That Ain't Right!!!
I was talking with a friend of mine yesterday, and he asked me about an old cartoon show. He said the name of it in his language, but I didn't recognize it. He told me about little blue creatures that run around, but I still had no clue what he was talking about. Then he drew one. A smurf. My eyes lit up as I finally knew what he was talking about. The conversation then went something like this:
Me - "Yeah, I watched that show when I was a kid."
My Friend - "It was pretty good. There's only one part I didn't like."
Me - "Which part?"
My Friend - "The part where they taught about Islam and doing the prayers 5 times a day and all that stuff."
Me - "...I don't remember that."
My Friend - "Yeah, I heard when they translated the audio into our language they changed it to teach kids about Islam."
Me - shocked silence
What kind of world am I living in where a jerk (or more likely group of jerks) would take a children's cartoon like "The Smurfs" and turn it into a vehicle to teach kids a false religion?!
"Say goodbye to Papa Smurf kids! He's going to the mosque for his Friday prayers!"
