The Story of Moe.

Bearded Cartoon Man Exposed as Secret Agent!
A bearded cartoon man operating under the alias, “Moe” (short for Mohammed according to reports), has been exposed as a German secret agent.

A few weeks ago I started getting angry emails asking, “How come the cartoon character on iKarma.com with bad karma is a dark skinned bearded man named Mohammed?

Since I have no interest in becoming the next Salman Rushdie, I thought I should take a moment to clear up a few misunderstandings.

Q.  Why did you make the dark skinned Arab be the bad guy?
A.  We didn’t.  Our bearded man has the same orange color skin as our other cartoon actors.  He just looks darker because the beard and sunglasses cover the lighter part of the cartoon facial coloration.  We did ask Moe about his nationality.  But as of today he has not responded.  He doesn’t talk much. 

Q.  Why did you name your blasphemous cartoon after the Prophet Mohammed?
A.  Once again, we didn’t.  We named our cartoon “Moe” because our other guy is named “Joe”, and Moe was the only other three letter name we could think of.  Moe is not Mohammed.  Nor is Moe a Prophet.  Moe is actually a “security agent” image from a professional icon collection we purchased from the German company, INCORS GmbH  (www.incors.com).  We just modified him slightly and removed his earpiece before bringing him into Flash.

Q.  Why not make the clean cut guy the one with No iKarma?
A.  We chose Moe as our “No iKarma” guy because we wanted to use him as the spokes model in our training section.  Moe was going to guide new users through the steps he would take to build an online reputation using iKarma.com. 

Q.  How come it’s always the guy with the beard that has to play the bad guy?
A.  I think it’s pretty much common knowledge now that people with beards are trouble.  They take candy from babies and they are mean to the elderly.  Smart people should avoid them whenever possible*.   

That said, in the interest of world peace, we’ve replaced our old tour, with a new politically correct one.  So, pass the word.  Everyone can stop all the fighting.  Peace.

* I’m kidding.  The nice thing about people with beards is their amazing sense of humor.  They rarely ever kill anyone over a cartoon.  <:)>

Comments

[Sean Conner]

Hey! Where did you get that photo of me? You didn't steal this one (http://www.conman.org/people/spc/about/1998/0301.html) of me, did you?

[Paul Williams - ceo - iKarma.com]

I was keeping your identity secret for your own protection. LOL