Libertarian Librarian

I was mulling on this a bit yesterday. Would the joke I posted yesterday, which pokes fun at Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews, being funny if it included an Imam? Or would it suddenly become offensive and anti-thetical to a culture of diversity and inclusion?

What if, instead of Billy Bob, we had Ahkmed, and instead of this:

Reverend Billy Bob spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, " WELL brothers, you KNOW that we don't sprinkle! I went out and I FOUND me a bear. And then I began to read to my bear from God's HOLY WORD! But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took HOLD of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to a creek. So I quick DUNKED him and BAPTIZED his hairy soul. And just like you said Father, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day praising Jesus."

We had this:

Imam Ahkmed spoke next. He was in a wheelchair, with an arm and both legs in casts, and an IV drip. In his best fire and brimstone oratory he claimed, "Well, you know that Mohammed has no use for sprinkling! I went out and I found me a bear and I began to read to him from the sacred words of the prophet. But that bear wanted nothing to do with me. So I took hold of him and we began to wrestle. We wrestled down one hill, UP another and DOWN another until we came to an open area in the woods. So I quickly laid out my prayer mat and began to chant the Ezan. And just like you said Father, he became as gentle as a lamb. We spent the rest of the day kneeling to Mecca and praising Allah."

I could be wrong--it would be nice if I was wrong-- but somehow I think that there would be at least some hue and cry of harassment and discrimination and the like if this joke started circulating about on the internet.

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