# Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 22, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468 "2004-09-22T13:11:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468/1 "2004-09-22T13:11:20Z")

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[Cat Stevens denied entry into the US.](http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/22/stevens.reaction.profile/index.html)

Really? :eek: ☹ Is it because of reports that he donated to Hamas?

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468/2 "2004-09-22T13:16:52Z")

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Nah.

It’s because he came out in favor of Fatwah-driven assassinations of the critics of Islam. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468/3 "2004-09-22T13:19:11Z")

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OK, I vaguely remember that now, as well as being suprised by it at the time. This was, what, a year or two ago?

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468/4 "2004-09-22T13:32:36Z")

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Crap. I just saw **Polycarp** ’s [Thread in MPSIMS.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=277017) And double crap (Poly-crap? :D) that he also beat me to the title.

I will alert the mods and ask that this be closed.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-baby-baby-its-a-wild-world/265468/5 "2004-09-22T13:58:53Z")

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Well, I could argue that it belongs in the Pit or here or …

However, I’ll follow **Casey** ’s request and close this one.