Ok, it was silly enough for C.A.I.R. to (Council for Angry Islamic Radicals) to say this yesterday...
“I think that TV has quite an effect on how people think,” said Nadeem Mazen, past president of the MIT Muslim Association. “So much of what we hear on Muslims is hearsay - an expert opinion by people with a personal agenda and not necessarily motivated by truth. And then a show like this comes along that perpetuates the ‘them’ factor.”
And this too...
Of course, it’s a show. But TV not only reflects the zeitgeist - it also influences it, some say, meaningthe writers of “24” have to be careful, said Rabiah Ahmed, spokeswoman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
My listeners thought it was absolutely ridiculous...
HOUR 1, HOUR 2.
But now comes this nonsense...
"The raw emotional impact of fictional scenes that include widespread death and destruction in America may adversely affect the public's attitude toward civil liberties, religious freedom and interfaith relations," the CAIR statement said.
"The program's repeated association of acts of terrorism with Islam will only serve to increase anti-Muslim prejudice in our society," it added.
One small problem though... I could just be crazy or something, but I really do think that '24' causes much less divisive feelings toward Islamic radicals, than does say... blowing up skyscrapers with hi-jacked airliners, or dive-bombing the Pentagon.
I'm just sayin'...