Children of the Gaza Strip love Farfour, the bootleg Mickey Mouse who stars in a children's show on that fair and balanced Hamas TV network. Like most TV programs, this one needed a strong finale to remain high in the ratings--here it is:
A Mickey Mouse lookalike who preached Islamic domination on a Hamas-affiliated children's television program was beaten to death in the show's final episode Friday.
I'm not making this up. The article goes on:
In the final skit, "Farfour" was killed by an actor posing as an Israeli official trying to buy Farfour's land. At one point, the mouse called the Israeli a "terrorist."
"Farfour was martyred while defending his land," said Sara, the teen presenter. He was killed "by the killers of children," she added.
The weekly show, featuring a giant black-and-white rodent with a high-pitched voice, had attracted worldwide attention because the character urged Palestinian children to fight Israel. It was broadcast on Hamas-affiliated Al Aqsa TV.
As Dave Barry once said, the people of the middle east could be eradicated from the earth and there would be paramecium in the toxic waste that would bitterly hate one another. Granted, a TV show where the ultra-creepy teletubbies would be beaten to a pulp would satisfy nightmare plagued adult viewers but would be rather disturbing to children (even more disturbing than the notion that Tinky Winky is gay).
Nonetheless, it's interesting what values certain cultures are trying to teach their children.
