act properly, let's just cut off all aid to Africa, including the billions that we are pouring down the drain in the name of aids when what percentage of the cases is a case of diarrhea?
yes I know. if we pull out Bin Laden might show up and create a haven. well then at least we would know where he is so we can drop a bomb on his head.

re: #91 DeafDog

LOL, got a damn big whip?

Oh Happy Days!

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are any of the murderous insurgents in Thailand named Mohammed?

re: #98 Dead Sea Squirrel

I don't think I like this new pope.

OT,

An update from America's most dysfunctional city:

With any luck at all, I will be rid of the unspeakably miserable Xanadoo wireless "broadband" system by the end of the day today and I can back to something resembling 21st century internet service. I might even be able to watch streaming video, an impossibility with Xanadoo.

The wait has been so long because Lubbock is the black hole of customer service, and my new service, NTS Fiber-Optic, has taken a month (that's right, a month) to get around to installing their stuff at my house. I could not try yet another service in the meantime because a. it is still in Lubbock and might not be any better and b. I was committed to the new fiberoptic service as soon as I ordered it a month ago tomorrow.

The whole idiotic process with NTS started with the new company taking my credit card over the phone and duly docking me $100 within minutes (the only time a Lubbock business gets in a hurry is when they are taking your money or running from a process server.)
That was a month ago tomorrow. After that, I waited a few days for the installer to show up and instead got a form in the mail to fill out and return to them. I called and they explained that they could not schedule installation until this was completed. I saved a few days (the postal service is also dead-lice slow here) by returning it to them in person. The exchange of snail mail and paper killed another week anyway.
They told me that the first set of installers would be out in "7 to 10 business days" to put in the fiber-optic lines and install some equipment in my garage. (Everything in Lubbock takes "7 to 10 business days" except getting a pizza delivered, which only takes 3 days.)
The installation was scheduled for Monday morning, two weeks from the day and the requisite 7 to 10 business days after I returned the paper forms. The installers duly arrived Monday morning, only 30 minutes late, and did their thing. Another installer would then have to come out and complete the connections inside the house. I called today and discovered that this was in fact scheduled for "some time this morning." In Lubbock business code, this means some time this afternoon or possibly tomorrow morning.

For their part, the Xanadoo swindle has offered to buy back my wireless modem for 25 dollars so they can unload it on some other sucker, but it would be well worth the quarter C loss to break it to bits with a sledge hammer and mail them the fragments.
Remember, Xanadoo is massively promoted as a wireless broadband system. Wireless it is, broadband it is not. Average download speeds, I kid you not, are on the order of 15 Kbps. That's not megabits, but kilobits, about the level of dial-up service you could get in, say, 1993. Xanadoo has a speed test page that is obviously rigged since my speed suddenly accelerates to 500 KbS or more when I log on, then falls back to the usual glacial pace when I go to any other webpage..
The Xanadoo connection takes 3 minutes to load LGF, when it doesn't time out completely, and everyone else's speed test shows the same antiquated performance.

I am less than a mile from one of their towers and the modem shows a strong signal. They just don't have, or won't furnish, the bandwidth. I suspect that it would miraculously improve to the advertised 1.5 meg level if I signed a one year commitment or shelled out another sixty bucks for one of their external antenna packages.
All in all, this is the worst scam and biggest rip-off I have encountered in computing. I suspect that a huge scandal and multiple court cases are in the offing. With any luck, the crooks who run Xanadoo will end up in federal prison before it is over.

Now, while I think this is bad, of course, Hollywood has taught me that every bad thing that happens in Africa is ultimately the result of the actions of some Evil White People somewhere. We simply must find the Evil White People who are really causing this outrage to happen. Based on my Hollywood education, I'd surmise they are probably swanning around London in a chauffeured Jaguar at this very moment.

re: #19 BlueCanuck

Does it have to be said again? I mean they come here and expect us to bend over backwards to protect THEIR rights. But when we go over there we HAVE to respect their rights. Does this make sense to any one?

Nope! they constantly use their laws against us and our own laws against us. It's a lose-lose proposition for westerners.

re: #90 Dustoff-507 Huh, sent it at about 10:45 PM your time.
Shit.

I think the teacher went there to do good. Naivete attracts evil. Trust me. I did slip into naivete. Evil showed up.

re: #98 Dead Sea Squirrel

OT

This is depressing news, if true:

Vatican: Palestinian Refugees have Right to Return

A Vatican official said Wednesday that Palestinian refugees have the right to return to their homeland, and said he hoped Israeli-Palestinian peace talks would address the issue.
Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the Vatican's office for migrants, said "It is my hope that all the parts of the problem are taken into consideration such as that of the Palestinian refugees, who like all other refugees, have the right to return to their homeland." (AP)

Since most of them are from Jordan and Syria etc, they should return.

re: #36 Gaye Kukkin-Offenyam

The teddy bear told the press that he is Jewish and that his real name is Moshe Bearkowitz.

Of course! And he is only a bear(kowitz) in disguise after all! Moshe is part of the global international Jewish conspiracy who holds a high ranking in the Mosad. Be aware he sends out lethal blood drinking death rays.

Keep your hands on your wallet as well. You know what happens when we blood thirsty Jews get around money...

As for Gillian Gibbons aka Geltfry Gribenes head of the big Zionist Shmaltz family, trying to infiltrate filthy pigs always gets one in trouble. Just like calling those filthy pigs (wink wink, if you get what I mean)-->CLEAN RoP simply has it's way of backfiring.

just saying

re: #96 firebreather

A dog is a noble animal & no dog should be named after a mass-murdering child rapist who spawned the sickest, most twisted & inhumane belief system in the history of the human race.

Vermin have more nobility than Muhammad; fecal matter has more nobility.

Cancers should be renamed for Muhammad.

Ya nailed it. Dogs are too high on the food chain.
Mohammod did not like dogs, probably beacuse they did not like him.
Dogs are great critters and have a sence about people

I think they used Teddy to stash the Death Star plams.

re: #55 Terp Mole

Husker wacademia;

U.S. has no right to claim moral superiority...Americans, please disabuse yourselves of the idea of this nation as a torch-bearer for democracy, shining its light of liberty into dark and "uncivilized" regions of the globe...

Comments invited here.

Maybe a history lesson is in order.

Throughout the middle part of this century, the U.S. government did its best to undermine democratically elected regimes throughout Central and South America.

Have we reached the middle part of this century and I missed it?

