Does this bother you?

[bjgrazi]

I just drove behind a Pick-up that had:

9/11/01

" I reckon it's time to play
Cowboys & Muslims"

I found it very offensive, I know we as a nation still mourn and are upset over what happen. Me included! But I found that to be over the top.

 

[KM2004]

That's awful.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

That's horrible.

 

[dvcfamily41801]

 

[Beauty]

I think thats horrible too!

 

[binny]

Its actually from a joke that circulated around after 9/11. Thats the punchline.

not excusing it, just explaining it.

 

[UncleKyle]

Yes very much over the top. So sad to see that. Muslims are peace loving people, it's the few extreme bad apples that give them a bad name.

 

[Dr. Quack]

The driver/owner is entitled to put whatever they want on their car. But "free speech" doesn't necessarily have to be rude, crude and obnoxious.

 

[Bob Slydell]

 

[tidoublegger]

 

[soccercruiser87]

i agree, that is horrible...its very offensive

 

[cassi06403]

Originally posted by Dr. Quack
The driver/owner is entitled to put whatever they want on their car. But "free speech" doesn't necessarily have to be rude, crude and obnoxious.

Very well put!!

However, every once in a while I see a bumper sticker that I think is so innapropriate I think it should not be allowed.

Ex. - My kid beat up your honor student.
- If you are not a hemorrhoid then get off my ***! (Do we really need that kind of language where children can see it?
- Jesus loves you, everyone else thinks you're an -------


And many others I just can't think of right now.

--Cassi

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

DH is rather fond of a song by Toby Keith called "Courtesy of the Red,White and Blue" which I suppose is SUPPOSED to be patriotic. But I don't find the line "We'll put a boot up your @$$, it's the American way" to be patriotic at ALL.

TOV

 

[BETTYDISNEY]

Its wrong but that is how alot of people in this country felt after 9/11. I just wish people would not be so ignorant.

 

[QueenTrident]

Color me stupid, but I don't really get it...I mean, I do, but it's just silly.

 

[liznboys]

That's horrible

 

[HollyJoy]

That just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Originally posted by BETTYDISNEY
Its wrong but that is how alot of people in this country felt after 9/11. I just wish people would not be so ignorant.

My co-worker is a Muslim man. He is not from the Middle East, I forget which island he's from but somewhere in the Carribean. I think Jamaica but I could be wrong.

He is one of the most caring, peaceful human beings I have ever had the joy of knowing. He is a very devout Muslim and always wishes peace and blessings upon everyone, regardless of their religion. He is married to a Christian woman and they are raising their two children to understand both religions and to choose which they will follow as adults when they get older. Right now, they are more about teaching the kids good morals and caring and helping their fellow man, which I think is the underlying point of ALL religions.

I think, most Muslims are like him.

The lunatics who fly planes into buildings and hold schoolchildren hostage and slaughter them are not Muslims. They are loons. They have in a sense hijacked a religion to justify their actions. Like when fanatical lunatics blow up abortion centers in the name of Christianity.

 

[bjgrazi]

I work for a contractor and when I came into the office some of the guys were back from the field, when I mentioned it to them, they saw nothing wrong with it.

I thought maybe I'm just too sensitive. I'm glad to see that I'm not.

Also, I hate the bumper "my kid could beat up your honor student" Maybe because both my kids are honor students and I take great pride in that.

 

[snarfer1]

Originally posted by bjgrazi
I work for a contractor and when I came into the office some of the guys were back from the field, when I mentioned it to them, they saw nothing wrong with it.

I thought maybe I'm just too sensitive. I'm glad to see that I'm not.

Also, I hate the bumper "my kid could beat up your honor student" Maybe because both my kids are honor students and I take great pride in that.

Well, (flameproof suit on), it is freedom of speech. I for one find that bumper sticker quite funny, and would display it if I could find one. Yes it is true not all Muslims have been proven to be terrorists, (and yes I know some are not) but the media and our current administration have been bending over backwards to portray the Islam as a peaceful, freedom loving religion. Is it a fluke that all of the recent, and all of the most terrible attacks have been planned, paid for and carried out by Muslims?

How come no major Muslim spokesperson/leader has ever condemed these attacks. In fact a Muslim Iman (forgive spelling) recently justified the murder of Russian children, and again no public outcry.

Sure the Bumper Sticker is 'over the top' for some of you/us, but it also serves as a reminder for some of us/me. I also have two honor students, and I find the my kid can beat up your honor student as hilarious.

I also LOVE the Darwin fish, eating the blank fish. But the BEST I have seen is a Giant JESUS fish eating the Darwin fish.

The vulgarities are a much more difficult question. 'cause obsenity is a local juristictional decision, and cars are so mobile. Who's standard do you use, the home (registered) location of the car, where the car is driving? I don't know.

I use these as teaching examples (S**T happens!, etc.) and point out to my children how silly it makes the driver look, would you like people staring at you when you drive. America is a great country where your opinions and speech don't have to match mine, and even though we disagree, my rights don't stop your rights and vice-a-versa.

During the 70s oil crisis, many people had Burn Jews, not Oil stickers. While I found this extremely offensive and tactless, I never thought of banning them, or even confronting the driver. Live and Let Live.

(Flamesuit off)

Thanks for 'listening'

Tony