The Religious Policeman

Thanks to "Dana" at "Angry Toy Robot" for showing me this exchange of emails. He had been on the website of the Saudi Embassy in Washington, seen some of their quotes on the Cartoon Affair, and filled in one of those response thingys with his reaction. Here is the correspondence.

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State = ** Name = Dana Zip = ***** Country = USA

Comments: "Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad"

You folks need to drink more, get out, get a life.

"Islamic tradition bans depictions of the Prophet or Allah. "

Don't care. That's as stupid as thinking your soul has been stolen if somebody takes a picture of you. Really, folks, you people need to make some friends, and stop shooting your mouths off at every little "affront to Allah". God has a big multiverse to worry about, and I really, really doubt that he cares if somebody draws a cartoon of Muhammad. Thanks!

Street =*************Email =********** City = ********** datestmp = 2/2/2006

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From: "Information Office Mail"
To:
Subject: FW: Guest Form Submission data from Web Site
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 10:33:23 -0500

Thank you for your thoughts Dana. Allah be with you.

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From: Dana
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:48 PM
To: Information Office Mail
Subject: cartoons

Insufficient response. Islamists are threatening people over CARTOONS, and Saudi Arabia has done NOTHING to defuse the situation. Speak out against these barbarians. Dana http://www.angrytoyrobot.blogspot.com

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From: "Information Office Mail"
To: "Dana"
Subject: RE: cartoons
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 09:52:56 -0500

Thank you Dana. We feel the Barbarians are the ones who mock religion. We Saudis have not threatened anyone. We have simply expressed our distaste for the mocking of religion.

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From: Dana
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 11:08 PM
To: Information Office Mail
Subject: RE: cartoons

Ladies and gentlemen,I must apologize, and I will not bother you again. I had thought that the Saudi government might be able to help with these demonstrations, say something to calm the situation down (etc). Unfortunately, it seems that the Saudi government is actually the cause of this unrest in part at least. Tragic... How very sad.

http://muttawa.blogspot.com/

Dana

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From: "Information Office Mail"
To: "Dana"
Subject: RE: cartoons
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:49:04 -0500

Thank you Dana. I certainly hope you do not believe the nonsense in that blog. It is pure fiction.

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So there is the official word from the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Washington DC. The "Religious Policeman" blog is "pure fiction". Sadly, that is what I had always suspected. I must now reveal the awful truth, that I am myself the creation of a cartoon character.