Selenium.runScript(String) throws exceptions if string contains \r

WebTest.java

public class WebTest {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        Selenium selenium = new WebDriverBackedSelenium(driver, "http://google.com");
        selenium.runScript("/* line 1 \r\n line 2 */");
   }
}