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Nimer is also upset about what he sees as "subliminal anti-Arab messages" in a series of action figures to be released in promotional tie-ins with the film. For example, a playset being packaged with Chicken McNuggets involves bullet holes arranged in the shape of the Arabic word for "butthole," according to experts.
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Repos- Oh, wait, this is another different group of nutjobs.
That better be a joke.
- M4H
Nimer is also upset about what he sees as "subliminal anti-Arab messages" in a series of action figures to be released in promotional tie-ins with the film. For example, a playset being packaged with Chicken McNuggets involves bullet holes arranged in the shape of the Arabic word for "butthole," according to experts.
Warner Brothers has refused to comment, but a spokesman privately called the complaints "ludicrous," pointing out, "Keanu Reeves doesn't even like Jews."
Warner Brothers has refused to comment, but a spokesman privately called the complaints "ludicrous," pointing out, "Keanu Reeves doesn't even like Jews."
The degree of racism and Islamophobia in this movie is just unaccaptable," says CAIR Research Director Dr. Mohamed Nimer. "Warner Brothers should be ashamed to put out such a film, which negates all of the great contributions our noble religion has made to society in the past 200 years."
Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
The degree of racism and Islamophobia in this movie is just unaccaptable," says CAIR Research Director Dr. Mohamed Nimer. "Warner Brothers should be ashamed to put out such a film, which negates all of the great contributions our noble religion has made to society in the past 200 years."
So was he referring to the flying of planes into the WTC in the name of allah, or the bombing of the USS Cole?
Originally posted by: Kaervak
I have one and only one response to these people, serious or not, go fVck yourselves.
Nimer believes that perhaps the biggest danger presented by the film is that the film's star, hunky Keanu Reeves, bears striking similarity to a young Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the architect of the 1982 Sabra and Shatilla massacres.
"We are afraid that young viewers will come out of this movie with the wrong kinds of impressions, such as 'occupation is cool,' and 'Hamas and Hezbollah peace activists are dangerous.'"
Nimer is also upset about what he sees as "subliminal anti-Arab messages" in a series of action figures to be released in promotional tie-ins with the film. For example, a playset being packaged with Chicken McNuggets involves bullet holes arranged in the shape of the Arabic word for "butthole," according to experts.