I hear the Muslim Council in Britain is asking the Sudanese to stop this.

re: #92 Crusader Rabbit

re: #80 firebreather

re: #66 Teacake!

She is probably another Rachel Corrie. Which in no way excuses the torture she is enduring at the hands of her Sudanese Muslim overlords.

...but let's be clear. She chose to have them as her overlords.

Politically incorrect though it may be, you are right. Like Rachel Corrie, this teacher is probably a dyed-in-the-wool liberal who would sooner castigate a Tory conservative as an intolerant bigot than utter a peep of condemnation against the murderous & inhumane practices of Muslims, especially Muslims in an exotic foreign culture. (All good Western liberals know that exotic foreign cultures are morally superior to our own).

Although this is ridiculous in any civilized society, the MSM has jumped on this (currently front page on CNN) and also the Saudi rape case and is shining a very bright light on the "Religion of Peace™" and its hatred for anything not Islamic. Perhaps people who were completely indifferent or uninformed will begin to see just what we're up against.

/I can hope can't I?

re #95 OR
The sarc was on Jury of her peers. Could not be found where she is or this farce would not be happening.

Another victim of Sudan Infidel Death Syndrome (SIDS)

re: #111 realwest

I went to bed my friend. They say it's going to snow here tomorrow

re: #114 selpaw

Do think the Berenstain Bears may have had a hand in this? I mean, oops a paw. A Zionist paw, naturally.

re: #111 realwest

I'll read it tonight. I have a short shift today. Teaching CPR.

re: #98 Dead Sea Squirrel I reckon someone ought to tell the Pope that the Pali's homeland is ...JORDAN! And the reason that they are homeless is because the King of Jordan formed the Jordanian Foreign Legion (with no "Jordanian Arabs" in it) led by mostly former British Army officers, to kill or drive the Pali's out of THEIR HOMELAND.
Stupid putzes.

re: #120 Barking Pumpkin

So far NOW is thinking.

#81 - Well, at least 'ole mo gets to wipe my ass. If they want to whip me, there'd better be strawberries and cream involved!

re: #10 DeafDog

re: #1 sultan_knish

Are you blaming the teacher? Come on!

No, I'm just saying it's about time Westerners stopped taking vacations and jobs in Muslim countries.

I mean would you take a job in a Cannibal country or one where the law entitled the authorities to shoot you for wearing a red sweater?

Part of the problem is that people are misled about Islam

Grin and bear it.

re: #78 DeafDog

re: #43 Owl

I understand the point, and maybe it's valid if the rules were clearly explained to this woman prior to her taking the position (maybe they were, but I doubt it). More likely, IMO, some imam is using this woman as a pawn and it sickens me.

If this woman has no way to find out about islam, then she is totally innocent. If she has any way, any resources wherein she could have known what she was getting into, then I have to say she is at the very least ignorant, and at the very worst, stupid. Maybe she'll write a book about it and we'll know someday. And I'm not trying to be mean or say she did anything wrong. I'm just saying that unless she's lived in a cave for the last 10 years, she should have known there was an inherent danger in being an infidel in a muslim country. And again, maybe she did. I'm not trying to judge her or condemn her by any means.

re: #101 Dustoff-507

That's my guess, too, and - like I said - I understand your point.

Since this is a Brit citizen, it's up to the Brits to figure out a way out of it.

If this were an American citizen, the appropriate response would depend on whether there were travel restrictions to the Sudan. If there are no such restrictions and they tried to pull this crap, then do what the original Teddy Bear would do...speak softly, but carry a big stick

First, I wouldn't be surprised if her punishment is greater since she tried to blame the children for naming the bear. I'm certain an infidel blaming a muslim child for blasphemy will be looked down upon.

Second, if she had known and instructed the children that naming the bear Mohammad was blasphemy, wouldn't that also be a crime - an infidel instructing muslims about Islam just can't be permissible.

re: #129 sultan_knish

No, I'm just saying it's about time Westerners stopped taking vacations and jobs in Muslim countries.

That is skating dangerously close to a Kos-like "screw 'em" mentality.

THREAT OF TEN YEARS IN JAIL

In Sudan there was speculation that Mrs Gibbons could face a more serious charge than originally discussed.

It had been thought she might be charged and convicted of insulting Islam, which could lead to a sentence of up to 40 lashes and six months in prison or a fine.

But police sources said she might be charged with sedition on the basis that she may have incited rebellion, which could mean a jail term of more than ten years.

Salaheddin Abu Zaid, general prosecutor, said: "Questioning started yesterday and is continuing today.

"We are also questioning witnesses and if witnesses bring new elements to light, the charges could become more serious."

re: #119 firebreather

re: #92 Crusader Rabbit

re: #80 firebreather

re: #66 Teacake!
She is probably another Rachel Corrie. Which in no way excuses the torture she is enduring at the hands of her Sudanese Muslim overlords.

...but let's be clear. She chose to have them as her overlords.

Politically incorrect though it may be, you are right. Like Rachel Corrie, this teacher is probably a dyed-in-the-wool liberal who would sooner castigate a Tory conservative as an intolerant bigot than utter a peep of condemnation against the murderous & inhumane practices of Muslims, especially Muslims in an exotic foreign culture. (All good Western liberals know that exotic foreign cultures are morally superior to our own).

I don't draw any conclusions about her politics. My point is simply that the caliphate does not recognise any concept of rights for non-muslims. Anytime you cross their borders you sacrifice your rights, all of them. Instead you live by their good graces, and as we have seen they are quite ingracious.

What if we all start wearing t shirts with a picture of a bear holding a heart saying I love you in support of the woman? Hey THEY can Riot in the streets at a moment's notice. Why doesn't someone start a march in Washington to march on the Sudanese embassy with signs that read "Kick their asses out." ?

re: #119 firebreather

re: #92 Crusader Rabbit

re: #80 firebreather

re: #66 Teacake!
She is probably another Rachel Corrie. Which in no way excuses the torture she is enduring at the hands of her Sudanese Muslim overlords.

...but let's be clear. She chose to have them as her overlords.

Politically incorrect though it may be, you are right. Like Rachel Corrie, this teacher is probably a dyed-in-the-wool liberal who would sooner castigate a Tory conservative as an intolerant bigot than utter a peep of condemnation against the murderous & inhumane practices of Muslims, especially Muslims in an exotic foreign culture. (All good Western liberals know that exotic foreign cultures are morally superior to our own).

