Iranian idiocy and Mickey Mouse

Last week, I described the Baltimore Sun and its writers, David Nitkin and Michael Olesker, and their twice failed lawsuit against Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich, for his refusing to talk to these two Sunbeams, as: "The Baltimore Sun Nut Case."

That was the headline of my column, which was Internetted to 6 million people by WorldNetDaily.

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Among responses:

From California: "A first or second year law student could have predicted the outcome! Thanks for a fine article. – Robert B. Lynch attorney/judge, retired."

From Libertyville, Ill.: "Have the Baltimore Sun and Tribune Company ever shown good judgment? They have about the same level of judgment as that wacky Iranian professor who sees Tom and Jerry cartoons as some kind of Jewish plot! – Brother Charles Madden."

"The Jewish Walt Disney Company gained international fame with this cartoon," declared professor Hasan Bolkhari, cultural adviser to Iran's Education Ministry.

On Iran's Channel 4, during a broadcast of a film seminar where he was lecturing, Bolkhari announced:

"It's still shown throughout the world. This cartoon maintains its status because of the cute antics of the cat and mouse – especially the mouse."

"If you happen to watch this cartoon tomorrow, bear in mind the points I have just raised," said Bolkhari, "and watch it from this perspective. The mouse is very clever and smart. Everything he does is so cute. He kicks the poor cat's a--. Yet this cruelty does not make you despise the mouse. He looks so nice, and he is so clever. ... This is exactly why some say it was meant to erase this image of mice from the minds of European children, and to show that the mouse is not dirty and has these traits. Unfortunately, we have many such cases in Hollywood shows."

Not only is professor Bolkhari wrong about "The Jewish Walt Disney Company" (since Tom and Jerry was MGM, not Disney), but this Iranian idiocy raises the question:

How on earth did this professor ever overlook M-I-C K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E?

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