Was Theodore Roosevelt offended when they named a toy bear after him?

I doubt it because he was a bear fan. If you know the story it's that he once went bear hunting and after being unsuccessful at shooting the bear his men tranquilized one and tied it up for him to shoot. Roosevelt refused to shoot an animal on such an unfair basis so he let it go. the story spread fast and a toy company marketed "Teddy Bear's" as a novelty, the name stayed!

I don't belive he did. And I don't really think the prophet mohammad would have either. But we westerners should open our minds and views on this. It is not for us to decide what is right for the people of other countries. Especially those who have different religious views then ourselves. We have a freedom of religion and a government which isn't controlled by theological views. So I think it's very difficult for us to understand a government which is controlled by it's religion. Besides how much do we really know about all of this? Did you know that in Islam the name Muhammad means, "praise worthy". Do you feel that a Teddy bear is "praise worthy"? Now I'm not condoning the punishment of this teacher, or the uproar caused by this minor circumstance. I do believe it is being taken far to seriously but that is based upon my western heritage and upbringing. I also realize Muslims take there religion very seriously and anyone in a predominatly Muslim area should realize and understand this and use caution.

He was not offended. In fact, the man who came up with the idea of marketing Teddy Bears was worried about copyright infringement if he used the President's name without his permission. Roosevelt reportedly said that he didn't anticipate that using his name would do much good for selling the bears but the guy was more than welcome to use it.

Well he might have been had it been a rag doll in a big pink frock! I guess a bear is quite a strong, masculine, decisive figure. I guess also that he didn't realise what Teddy's would become to children though I suspect Winnie the Pooh clinched that deal!

I'm sure he was happy to be commemorated in such a lovely way.

Imagine being loved by so many millions of children (the teddies not Teddy - although I'm sure the adults really liked him)

Why would he be offended? He was a smart man, not some shallow little whiner.

Sorry Emma, wrong Roosevelt.

I have ths book saying the whole story and all of it started with him choosing not to shoo a bear.So I guessing he was actually proud.

I don't know what he would think, but I wouldn't mind having a stuffed animal named after me.

I am sure it made him proud. He was a great man. Too big to ever take offense to that.

Mohammad wouldn't have been offended either if the truth be known...

The loonies that follow him however, sing a different song....