So if she gets flogged, will she convert and become a neo-con?

re: #115 opnion

The theory behind Muhammad's injunctions against dogs is probably accurate... he came to hate the animals after his amorous advances were rebuffed.

Goats, of course, did not object, and consequently are revered as prized sex objects in many Muslim lands.

And it is many a goat who has enjoyed the favors of Ibrahim Hooper, who endeavors to follow the "Prophet's" example.

re: #132 DeafDog

re: #101 Dustoff-507

That's my guess, too, and - like I said - I understand your point.

Since this is a Brit citizen, it's up to the Brits to figure out a way out of it.

If this were an American citizen, the appropriate response would depend on whether there were travel restrictions to the Sudan. If there are no such restrictions and they tried to pull this crap, then do what the original Teddy Bear would do...speak softly, but carry aDAMN big stick

Fixed it for-ya.

#87

Fireplaces emit smoke.. thats a hazard to polar bears .. debate closed.. nuf said.. pay your fine and shut the smuck up. Besides global warming means no more cold right?

why oh why? do the right wing nuts question our science/ religion.
Al Gore

I also have a gut feelign we'll be hearing Ms. Gibbon praising her captors' humane treatment in the near future. That said, let's not speculate too much about the poor woman before she has been heard from. She may just surprise us, like that Brit former hostage in Iraq who, after release, referred to his captors as "arseholes" (much to the chagrin of the UK chattering classes).

OT-

Seattle teachers say it ain't fair to make students take a test in ENGLISH!

Talking of the Sudan:

Moral Inversion at Annapolis

It was strange, then, to find in attendance at the Annapolis conference on Tuesday one John Ukec, ambassador to the U.S. from Sudan. In other words, among the invitees of a purported peace conference was a representative of a regime that the convener of the gathering himself, George Bush, had openly accused of genocide.

re: #122 Peacekeeper
Not funny. I know people who have lost children to SIDS.

What if someone draws a cartoon of the teddy bear named Mohammed? Will they then riot in the street?

Welcome to the world of islhamic rule.

This is what hollywood and the wealthy leftist think they will get to avoid when the jihad comes to the west and they work to take over the world.

Money buys a lot of things in the Western culture, but buys you NOTHING in islham. They will be in for SUCH a rude awakening.

re: #146 SecretInternetDoucheBag

What if someone draws a cartoon of the teddy bear named Mohammed?

Or even worse... a soft-serve ice cream swirl that looks like a cartoon of a teddy bear named Mohammed... and then they write an opera about it...

re: #113 Eowyn2

Vatican: Palestinian Refugees have Right to Return

It is not only the Vatican who wishes for right of return.

Back to the Vatican, railing on Israel is surely nothing new.
All through the last intifada and even in the Lebanon war the Vatican had
choice words to spew against Israel. Recently,

Pope's ambassador to Washington blames Israel for deterioration of relations with Catholic Church, says Israel cannot be trusted and laments that ties were better 'when there were none at all'

LOL! In the end the players come from different sides yet sing in the same choir. Such a partnership...

On a higher note (no pun intended) take a read:
On the Jewish Question by BERNARD LEWIS

She's a 54 year-old woman.

You don't f*&%ing lash a 54 year-old woman. I don't care WHAT her religious / political affiliations are.

NOW, my ass.

I also bet some Kos bastard reads this and says that I'm a chauvanist. If this makes me chauvanist, fine. I don't give a crap. This woman is about the same age as my Mom. If someone decided to lash my Mom, whoever does best make sure I'm very, very dead before they try it.

Grr.

I checked the map and Sudan is on the Red Sea which is off the Arabian Sea. Why don't the Brits do some gunboat diplomacy?
It is below Egypt. They are allies. A team of commandos might go through there. They don't state in what town this takes place.

re: #129 sultan_knish

re: #10 DeafDog

re: #1 sultan_knish

Are you blaming the teacher? Come on!

No, I'm just saying it's about time Westerners stopped taking vacations and jobs in Muslim countries.

I mean would you take a job in a Cannibal country or one where the law entitled the authorities to shoot you for wearing a red sweater?

Part of the problem is that people are misled about Islam, sometimes even by their President.

/ bold is mine

Mohammed. He Who Must Not Be Named.

It's been a while since this story broke, and I still have trouble grasping that it's actually happening. If someone had related the initial report to me in casual conversation I probably would've laughed and assumed they were pulled in by something on The Onion. I just really can't... I mean...

It's a fucking teddy bear!

It really almost seems like it can't be incidental anymore, the way it's appeared to me for a while - it really seems like these people have deliberately engineered their whole (legal, social, religious) system to intentionally and completely stamp out, corrupt, ruin, destroy, and defile everything that makes life happy and worthwhile, right down to the smallest, purest, most innocuous little things.

I mean... I...

It's a fucking teddy bear! With fuzzy fur and the little paw pads, holding a little heart that says "I love you" (presuming that the bear pictured is / is similar to the one in question; even if not, the concept is the same). They took something simple and clean, the very essence of childhood, a harmless little toy for children to carry around and hug and love, to play with and give a name to, something so quintessentially happy and turned it into a symbol of their endless hatred, of horror and fear and imprisonment, lashes, shame, humiliation, of death threats and intimidation and everything broken and wrong in the world.

Just like they do to everything... but... this?

It breaks my heart.

Here's a photo of Mohammed.
I just dropped him off at the pool.
Look at the fun Mohammed is having !

re: #4 Spiny Norman

And the politically-correct multi-culturalists leap to her defense.

I said... LEAP to her defense!

Are you kidding? The only difference between the multicultists and the Sudanese is to replace "whipping" with a hefty fine, jail time, and a "re-education" with "diversity" counseling. They're already trying to pass laws in the EU just like Sudan's.

This is a clear-cut case of the great leftist First Law of White vs. Brown, and we know who always loses that fight.

Fox News seems to be all over this story, and I think that's a good thing. The world needs to be exposed to the evil that is Islam, and perhaps some will wake up out of their fitful liberal sleep.

re: #148 Occasional Reader

You forgot the sneakers of Islam.

Illinois wacademia has empathy for sharia;

An offensive teddy bear

...This type of insult to the Prophet Muhammad is considered a crime in Sudan, and Gibbons, who is currently in jail, faces possible lashing as a punishment.

After reviewing these facts, the Editorial Board could not help but wonder how she could make such a mistake while teaching in Sudan. If she was teaching in a country with a relatively large Muslim population, wouldn't she just avoid naming the bear Muhammad, just in case?

