Posted on 10/01/2006 11:23:03 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
A ceramic bobblehead doll of the Prophet Muhammed - created to resemble the infamous caricature published by a Danish newspaper - is being hawked online for $22.99 a pop by an ex-Marine.
The unapologetic creator, Timothy Ames, 28, said the bobblehead is similar to "dashboard Jesus" figurines that can be stuck with adhesive to flat surfaces. "I thought, 'If they flipped out over some cartoons what will they do with a dashboard Muhammed?'" Ames said from his home in Hawaii.
But Islamic experts are not amused, saying the bobbleheads could anger Muslims, whose religion strictly prohibits depictions of the prophet.
"No depiction of the prophet, even if it is positive, should be made ever - and certainly not one as ridiculous as the bobblehead Muhammed," said Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, an assistant professor at New York University. "I don't think it's about freedom of speech. This is the freedom to insult, which he shouldn't be doing."
Ames said several hundred people have purchased the dolls online, and he has paid a Chinese manufacturer to create 1,000 more. "I just think it's funny," he said.
Violent protests erupted last winter across the Muslim world after a Danish newspaper published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammed as a suicide bomber. Many European papers reprinted the cartoons.
"People who get p----d off about this, they're going to get p----d off regardless," Ames, a baptized Christian, said.
The sophomoric Web site where Ames, using the pen name "Filthy," sells the bobbleheads also features a collection of scattered rants. In one, he writes: "I'm really not into slamming people just for their religion. Most of the stupid people I've met are stupid despite their religion, not because of it."
Frank Peters, a professor in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at NYU, warned that a bobblehead Muhammed was "a really bad idea."
"Jews and Christians have gotten used to this kind of thing, but Muslims haven't," he said. "This may not be his intention, but these things have consequences."
I've already ordered mine.
Great for .22 target practice.
It's the Greatest.......
""Jews and Christians have gotten used to this kind of thing, but Muslims haven't," he said. "This may not be his intention, but these things have consequences."
Guess what you pointy headed geek, its about freakin time the DO get used to it!
My second amendment is the only tool I need to protect the first amendment from religous idiots like muzzlims.
I've already orded mine.
Where do I send my minions to put you in your proper place?
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Tough s**t. Girls being gangraped in Sweden, Holland, France, Denmark, and Australia, people being enslaved, villagers in Malaysia, the Molluccas, parts of Africa being forcibly "converted" and mutilated to this garbage "religion", native European girls having to wear headscarves or dye their hair black to avoid being harrassed by moslem "youths" who should never have been in their countries, terrorism and the murder of thousands-all of these abominations done in the name of islam angers me .
"No depiction of the prophet, even if it is positive, should be made ever - and certainly not one as ridiculous as the bobblehead Muhammed," said Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, an assistant professor at New York University. "I don't think it's about freedom of speech. This is the freedom to insult, which he shouldn't be doing."
Hey, POS-we have the first amendment here. There's no "amendment against feeling insulted" in the constitution. Don't like it, go back to whatever turd world cesspool spawned you. And BTW, there can't be any "positive" portrayals of mohammed because there's nothing positive about that creature OR his made-up "religion".
I think I'd like one, but he made Mo too cute. I would have painted dark circles around his eyes, to give him that sunken look that Islamies have.
Hey, maybe we could order one and have them ship it to the local C.A.I.R. office?
"....Due to current demand, please allow between 2-4 weeks for delivery...."
I think they called it..."Tough Ti-ty!"
I hadn't heard about this...?
I covet.
"**Due to current demand, please allow between 2-4 weeks for delivery. " ROTFLMAO !
I'd LOVE to have one of those!!! Are you going to order one???
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