Royce's Random Thoughts

Also, someone has to write the series where a humble Imam solves crimes while dealing with the day to day crises in his community.
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I was thinking of giving him an Indonesian surname so once per episode he could explain how it's possible to be Muslim and not an Arab.

(and make his accountant a Persian-American, so Firooz can explain over and over what a Zoroastrian is. Eventually he starts telling people he's Unitarian)

-james_nicoll

Not Tez though, he's too much a of a dick at heart.

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I have now reigned about fifty years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. Riches and honors, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my felicity. In this situation, I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot. They amount to fourteen.
-Abd-er-Rahman, the Caliph of Andalusia

Once again the moronic ahem patriotic Right in my country is up in arms about Muslims being treated as, y'know, individual human beings instead of a faceless horde.

Short Version: The latest Detective Comics annual has Batman running into a Parkour inspired superhero calling himself Nightrunner. Who just happens to be a Frenchman of Algerian descent and a Muslim. This is apparently a problem for some people because of course French citizens who immigrated from former French colonies and who have lived in France their entire lives can't be, y'know, French.

Bear in mind this is coming from the same political spectrum decrying France as being full of "Cheeze Eating Surrender Monkeys" back when they declined to participate in Bush Jr. trying to work out his Daddy issues by invading Iraq. Headdesk

Frankly, my beef with this comic has less to do with using real world politics in a comic than the idea of Bruce franchising his Dark Avenger of the Night schtick. I'm definitely buying this one when it comes out on the stands though. And the "99" cartoon is utterly extraordinary. Hopefully Netflix will carry it after the first season comes out on DVD.

It only goes to really show that racism is being increasingly marginalized, the louder the Right screams about it. Try to imagine a show like 99 coming out twenty years ago, when the most positive non-white, non-Christian character in an adventure cartoon would have been Hadji in Jonny Quest reruns.