Note the matter-of-fact Editorial objectivity in "the Prophet" (not "their" prophet).

re: #153 galloping granny

Mohammed. He Who Must Not Be Named.

So he's Hastur the unspeakable... sounds about right.

re: #151 GreenSoccer

I checked the map and Sudan is on the Red Sea which is off the Arabian Sea. Why don't the Brits do some gunboat diplomacy?
It is below Egypt. They are allies. A team of commandos might go through there. They don't state in what town this takes place.

Because they no longer have the crown jewels to do so...

re: #129 sultan_knish

No, I'm just saying it's about time Westerners stopped taking vacations and jobs in Muslim countries.

I mean would you take a job in a Cannibal country or one where the law entitled the authorities to shoot you for wearing a red sweater?

Part of the problem is that people are misled about Islam

Oh, I don't know. I took a job in a Muslim country, namely Iraq. The daily sucide bombings and the occasional ambush were admittedly an annoyance, almost as bad as the ubiquitous presence of the international gin and whisky club media, but unlike this poor Brit woman I did have the advantage of being allowed to shoot back. It makes a lot of difference, both in one's own sense of well-being and in the attitude of the locals.

re: #154 Rain Patriot The intention is to break our spirit so we will submit.

re: #143 GregInSeattle

I know sicking isn't it... I live here too. )-:

balls of blasphemy

re: #138 BlueCanuck

Sometimes a liberal gets mugged by reality & (occasionally) re-examines their prevously unquestioned belief systems.

Well, at least David Horowitz did.

But most liberals are extremely insular people who subscribe to dogmas & bumper-sticker slogans & have little capacity to to look at an issue in a reasoned & rational way. Liberals emote, they scream, they ululate; so great are their all-consuming passions. Logic gets lost or distorted beyond recognition when they fall back on their well-worn tropes.

re: #124 Occasional Reader

A Zionist paw, naturally

Oy va voy...they are my realitives!

Zionist paw...Indeed! Right on target my friend.

re: #10 DeafDog

re: #1 sultan_knish

Are you blaming the teacher? Come on!

I don't know if Sultan is blaming the teacher so much as making a point that there are consequences to our decisions in life. Going to live in a Muslim country is the height of stupidity; some degrees of stupidity are punishable by death. I am only glad that the media seems to be covering Muslim barbarity with unusual frequency these days. Wow. A sign of good things to come? Maybe. Maybe one more do-gooder moonbat will think twice before running to live among the depraved members of the Religion of Peace.

Makes me want to go into Islamic countries to teach even more. The children are the future in Islamic countries, and if we can empower them, then they will beat the fundamentalists. Poverty and ignorance may not be the only cause of terrorism, but they are major causes. The fundies prey on the ignorance of ordinary Muslims who don't realize their governments and imams are playing them for fools. My mom wants to go back to India and start up schools and homes for girls. I want to take that even further. Indian society is more open to change, and lots of progress will be made, I know it. I can't say the same for Pakistan and Afghanistan, unless people are willing to go in there, especially the tribal regions. One person has done just that, and it's in his book Three Cups of Tea.

re: #131 Owl

I understand your point, but I am sick and tired of kowtowing. Whether it is the flying imams or the cartoons, I think it's a mistake to surrender to the BS. If we surrender to this BS, then it jus goes on and on and will never change (in fact, it will only get worse).

Also, there is a big difference between opportunists that are taking risky jobs for high pay and someone who is taking a low paying job to help folks. Suppose this woman was a pacifist who only wanted to show these Arabs that we are a good people and she wasn't doing it for the money (this is probably true). That's noble, even if misguided. If she was American, I would hope for a stern response.

Everybody has been saying we need to do something about Darfur which is in the Sudan. I know Bush does not want to get involved because he lacks the men. But maybe this is the beginning of the end for the Sudanese government.

re: #123 Dustoff-507

re: #111 realwest

I went to bed my friend. They say it's going to snow here tomorrow

snowed here last night; and yesterday

This woman doesn't deserve to be beaten for what she believes.

If taken at face value, the ones holding her are insane.

One wonders if the British capitulation to Iranian kidnapping earlier in the year has anything to do with this.

I don't know about Britain, but the US travel advisory is to NOT GO to Sudan.

re: #173 Eowyn2

You live where?

re: #159 Terp Mole

The editorial board's argument is similar to blaming rape victims for wearing short skirts.

My guess is that this teacher will not be lashed, she will be released.

And then her release will be used to show the world the great compassion of Allah and Islamic justice...Also, very likely, the teacher will forgive her captives (as it is likely she is an Islamophile) and praise them for treating her so well.

/...seen it before.

Alright, let me just swan dive into the obvious.
This is a culture driven by the delusions of a 7th Century madman.
A woman gets raped, she gets punished. Stonings, beheadings and honor killings are rampant.
Hatred for all non muslims is encourged in the name of some vile religion.
Constant demands are made for concessions and sensitivity while none is returned.
Islam should be mocked and treated as the moral depravity that it is.
Ok I am jumping off of the soap box.

Bring on the whipping post! You know, Sudan needs to be itself and go right on and convict her and lash her and throw her in jail. Go on with your bad self Sudan, don't let the outcry from the west have any effect on you. Same goes for Saudi Arabia and the woman who was gang raped and who will also get six months in jail and the lashes. Be your complete and total Bad Ass Arab selves and punish these people for their 'crimes' We need videotape of the sentences being carried out as well. Then even those stupid idiot 'relative morality' folks can try to defend it. And we can get a good enough backlash and perhaps reach the tipping point to get public opinion where it needs to be. Freaking savage barbarian goat herders with a deviant religion which advocates rape, murder and sanctioned racism against nonmuslims. And I apologize to any barbarians or goat herders who might feel slighted by my characterization.

The Koran & Haddith portray Mohammed as:

A delusional madman who thought he flew to heaven on a magic horse
A bandit / pirate
A murderer / warlord
A sexual abuser of a young boy
A sexual abuser of a young girl

Compared the the teachings of Islam, being compared to a Teddy Bear is a compliment.

re: #151 GreenSoccer

I checked the map and Sudan is on the Red Sea which is off the Arabian Sea. Why don't the Brits do some gunboat diplomacy?
It is below Egypt. They are allies. A team of commandos might go through there. They don't state in what town this takes place.

You mean the same Brits who ordered their commandos prior to a raid on an Islamic house to remove their shoes? The same Brits who are not allowed to conduct a raid during prayer time?

