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Dan Kearney of Black Hawk writes:

I hope that, in the future, Mike Pearson will more carefully consider some of his tongue-in-cheek comments (“Wild about Harry in combat?” Spotlight, May 5).
I am not a follower of Islam, but I am offended by Pearson’s comment that a visit to Iraq by Camilla Parker-Bowles would “scare the Shiite out of them.” Pearson’s use of this phrase is, at best, in poor taste and, at worst, simply serves to add fuel to the fire of religious intolerance.
To cavalierly use such comments bolsters the already held view of Muslims worldwide that Western civilization has little or no regard for their person or dignity. There are hundreds of millions of Muslims worldwide who don’t offend anyone, and Pearson has offended them all with that one callous statement.
Imagine if mention of Pearson’s own religion and religious beliefs were used as a euphemism for excrement. I can’t imagine how a Shiite Muslim felt when he or she read that comment in his column ...

READER COMMENTS

Get a sense of humor Dan! Mike Pearson is probably the most objective editor/columnist the Snews has.

Read Griego's, Johnson's and Littwin's biased junk, and I think you will find Mike Pearson to be a breath of fresh air in Temple's stale newsroom.

A sense of humor is almost always missing in fanatics. since most Muslims are not extreme he has only offended those who already are offended by our existence.

Dan -

We are America. We can offend anyone we want, without consequence. In the words of our great President, "Bring it on!"

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