A teddybear named Mo

[Sheik Yir Erse]

Hmmmmm .......... Spurs v Birmingham or lethal injection?

Think I'd prefer to take my chances with the needle

We have a goldfish who didn't really have a name for the first couple of days, then we found him floating upside down one morning. Just as he was about to receive a full naval burial he suddenly sparked back into life. At that point we decided to name him 'Jesus'.

Anyway word of this has spread and we're currently barricaded inside our house with hordes of Church of Scotland Ministers, Catholics Priests, and Methodist Preachers baying for our blood outside the front window. We've managed to repel three waves of hyms, being bombarded by bibles and being flooded out by altar wine. Thank goodness Field Marshall Jack Glass is no longer with us or we'd be dead by now.

I'm expecting a couple of months in Greenock for this, hopefully I too will be dining at the 'Gaddafi Cafe'.

On a more serious note, I'm sure there are many British/Western teachers throughout muslim world who may now be considering their positions. Have to agree with what alot of people have said but unfortunately, as unpallatable as we may see it, the old adage of 'ignorance is not a defence' also holds true

I hope she gets out soon, and gets home safely.

[Malky]

as unpallatable as we may see it, the old adage of 'ignorance is not a defence' also holds true

Perhaps - but why should a cultural faux pas like this end up with thousands of people on the streets baying for this womans blood?

No-one of any faith likes being offended but would Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists or Christians be acting like this? I don't think so. Muslim leaders in the UK are always telling us that Islam is a kind, caring loving faith but I must admit I'm not seeing much compassion in Islam at the moment.

Malky

[daftdog]

I'm expecting a couple of months in Greenock for this, hopefully I too will be dining at the 'Gaddafi Cafe'.

Make up your mind sheik, is it Greenock or the Gaddafi Cafe you will spend these months hehe.

(Gaddafi Cafe is the nickname of the special wing built in HM Prison Barlinnie, Glasgow)

and i watched the match and it wasn't bad and the big fla got a win with a great winning goal.

[Sheik Yir Erse]

Cheers Daftdog - I thought they had also built him one in Greenock. No doubt he'll have been well compensated for the breach of human rights this move constituted.

I'd just started seeing the a great white light when the winning goal went in: 3-2 at White Hart Lane, looks like my decision to go with the lethal injection was't a great one

[daftdog]

Glad to see that Sudan's president today agreed to pardon Gillian Gibbons. She will fly back to the UK later today as well.

common sense has prevailed.

I have a great respect for the Islamic religion and would not knowingly offend anyone. I am looking forward to seeing my family and friends, but I am very sorry that I will be unable to return to Sudan.

Gillian should never have been arrested in the first place, let alone held in jail. She had done nothing wrong.

"overjoyed" by the news.

She is a teacher who went to teach our children English and she has helped a great deal and I am very grateful. What has happened was a cultural misunderstanding, a minor one, and I hope she, her family and the British people won't be affected by what has happened.

[daftdog]

No doubt he'll have been well compensated for the breach of human rights this move constituted.

That is why he got the move to Greenock. His lawyers argued that by keeping him in the Gaddafi Cafe, the terms of the agreement when he was handed over were broken and his human rights were violated. Then because he had Sky TV (part of the deal when handed over-as he needs Islamic entertainment) the rest of the Cell block inhabitants complained and the Libyan Government kindly footed the installation bill so everyone could enjoy sky tv for around 50p a week.

Anyway, back on topic. Glad to see that Gillian Gibbons is free and coming home..

[general jack o'niell]

firstly the birmingham v spurs game was great

more importantly, did the amount of aid bill mentioned have anything to do with her being pardoned this morning?

money talks, the teacher walks

personally i'd have rounded up their embassy staff and given them 10 for every lash the teacher got if it had come to that, but i suppose a quiet threat to withdraw aid works just as well, they might hate us infidels but they'll still take our money

thats not anti muslem, its anti despot, how about some of the same for mugabe, sorry i forgot, he doesn't have any oil

[bill]

Ok , now the teacher is free, but what about Mo the Teddy ?

According to newspaper reports Mo is being held prisoner in the Ministry of the Interior office in Khartoum.A spokesman said "it's a life sentence for the bear,he will never see the light of day again".

Hopefully a public campaign to "free the Khartoum one" will see Mo released,and deported to the UK.

[general jack o'niell]

hope the bear lamps the first guard that calls him Mo, i know i always used to,it smacks of overfamiliarity and his full name should be used at all times, the wee sowal has been thru enough, first he thought he was a bear, then a god, now he's an infidel, no wonder he has that glazed expression and that smile? its just sewn on for the cameras

still my uncle used to get called moshie, which he hated apparently, funny, i always fancied myself as a one eyed isrealie tank commander

[bill]

No surprise if a few choruses of "Do do do the funky Gibbon" will be heard comming from the British embassy in Khartoum tonight

[gizmo]

i would have thought that quite unlikely...

[king of kilcousland]

as unpallatable as we may see it, the old adage of 'ignorance is not a defence' also holds true

Perhaps - but why should a cultural faux pas like this end up with thousands of people on the streets baying for this womans blood?

No-one of any faith likes being offended but would Hindus, Sikhs, Jews, Buddhists or Christians be acting like this? I don't think so. Muslim leaders in the UK are always telling us that Islam is a kind, caring loving faith but I must admit I'm not seeing much compassion in Islam at the moment.

Malky

Maybe not nowadays, but a few hundred years ago it wouldn't be that strange for someone to executed for blasphemy in the christian world, not agreeing with it but at some point in histiry most religions have been guilty of things like this. Glad to see the teacher was released, but again she is a teacher with years of training, teaching in a muslim country, should she not have known that naming the teddy might cause offence?

[general jack o'niell]

the bear was named after a child in the class, if its such an offence to them then why don't they kill everyone called mohammed? why? because they are probably all named mohammed in some sort of way, will ali be the next? his name change was as much a publicity stunt as a mark of his belief at the time, he changed his name as a protest to the veitnam war, yes he did convert but he made a big song and dance about it to draw attention to his opposition to the war (not critisising the greatest ever sportsman)

so a teacher who did the same as part of a lesson in caring for something or someone and to teach the kids responsibility is threatened with being whipped and jailed? we did have a couple of top british muslims doing their best to get her released but wherte were the marches by the rest in support of their "leaders"?

just more proof if any were needed that religion and i mean all religion is the cause and the root of all evil in the world, if there ever was such a person as the devil then he or it must have invented opposing religions just to frick up the world, thank god i'm an aithiest!!!!

[Hadrians hiring!]

I know George Bush and the evil satan America will be mentioned in some responses..

Dont want to dissapoint Bobby, but without the TGS (3 weeks to go for last years resolution to hold, by the way) we would not have teddy bears, think Theodore Rosevelt so yes yous are to blame. Why introduce western drivle into childrens lives when I am sure they have similar indigenous toys there. And as for the do-gooder she should have got 40 whelps wi the lash an a'.

[Bobbie En Tejas]

You sound like you belong in that crowd... Kill the b for the audacity to use a toy named after a satan american