Gunboat diplomacy? Where in the hell has that been of late? Seems to me all we have is gunboat KISS-ASS diplomacy. Anyway, the Brits have no balls. Just kid gloves and kid-ney pies. Neither wins in the war against the not so RoP.

re: #151 GreenSoccer

I checked the map and Sudan is on the Red Sea which is off the Arabian Sea. Why don't the Brits do some gunboat diplomacy?
It is below Egypt. They are allies. A team of commandos might go through there. They don't state in what town this takes place.

I take it you're working on the assumption that the British government still has it's testicles.

re: #151 GreenSoccer

This isn't Churchill's England anymore. Richard the Lionhearted died centuries ago.

Britain's gunboats are "manned" by pink-haired, tattooed sailors with nipple rings.

We saw what happened with the abducted sailors in Iran, the willing dhimmies who praised their Islamic captors to the skies & ripped GB's foreign policy.

Any farmers here with hogs? You should name a few of them Mohammed.

Let's face it all. Until the day we start drilling for our own oil, we will be stuck with these insane fools.

re: #73 Dead Sea Squirrel

re: #65 frankp_63

Fear not, N.O.W. leaps into action!

A spokeswoman for the National Organization for Women said the situation "is definintely on the radar, and N.O.W. is not ignoring it.

But she added that the U.S.-based organization is "not putting out a statement or taking a position."

Whew, that was a close call.

They're waiting to find out what Ms. Gibbons' position on abortion is.

That, or they don't know yet if she is a lesbian.

Come to think about it, they probably want to beat her for teaching their kids how to read and think for themselves.

I now know what I am going to name my next dump. Oh, wait a minute... thats the same name I gave my last 12 dumps!

re: #170 marwan's daughter

Makes me want to go into Islamic countries to teach even more. The children are the future in Islamic countries, and if we can empower them, then they will beat the fundamentalists. Poverty and ignorance may not be the only cause of terrorism, but they are major causes. The fundies prey on the ignorance of ordinary Muslims who don't realize their governments and imams are playing them for fools. My mom wants to go back to India and start up schools and homes for girls. I want to take that even further. Indian society is more open to change, and lots of progress will be made, I know it. I can't say the same for Pakistan and Afghanistan, unless people are willing to go in there, especially the tribal regions. One person has done just that, and it's in his book Three Cups of Tea.

It's hard for me to believe that any muslim state is going to let you waltz in there and " empower" the children to change anything.
and #2. there's poverty and ignorance in parts of Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama...so when do the terrorists show up there? Sorry, but the "cause" of terrorism is the fundamentalist following of the teachings of islam. read the koran.

'But police sources said she might be charged with sedition on the basis that she may have incited rebellion, which could mean a jail term of more than ten years.'

. Under torture, Mohammed the Bear finally broke and pointed the claw at Ms. Gibbons.

'At about 20 I lost count because I was in too much pain, but someone else was counting each stroke out loud in Arabic.

I had to grit my teeth even more and screwed up my eyes.

I was determined not to make a sound and to lie perfectly still.

Only one of us would leave this room with their dignity intact - me.
// Gavin Sherrard-Smith in the Daily Mail.

. Bloody Primitives.

Lawyers say the teacher, who is from Liverpool, could face 40 lashes, a fine, or six months in jail if convicted.

File under: No good deed goes unpunished.

These people need to be offended more to learn some tolerance

A teddy bear just doesn't do it, therefore I generously give unto the People of Sudan, Mohammed the Stuffed Pig (Plush Be Upon Him), soon to be available at all finer Sudanese toy stores

[Link: aycu07.webshots.com...]

re: #180 Ringo the Gringo

Yep. This woman is just a pawn.

#180

captives = captors

re: #171 DeafDog

re: #131 Owl

I understand your point, but I am sick and tired of kowtowing. Whether it is the flying imams or the cartoons, I think it's a mistake to surrender to the BS. If we surrender to this BS, then it jus goes on and on and will never change (in fact, it will only get worse).

Also, there is a big difference between opportunists that are taking risky jobs for high pay and someone who is taking a low paying job to help folks. Suppose this woman was a pacifist who only wanted to show these Arabs that we are a good people and she wasn't doing it for the money (this is probably true). That's noble, even if misguided. If she was American, I would hope for a stern response.

Oh, I'm with you there. And supposing she was a pacifist and only wanted to help them. that's fine. She's an ignorant pacifist. Her ignorance of muslim treatment of infidels doesn't excuse what they are going to do.

Now it's time to start lashing players in the NBA and NFL for taking this most "sacred" of names...esp. when they cover themselves in tatoos.

Shirley, there's something in the koran about that.

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

Thanks for telling me it is in Khartoum.

what rhymes with law is
hawhaw jaw paw raw saw

you might want to change the last line of your poem such as
you may not like the tender mercies of sharia law that might feel like a lion's paw, and leave you raw, sort of like 40 socks to the jaw, which is no hawhaw, she saw.

re: #181 opnion

Alright, let me just swan dive into the obvious.
This is a culture driven by the delusions of a 7th Century madman.
A woman gets raped, she gets punished. Stonings, beheadings and honor killings are rampant.
Hatred for all non muslims is encourged in the name of some vile religion.
Constant demands are made for concessions and sensitivity while none is returned.
Islam should be mocked and treated as the moral depravity that it is.
Ok I am jumping off of the soap box.

There's a wider lesson here. People from all civilised countries should learn from this woman's example. Here's what they should take away from her experience:

DON'T WORK IN ISLAMIST COUNTRIES!

Not even in an charity aid capacity.

Regard even visiting an Islamist country with the same reluctance you'd have for going into a snake pit.

I say that for each lash she gets, Sudan gets one incoming JDAM

re: #102 Crusader Rabbit

It is useless to blame a victim here

With the idealism and compassion of a teacher she gives of herself to educate others

in innocence and high spirits she allows something that harms no one except the power-gloming mullahs

they want to open the skin on her back until her blood runs out

it is not her fault

Let's see how much the infidels will pay to get the woman back. Let's up the charges!

Somebody must need some money.

re: #174 looking closely

This woman doesn't deserve to be beaten for what she believes.

If taken at face value, the ones holding her are insane.

