Posted on 07/03/2009 6:39:20 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
You may be used to seeing fireworks with names like 'Seaside Garden,' 'Burst and Bloom,' or 'Red, White, and Boom.'
But the product names of fireworks at one Wisconsin fireworks stand are nowhere near as benign. Some say they're more than inappropriate--they're racist.
Some of the novelties sold at Fireworks City in Baldwin, Wis. are sparking controversy in the Arab and Muslim communities.
On one side of the packaging for 'Run Hadji Run' fireworks, men of Middle Eastern decent are riding on camels with a bomber plane flying above them. On the other side is an angry-looking Uncle Same yanking the beard of what looks like a Muslim man.
"This is just outrageous," said Kenya McKnight. What comes in my mind, is that people will get idea to pop fireworks at Muslims."
The fireworks were being sold for $30. While the owner didn't want to comment on camera, customers had a lot to say.
"To me it sends a clear message that Muslims are terrorists. ‘Run Hadji Run’—I’m going to throw some fireworks and I want to see you run," McKnight said.
The Council of American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota issued issued a statement about the fireworks, explaining "Hadji is an honorific term for those who have completed the pilgrimage to Mecca, but has been often used as a derogatory term by U.S. Soldiers during the Iraq War."
After 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS visited the store and brought attention to the offensive fireworks Friday, they were pulled off the shelves.
The manufacturer, Missouri-based Red Rhino Fireworks, says they haven’t sold the product in several years. CAIR-MN also wrote a letter to the company's president, asking for him to offer an apology to the Muslim and Arab community.
The fireworks with the questionable names are illegal in Minnesota.
I don’t understand. IF we are all just Americans, with a loyalty to America why would anyone be upset? It is only when your loyalties lie elsewhere do you get upset with a little humor. Racism is a Liberal Term used to silence the majority.
Being Muslim is a religion, not a race.
Uh..huh...
;-)
Big deal. They do the same to others.
“By the beard of Mohammed, I am so humiliated!”
Well I’ve got a terrorist hunting permit, issued 9-11-01, no bag limit and no need to register any terrorists taken with that permit, and the permit never expires. Got it at the Dragon Man’s range shortly after 9-11 and still have it proudly displayed. They started it, we’ll finish it. If I ever do bag any, it’s the 3 S rule and wrap ‘em in bacon before burial.
I have one of those permits, as well.
However, I’ve never felt the need for any sort of permit....
“This is just outrageous,” said Kenya McKnight. What comes in my mind, is that people will get idea to pop fireworks at Muslims.”
Huh, isn’t that what we are already doing over in Iraq/Afgan?
“What comes in my mind, is that people will get idea to pop fireworks at Muslims.”
Yeah, we get a lot opportunities like that, here, in Bemidji....
That’s right, we don’t need no stinking permits!
DADT...
SSS.
I want a case 12/1!
I had a niggardly uncle.
And being a Christian is a living reality, not a religion...all races welcome.
OTOH, CAIR's letter to Red Rhino, Stereotyping any religious or ethnic group in such a derogatory way is unacceptable and is not... proves what hypocrites they are.
Just take one look look at the antisemitic literature and Saudi donated "text books" they have in their mosques, schools...e.g. their 'academy' in Virginia, not even mentioning the PLO/Hamas "schools"...and Islamic Centers that they defend teaching and distributing.
Hey, I’d like to have a pack or two of those.
“The fireworks with the questionable names are illegal in Minnesota.”
However, gay sex and beastiality aren’t...
Priorities, people! Priorities! ;)
Exactly! Now, I want everyone to stop telling those racist jokes about Farm Girls!
Oh, wait...we come in all sorts of delicious colors too, LOL!
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Yep,IIRC they were labled Texas Twisters but Nword chasers was the selling name.
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