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2008-04-11 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2008-04-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 This is your brain. This is your brain on Koran.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-04-11 07:42|| 2008-04-11 07:42|| Front Page Top

#2 I was at a Mardi Gras parade once when some hopped-up guy went bonkers, running down the street pushing over ladders. Police tackled him right by me & my kids. He was flopping around on the concrete like a fresh-caught fish, trying to kick, punch & bite the two cops. One ended up sitting on his chest and whacking his shins with the billy club every time he tried to kick while the other held his arms down until the wagon and more cops arrived. Some little lawyer-type came up demanding the cop's name and ID and threatening to see him prosecuted for brutality. Cop handed his club towards the guy and said 'Ok, you hold him until the wagon comes.' Once they got him in the van he started bouncing from side to side - rocked the van so much it looked like it was going to flip (but not really close). I gave the cop my card & told him to call me as a witness if the lawyer ever did anything - he took it, & chuckled. Nothing happened. The drugs had that guy feeling no pain that day, but I sure wouldn't have wanted his pain the next day. It was a good object lesson for the kids on the dangers of drugs. Guess the Saudi kids need to attend more Mardi Gras parades.

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-11 08:36|| 2008-04-11 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 From the Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin or Assassins) -

"Other parts of the cult's indoctrination claim that the future assassins were brought to Alamut at a young age and, while they matured, inhabited the aforementioned paradisaic gardens and were kept drugged with hashish; as in the previous version, Hassan-i-Sabah occupied this garden as a divine emissary. At a certain point (when their initiation could be said to have begun), the drug was withdrawn from them and they were removed from the gardens and flung into a dungeon. There they were informed that if they wished to return to the paradise they had so recently enjoyed, it would be at Sabbah's discretion. Therefore, they must follow his directions exactly up to and including murder and self-sacrifice."

Old habits die hard. Some never do.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-04-11 13:27|| 2008-04-11 13:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Drugs may be the least of the militants problems. Islam is a bigger problem. Hey, I thought drugs were verboten in islamic culture? You don't get your 72 virgins if you use drugs.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-04-11 16:20|| 2008-04-11 16:20|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm guessing they're on steroids too.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2008-04-11 21:50|| 2008-04-11 21:50|| Front Page Top

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