One wonders if the British capitulation to Iranian kidnapping earlier in the year has anything to do with this.

and people don't deserve to be beheaded for what they believe either, but we're talking about islam facisim here, not liberty or her rights as a human being. islamofacists have no concept of rights or free thought.

re: #183 uptight

The whole claim to Israel is based on a dream of Mohammed's horse's foot having touched down there, and who knows what else. Maybe the flying holy horse took a holy dump at the same time. Anyhow, that was their excuse for why they had to build a mosque on the Jews' most holy site. And yes, this is the year 2007.

re: #203 kyle_st

I agree with you.

Islam means "peace". It is "tolerant".

Those words ... I don't think they mean what you think they mean.

The kid stood up and said he named it after himself. And this 50ish woman is going to get a whipping from a 7th century death-loving cult.

For "insulting" their "religion" by accepting that a little kid wanted to name a teddy bear after himself.

The mind is way past boggling. This is deep into the abjectly stupid and ridiculous. Yet this is what we are being asked to respect.

Yeah. Sure. Ok.

How soon will it be that their mask comes off, they drop the limited pretense that strains them so, and declares that the mere existence of jooos insults their religion?

Read the comments that the Mail and other places. People are getting sick of their crap. Not the PC-loving multicultural kooks, asshats, and assorted left wing nutjobs, but ordinary people who are sick and tired of being bullied.

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

Excellent! Do you have a program that generates these?

Yet another wake-up call to the west. How many more will we need before we get it?

These are not poor disenfranchised people that need our help, these are the enemy. Ditto for the french riots.

Via HA, an American Muslim group speaks out against the fabricated outrage and criminal sanction pending against the teacher in Sudan:

Earlier today, the Sudanese government charged Gillian Gibbons, a teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum, with insulting religion and inciting hatred for naming a class teddy bear "Muhammad." She faces up to 40 lashes and six months in prison.

“The sad legacy of the Danish cartoon riots is that we have to speak out immediately when extremists try to provoke clashes over trivial matters,” Weddady explained. “This is not about cultural sensitivities. There is no excuse for someone to be sent to jail and whipped over a teddy bear’s name. Ms. Gibbons needs to be freed at once.”

Jana El-Horr, a Peacebuilding Fellow with the American Islamic Congress, noted that the Sudanese regime is trying to distract attention from the ongoing genocide in Darfur. “Muslims around the world are horrified over the brutal killings in Darfur,” El-Horr explained. “Now the Sudanese regime is trying to rally support by putting on the ‘defender of Islam’ hat. But we won’t be fooled.”

There's a reason that public perceptions of Muslims is on the decline. It's because the Islamists justify their slaughter of civilians on a wide scale by claiming it is inherent in their religious views and anyone who disagrees, especially if you're a Muslim, is worthy of death.

One could argue that the kids who named their t-bear Mohammad would've known better had their parents bothered to teach them what a crime it was.

Arrest and charge the parents!

re: #62 Owl

re: #49 ploome hineni

good news Achmed

Romney Denies Vowing No Muslims In Cabinet

Call me whatever you want. This moves him further down the list for me. Just in front of RON PAUL !11!1!

Read the article, it makes sense. The pull quote is made up.

So I guess the groveling and boot licking the British did to get their sailors back from Iran really taught these hell hole countries a valuable lesson.

re: #213 doubledip

The children are in danger and doubly so if their teacher escapes

re: #213 doubledip

I'm down with that. Sounds totally plausible in context.

re: #24 Photon Cowboy

That settles it. I know what I am going to name my new dog.

Your Poor Dog.

re: #218 Owl

re: #213 doubledip

I'm down with that. Sounds totally plausible in context.

Oh crap. not down with it happening. I meant to say I could see those whacko's doing just that...charging the children or the parents of the same thing. once they are on a roll, they really get going...

the whole thing is a absurd.

re: #159 Terp Mole

Illinois wacademia has empathy for sharia;

An offensive teddy bear

My response there, not like they'll ever post it.

"This type of insult to the Prophet Muhammad is considered a crime in Sudan, and Gibbons, who is currently in jail, faces possible lashing as a punishment."

Whose prophet you talking 'bout, Jack? Sure as hell is not mine! Besides, isn't Ol' Moe some old dead Arab guy? Even if he would be pissed about what happened, he's friggin' dead. His opinion on the use and caricature of his name means squat. And to even think that this aspect of shari'a law has any place in the modern world is beyond insanity. But I guess that's why you're in Wacademia.

Queens, NY

Yet another ridiculous example of a entire populous of people are completely detached from reality. They are just waiting for an opportunity to seethe.

The class decides to name the bear Mohammed, yet it is the teacher who is to be flogged?Parents name their children after Mohammed all the damn time, they must be flogged too? It must be the fact that is was a teddy bear that is at issue (and the fact that she is from an infidel nation).

Poor Widdle Muslims cant stand their name of their big bad prophet being the name of a cute, cuddly teddy bear...GROW UP YOU F'ING DEGENERATE POS's! What YOU should be whipped for is BEATING YOUR WIVES, which you all think is peachy over there in islamoland. You should get whipped for indoctrinating your kids to think that there is no hope, so they grow up to be walking bombs and make you beaming parents so proud...SCREW YOU ISLAM, SCREW YOU MOHAMMED! Now just try, just try and come and give me lashes you sick, twised freaks...you will get more than you can handle.

Sorry for the outburst, but these people are insane, their whole religion is inasane, and I am just sick of them and their self righteous indignation at the rest of us for not bowing to their religion of sicko's

re: #204 Ojoe

re: #102 Crusader Rabbit

It is useless to blame a victim here

With the idealism and compassion of a teacher she gives of herself to educate others

in innocence and high spirits she allows something that harms no one except the power-gloming mullahs

they want to open the skin on her back until her blood runs out

it is not her fault

We make choices and get consequences. Many of them are unfair. Corporal punishment under islamic "law" is avoidable. I can't blame her since I don't know whether she is ignorant of that. There is, however, no escaping the fact that when you go abroad you choose to live under their laws, however inequitable and barbaric they may be.

If she made this decision out of innocent ignorance, then she is indeed innocent. In that case the blame for the foolish decisions she made rest on whoever misled her about the nature of the caliphate and their "laws".

Clear enough?

re: #204 Ojoe

Oh for pete's sake Ojoe, think a minute. If a woman walks drunk through the middle of Central Park at 3a.m. on a Saturday not, it is not her fault if she gets raped, right? But we'd assume that she's pretty damned stupid.

