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2005-01-04 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-04 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A pack, not a herd.

Posted by mojo 2005-01-04 12:38:38 AM|| 2005-01-04 12:38:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bandits being ripped apart by angry mobs...somehow, I just can't raise any sympathy for these criminals. Maybe, if they'd do some honest work, they would be on the receiving end of iron bars being swung by angry people who'd like to not be robbed.

Posted by Silentbrick 2005-01-04 12:48:07 AM|| 2005-01-04 12:48:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Day-yum! I just can't stop laughing!

Fred, I don't know whether to suggest the sympathy meter or the popcorn. :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-04 1:34:02 AM|| 2005-01-04 1:34:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't know whether to suggest the sympathy meter or the popcorn.

I'll go for that good old surprise meter with its needle wrapped around the null peg.

Shuckey darn, hard working folks gettin' all uppity about having their pockets picked by a buncha thugs. Brains go and sprout in the strangest places.

Posted by Zenster 2005-01-04 1:48:17 AM|| 2005-01-04 1:48:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 But the driver stopped the bus in a busy rural market and pleaded for help. Soon hundreds of villagers pounced on the bandits. All the seven were killed on the spot

LMAO!!!

Posted by Rafael 2005-01-04 3:44:06 AM|| 2005-01-04 3:44:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Works for me. Iron bars are better than grey bars in some parts of the world. This is one of them.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-04 4:06:46 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-01-04 4:06:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 93rd West Bengal Volunteer Infantry, deploying for action.

Posted by Mike 2005-01-04 6:32:35 AM|| 2005-01-04 6:32:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 And they call us cowboys,sheesh.

Posted by Raptor 2005-01-04 6:51:42 AM|| 2005-01-04 6:51:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 All the seven were killed on the spot even as the police helplessly watched the bloody scene.

I guess that's better than having them join in.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-04 7:04:33 AM|| 2005-01-04 7:04:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 I've noticed the same trend of bad guys getting thumped by angry mobs in the Bangladesh press.

Posted by Steve 2005-01-04 8:13:00 AM|| 2005-01-04 8:13:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm just glad the Metro riders in DC don't usually board the bus while carrying iron rods. As far as I know.

As long as you don't threaten the other passengers, you don't have ~~anything~~ much to worry about.

Who needs a taser, when you have Iron Rodz(tm)!

Posted by N Guard 2005-01-04 8:45:19 AM|| 2005-01-04 8:45:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Can't wait for the NY Times op-ed decrying the increase in vigilante justice, obviously brought about by the ~~risky scheme~~ dangerous Bush doctrine of pre-emption. They'll be totally clueless as to why crime rates drop suddenly in areas like these

Posted by Frank G 2005-01-04 9:18:12 AM|| 2005-01-04 9:18:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 So.... where's a good place to get an iron bar?

Would rebar be as effective?

Posted by Crereper Angomble7523 2005-01-04 9:29:30 AM|| 2005-01-04 9:29:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 KEEP SWINGING AWAY BOYZ. IT'S COST LESS FOR IRON RODS THAN PROSECUTION. WAY TO GO.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-01-04 9:36:22 AM|| 2005-01-04 9:36:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Is that a iron bar in your pocket......

Posted by Steve 2005-01-04 12:36:08 PM|| 2005-01-04 12:36:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Perhaps India should have a Second Amendment. It would cut into the
sufferings of criminals.

Posted by JFM 2005-01-04 3:18:54 PM|| 2005-01-04 3:18:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Publicizing stories like this could be an effective way to reduce banditry.

Posted by Dishman 2005-01-04 3:37:40 PM|| 2005-01-04 3:37:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 the bus riders in DC carry guns instead of iron rods

Posted by smokeysinse 2005-01-04 5:01:05 PM|| 2005-01-04 5:01:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 Who needs a taser, when you have Iron Rodz(tm)!

Not as classy as the Holy Nine-Iron, but they work well.

Posted by Pappy 2005-01-04 9:39:04 PM|| 2005-01-04 9:39:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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