I thought briefly about this when I saw Dave make this joke, but then dismissed any concern, since he has made a ton of jokes about the head of al Qaeda, both dead and alive, and did not seem to get on a Hit List. Somehow, this joke struck the nerve.
At first I thought Dave would make a joke about it, but I guess it is serious enough that they won't want to draw any attention to it **************************** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/17/david-letterman-death-threat-al-qaeda_n_929656.html "A jihadist website has issued a death threat against David Letterman, according to Entertainment Weekly. The threat was issued after Letterman referenced Ilyas Kashmiri, an al Qaeda leader killed in a drone strike in Pakistan in June, on his late night show. Letterman apparently joked about Kashmiri's death, something that enraged a poster on the website. According to the SITE Intelligence Group, the user called for someone to "cut the tongue of this lowly Jew and shut it forever." Letterman, who is not Jewish, is not the first comic to receive death threats. In 2010, the creators of "South Park" were threatened after they depicted Muhammad in a bear suit. It's also not the first time Letterman has been a criminal target. He famously confessed to an extramarital affair after a CBS News staffer threatened to blackmail him in 2009." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