THAT is the point here. Anyone who goes to work in Muslim countries is an idiot, a fool, a moron, an imbecile. They may be many other things as well, but their diminished mental capacity is what defines them most sharply. No doubt, many moonbats go into these Muslim lands thinking that their multiculti politics will protect them, that they will find favor with the Muslims. We've seen many times that it doesn't protect them -- so why can't they see that? How many examples of slaughtered westerners do these moonbats need to see before they catch a clue?

I, for one, am tired. I'm too tired to have sympathy for idiots, morons, imbeciles and fools. There are too many good people who fall victim to predators despite using good judgment and trying very hard to stay out of harm's way. I'm conserving my energy for those folks.

re: #183 uptight

The Koran & Haddith portray Mohammed as:

A correction: AFAIK the Koran itself doesn't refer to Mohammed at all.

re: #222 ploome hineni

muslims are very sensitive to APPEARANCE

and criticism

they riot, burn and kill at PERCIEVED disrespect

thats what our governemnts have to do to them

let them implode and burn themselves

we cannot pretend their societies, and islamic sharia have ANY value

Well, with the liberals in this country that's going to be some feat. I agree with you, but half the country is too busy trying to save the planet from BBQ grills to bother with the approaching islamofacist threat...

re: #1 sultan_knish

When will Westerners learn to stop taking jobs in countries under Muslim law, no matter how tempting the pay may be.

The come on probably promises them exotic locations and a chance to explore another culture. Well this it

Given the facts of high Muslim birth rate and high desire of Muslims to flee their own fouled up lands so as to import their own fouled-up culture to relatively as-yet-un-fouled-up lands- you will someday soon not have to take a job in a Muslim country to experience this.

re: #225 American Jewess In Jerusalem

Anyone who goes to work in Muslim countries is an idiot, a fool, a moron, an imbecile.

Do you apply that characterization to contractors working in Iraq now?

For that matter, do you apply it to the troops?

Folks, there are in fact people who voluntarily accept a certain amount of danger in order to do overseas relief work, believe it or not.

re: #224 Crusader Rabbit

Her decisions should not have been foolish in any world we ought to permit

(to teach, to allow kids to name a teddy bear mohammad)

re: #224 Crusader Rabbit

If she made this decision out of innocent ignorance

Pardon me... are the only possible options here really a) innocent ignorance or b) an implicit endorsement of sharia? Come on.

re: #225 American Jewess In Jerusalem

THAT is the point here. Anyone who goes to work in Muslim countries is an idiot, a fool, a moron, an imbecile. They may be many other things as well, but their diminished mental capacity is what defines them most sharply. No doubt, many moonbats go into these Muslim lands thinking that their multiculti politics will protect them, that they will find favor with the Muslims. We've seen many times that it doesn't protect them -- so why can't they see that? How many examples of slaughtered westerners do these moonbats need to see before they catch a clue?

The problem is what if there was an entire industry from the government to the universities on down that insisted on telling women there was no such thing as rape and crime?

That's the situation a lot of Westerners find themselves in when it comes to Islam. There are people who take jobs in Muslim countries who are happy to go native or who are moonbats, but plenty are just ordinary people who believe the press and like how everyone smiles at them and is friendly... until the knives come out

re: #232 Occasional Reader

re: #224 Crusader Rabbit

If she made this decision out of innocent ignorance

Pardon me... are the only possible options here really a) innocent ignorance or b) an implicit endorsement of sharia? Come on.

If you understand the caliphate, go to live under it and suffer for it, do younot bear some responsibility?

re: #215 bulwrk

So I guess the groveling and boot licking the British did to get their sailors back from Iran really taught these hell hole countries a valuable lesson.

I suspect that has EVERYTHING to do with the current situation. As I said in a previous post, the Sudanese want to get in on the fun, too. This is their way of dancing on Kitchener's grave.

re: #212 lawhawk

Via HA, an American Muslim group speaks out against the fabricated outrage and criminal sanction pending against the teacher in Sudan:

Earlier today, the Sudanese government charged Gillian Gibbons, a teacher at Unity High School in Khartoum, with insulting religion and inciting hatred for naming a class teddy bear "Muhammad." She faces up to 40 lashes and six months in prison.“The sad legacy of the Danish cartoon riots is that we have to speak out immediately when extremists try to provoke clashes over trivial matters,” Weddady explained. “This is not about cultural sensitivities. There is no excuse for someone to be sent to jail and whipped over a teddy bear’s name. Ms. Gibbons needs to be freed at once.”

Jana El-Horr, a Peacebuilding Fellow with the American Islamic Congress, noted that the Sudanese regime is trying to distract attention from the ongoing genocide in Darfur. “Muslims around the world are horrified over the brutal killings in Darfur,” El-Horr explained. “Now the Sudanese regime is trying to rally support by putting on the ‘defender of Islam’ hat. But we won’t be fooled.”

There's a reason that public perceptions of Muslims is on the decline. It's because the Islamists justify their slaughter of civilians on a wide scale by claiming it is inherent in their religious views and anyone who disagrees, especially if you're a Muslim, is worthy of death.

The problem is, that if you read the Qur'an they are correct. Mohammad did in fact command them to subjugate the entire world to Islam, he did in fact order them to offer all infidels three choices, convert to Islam, submit to Islam or die...

The reason that public perceptions of Muslims is on the decline is that slowly but surely the average person is learning that the Islamists are in fact practicing Islam exactly the way Mohammad intended Islam to be practiced. More importantly they are learning that the average moderate Muslim doesn't fundamentally oppose the practices of the Islamists and even grants a certain unspoken (Taqiyya) tactic approval to their actions.

I will grant you that there are a fairly large number of American Muslims who are an exception to this reality, but that has more to do with their being Americans than it does with their being Muslims.

re: #183 uptight

You forgot Sadist.

re: #234 Crusader Rabbit

and suffer for it

She went to Sudan to "suffer for the caliphate"?! Um, 'scuse me, it would appear she went to Sudan to teach small children.

re: #234 Crusader Rabbit

There are many many motivations and not everybody understands all of them.

I would like to ask Ms Gibbons why she went to teach there.

The problem is the mullahs, the problem is the mullahs, the problem is the mullahs.

I don't think people are blaming her,

just warning everyone else.

