Spot the Difference
(1) Indian demonstrators burn effigies of the producers of Celebrity Big Brother in protest against the treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty.
(2) Pakistani demonstrators burn effigies of the Danish Prime Minister in protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
From which we conclude:
(2) Pakistani demonstrators burn effigies of the Danish Prime Minister in protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.
From which we conclude:
I suppose we had better be grateful that the recipient of the abuse [in the Big Brother house] was not a Muslim. If she was, we'd be hearing from many quarters that Muslims are far too sensitive about legitimate criticism. "Ah, complaing about being called a 'dog', is she? What do these Muslims have against canines, I wonder?" Had those who burned the effigy in India been Muslim, we would no doubt be hearing about the sinister Islamic threat to free speech.
Labels: Celebrity Big Bollocks, Racism