"Name Your Favourite Terrorist" game show causes raised eyebrows - GoFuckYourself.com

Sarah_Jayne · 04-20-2004, 05:25 AM

Lebanese game show raises eyebrows

A game show on a Middle Eastern television channel has contestants battling for points to enable them to step towards Jerusalem on a virtual map.

"The Mission" is being shown on the satellite channel al-Manar, which belongs to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Questions being asked range from the date of the French Revolution to the names of suicide bombers.

BBC News Online, quoting the New York Times, says the show has drawn criticism for being just a more subtle form of propaganda.

One US official told the paper the programme was encouraging violence, nicknaming it "Name Your Favourite Terrorist".

But al-Manar spokesman Ibrahim Musawi told the newspaper the show - which draws on contestants from across the Arab world - wanted to put its message "into a form that would appeal to a wider segment of the population".

Contestants compete for prizes of up to $3,000 (£1,600), and with each question they answer correctly they move one step closer on a virtual map towards Jerusalem.

Should a contestant successfully reach Jerusalem the show plays a favourite Hezbollah song which declares "Jerusalem is ours and we are coming to it".

Hezbollah, or "Party of God", emerged in the early 1980s and rapidly became the region's largest radical Islamic movement. Since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, it has shifted its focus towards the Palestinian cause.

It's now a mainstream Lebanese political party, with nine members of parliament.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_927520.html

Joe Citizen · 04-20-2004, 05:27 AM

My favourite terrorist is George Bush!

Rjames · 04-20-2004, 03:02 PM

My favorite terrorist is John Kerry.

He freely admits to burning villages, among other war crimes during his time in vietnam; and calls himself a hero for it.

Now that's my kind of terrorist.

DreamCumTrue · 04-20-2004, 03:03 PM

Sick sense of humor IMO

DR_PHIL · 04-20-2004, 03:04 PM

Lebanese..figures

SykkBoy · 04-20-2004, 03:04 PM

This sounds like a bad Saturday Night Live sketch....

MetaformX · 04-20-2004, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rjames
My favorite terrorist is John Kerry.

He freely admits to burning villages, among other war crimes during his time in vietnam; and calls himself a hero for it.

Now that's my kind of terrorist.

Shut up you moron

04-20-2004, 05:25 AM	#1
Sarah_Jayne Now with more Jayne Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 40,077	"Name Your Favourite Terrorist" game show causes raised eyebrows Lebanese game show raises eyebrows A game show on a Middle Eastern television channel has contestants battling for points to enable them to step towards Jerusalem on a virtual map. "The Mission" is being shown on the satellite channel al-Manar, which belongs to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Questions being asked range from the date of the French Revolution to the names of suicide bombers. BBC News Online, quoting the New York Times, says the show has drawn criticism for being just a more subtle form of propaganda. One US official told the paper the programme was encouraging violence, nicknaming it "Name Your Favourite Terrorist". But al-Manar spokesman Ibrahim Musawi told the newspaper the show - which draws on contestants from across the Arab world - wanted to put its message "into a form that would appeal to a wider segment of the population". Contestants compete for prizes of up to $3,000 (£1,600), and with each question they answer correctly they move one step closer on a virtual map towards Jerusalem. Should a contestant successfully reach Jerusalem the show plays a favourite Hezbollah song which declares "Jerusalem is ours and we are coming to it". Hezbollah, or "Party of God", emerged in the early 1980s and rapidly became the region's largest radical Islamic movement. Since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, it has shifted its focus towards the Palestinian cause. It's now a mainstream Lebanese political party, with nine members of parliament. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_927520.html

04-20-2004, 03:02 PM	#3
Rjames Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Virginia USA Posts: 57	My favorite terrorist is John Kerry. He freely admits to burning villages, among other war crimes during his time in vietnam; and calls himself a hero for it. Now that's my kind of terrorist. __________________ Rjames SinulatorCams

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Joe Citizen Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,552	My favourite terrorist is George Bush!

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DR_PHIL Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Never visits the same thread twice Posts: 4,099	Lebanese..figures