This is a political more than a religious move - just bullying. Probably just want to shut the school down and this is the means to scare everyone out.
Sacred? Most Muslims could care less about a kid's teddy bear, if no offense is meant, none is taken, so this is manufactured outrage by agitators who want to achieve a particular objective. 2/3 of males in any given Muslim country are named Mohammed, the rest 1/3 of them are Ahmed or Moustafa or some such. Some villages are loaded with men named Mohammed ould Mohammed (ould=son of). Try and figure out WHICH one they are talking about. (think they have nicknames.)
Maybe they will demand payments - not all that far from the Barbary Coast - and Libya just pulled off just a similar squeeze-play.
Think any Sudanese Muslims in Darfur are outraged about this? They are too busy ducking and dodging the very same regime's bullets to notice.
It's not a surprise that these attempts to bully are made, it's the reaction from the country being indirectly targeted that's important. Remember, the Barbary Coast protection racket went on over three hundred years - the Europeans just rolled over and paid, and paid, but it was the Americans who shut it down.

She should have just gone to Kenya.

re: #241 Sloatsburgh

I don't think people are blaming her

I'd say calling her an "idiot, imbecile, moron" qualifies as "blaming her".

re: #225 American Jewess In Jerusalem

re: #204 Ojoe

Oh for pete's sake Ojoe, think a minute. If a woman walks drunk through the middle of Central Park at 3a.m. on a Saturday not, it is not her fault if she gets raped, right? But we'd assume that she's pretty damned stupid.

THAT is the point here. Anyone who goes to work in Muslim countries is an idiot, a fool, a moron, an imbecile. They may be many other things as well, but their diminished mental capacity is what defines them most sharply. No doubt, many moonbats go into these Muslim lands thinking that their multiculti politics will protect them, that they will find favor with the Muslims. We've seen many times that it doesn't protect them -- so why can't they see that? How many examples of slaughtered westerners do these moonbats need to see before they catch a clue?

I, for one, am tired. I'm too tired to have sympathy for idiots, morons, imbeciles and fools. There are too many good people who fall victim to predators despite using good judgment and trying very hard to stay out of harm's way. I'm conserving my energy for those folks.

No it's not her fault, she may have done something foolish, stupid even, but under no circumstances is it even remotely her fault.

re: #230 Occasional Reader

Contractors in Iraq have the protection of our military, and our military can defend itself. Bad things happen sometimes and yes, we do sometimes take risks, but at least in Iraq, westerners have a prayer of protecting themselves. This woman has NOTHING and NO ONE to protect her. She is completely at the mercy of the mad mullahs.

I have never agreed with taking insane risks, and being a western woman in a Muslim country is an insane, insane, insane risk. I'm sure that there are many British underprivileged children who could benefit from her teaching skills as well as from her "do-gooder" impulses.

Charity begins at home. For everyone else, send money.

re: #238 Occasional Reader

re: #234 Crusader Rabbit

and suffer for it

She went to Sudan to "suffer for the caliphate"?! Um, 'scuse me, it would appear she went to Sudan to teach small children.

Alright, you're drawing your own inferences now. I'm not going to indulge that.

re: #108 shiplord kirel

I am satisfied with Clearwire wireless broadband down here in Midland.

re: #201 GreenSoccer

re: #176 buzzsawmonkey

Thanks for telling me it is in Khartoum.

what rhymes with law is
hawhaw jaw paw raw saw

you might want to change the last line of your poem such as
you may not like the tender mercies of sharia law that might feel like a lion's paw, and leave you raw, sort of like 40 socks to the jaw, which is no hawhaw, she saw.

Oh, pshaw.

re: #245 doriangrey

she may have done something foolish, stupid even

Or she may have knowingly undertaken a risk in order to help these children. Nobody here appears to be even entertaining this possibility.

re: #250 Occasional Reader

That's what I think her motiviation would be.

re: #247 Crusader Rabbit

you're drawing your own inferences now

Yeah, it's a pretty wild supposition... that a British teacher in Sudan, teaching small children, went to Sudan, in order to teach small children. It's a crazy idea, but it might just be true.

re: #244 Occasional Reader

For the last time: I AM NOT BLAMING HER. I AM NOT SAYING IT IS HER FAULT. I am only saying that there are consequences to our actions. Natural consequences are a reality, whether that offends your sense of justice or not.

re: #252 Occasional Reader

Have you seen a really good teacher of children in action? Then you might think she was teaching out of compassion. There are plenty of teachers like that. I was fortunate to have had some of them many years ago. Of my 1st grade teacher, it was said that she could even teach a cabbage how to read.

re: #169 American Jewess In Jerusalem

The most bizarre aspect is that SHE did not even name the bear. Her students did.

It's sickening how this is almost reported as a funny story about exotic customs in a foreign country we're supposed to respect.

This is the sickness of islam on display. It is no anomaly and they're busy importing this savagery into the west.

re: #254 Ojoe

Have you seen a really good teacher of children in action?

Yep, and I even had the good fortune to be taught by some.

re: #255 Eowyn2

She's taking the lashes to protect them

American Jewess In Jerusalem,

Preach on, sistah!

re: #255 Eowyn2

re: #169 American Jewess In Jerusalem

The most bizarre aspect is that SHE did not even name the bear. Her students did.

Islamologic.

re: #256 Peter Verkooijen

It's sickening how this is almost reported as a funny story

I have to say, I haven't seen that. This has not been buried as a Reuters "Oddly Enough" capsule story, the way other Islamist atrocities have been.

re: #255 Eowyn2

Yes, I know. The predators were just lying in wait for a westerner to victimize, and, well, there she was.

I would contend that the tracher in question named the bear Mohammed as the students requested because it is probably the most popular name. She did not name it "Prophet Mohammed" which might be an insult to the religern.

Made up smoke and mirrors yet again. That's all it is. But if they can distract the world form the hundreds of thousands they are raping and murdering in Darfur by whipping one school teacher, they are doing pretty good. I wonder which ex-presidential publicist they hired.

Toy companies should refuse to sell dolls to these countries. Let the kids hug rocks.

Leftists should sign up to carry out the rescue of moonbats. It is too bad that real men have to put their lives in jeopardy to save these moonbats.

I have a feeling that some of the posters are right. The woman will be released. We'll never know the amount of money that changed hands.
The story will be buried and forgotten as quickly as possible by the media.

I assume she is liberal and being British on top of that will probably not feel the normal reaction of human anger but will no doubt, feel as if she must apologize for her "carelessness"

re: #255 Eowyn2

re: #169 American Jewess In Jerusalem

The most bizarre aspect is that SHE did not even name the bear. Her students did.

I would caution against getting AT ALL hung up on "who named the bear". Utterly irrelevant. The monsters were waiting for ANY excuse.