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Originally Posted by Dominic
An older, Tea-Party Facebook friend posted this:
The Iranian Ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech and walked out into the lobby of the convention center where he was introduced to a U.S. Marine General.
As they talked, the Iranian said, "I have just one question about what I have seen in America ."
The General said, "Well, anything I can do to help?"
The Iranian whispered "My son watches this show called Star Trek and in it there is... Kirk who is Canadian, Chekhov who is Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, Uhura who is black, and Sulu who is Japanese, but there are NO Muslims. My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Iranians, Iraqis, Afghans, Turks, Egyptians, Palestinians, Saudis, Syrians, or Pakistanis on Star Trek."
The General leaned toward the Iranian Ambassador, and whispered in his ear, "That's because it takes place in the future..."
I replied:
"There are no Christians in the Star Trek future either, because most religion has died out as silly superstition."
Him: "That's not funny."
Other, various comments:
--That's not true because Star Trek is all about Christianity and the search for Jesus's grace. Obviously.
--Amen!
--All Muslims should die.
--I think McCoy was a Southern Baptist.
I waited awhile longer and then commented:
"Also, Sulu wasn't Japanese - he's Chinese. But what the hell, they all look the same, right?"
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Tell your friend that if he's going to post something he should check some facts first.
Kirk is American. He was born in Iowa.
Shatner is Canadian.
Pine is American.
Chekov is Russian.
Koenig is American.
Yelchin is Russian.
Scotty is Scottish
Doohan is Canadian.
Pegg is English.
Sulu is American. He was born in California.
Takei is American.
Cho is Korean.
I hate when people post stupid **** without taking a few mins to check facts.