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2007-04-14 Down Under

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Posted by Fred 2007-04-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd like to see him chug a can of Foster's and crush it on his forehead.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-04-14 00:02|| 2007-04-14 00:02|| Front Page Top

#2 SF, where this myth that Ozzies drink Fosters is originating from?

Yea, I remember the TV ad "Fosters, Oztralian for beer", but that was just a commercial. ;-)

Posted by twobyfour 2007-04-14 00:53|| 2007-04-14 00:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Ive been insulted by experts so Im rather untroubled by them,

Ima liking this guy.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-04-14 06:10|| 2007-04-14 06:10|| Front Page Top

#4 On previous occasions I've quoted Mel Brooks regarding this topic:

"If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win," says Brooks, 75. "That's what they do so well; they seduce people. But if you ridicule them, bring them down with laughter--they can't win. You show how crazy they are."

While this approach may still yield some results it is important to remember that we are dealing with what is essentially an entirely unhumorous people. The Mohammed cartoons provided a stark preview of what to expect from Islam. Nazis had a sense of humor, therefore they could be ridiculed with effect.

Islam's blind assumption of supremacy makes it almost entirely immune to the same treatment. Due to having undergone such a near-surgical humorectomy any resultant self-inspection or potential laughter at oneself is translated into murderous rage.

One can see by Hilali's outrageous statements that this Islamic tyrant takes himself with absolute seriousness. There are few ways of disuading this type of self-deluded megalomaniac. This is but one of many reasons why I have begun to accept that those of Hilali's ilk must be exterminated. Few other remedies will successfully counteract such an impenetrable outlook.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-14 14:41|| 2007-04-14 14:41|| Front Page Top

#5 1. Islamists respond to parody or criticism cloaked in humor with violence (see the Danish cartoon riots)

2. Either Muslim clerics who incite violence and insurrection are foreigners who must face deportation or they are members of your society who must face trial for treason, with the harshest penalty which conviction would allow.

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-04-14 15:21|| 2007-04-14 15:21|| Front Page Top

#6 Look, I think Howard is on to something. The reason Islamists resort to violence is that it works. If our response to their violence is to not only hit back, but double down the amount of biting humor at their expense, they might just start to feel humiliated after a while. And the fear of humiliation seems to be a strong motivator among many of them. At the very least, it would help turn the so-called moderate Muslims into real moderate Muslims. They won't commit to the side of Islamic reform, if they don't think that we seriously intend to win.

If John Stewart and other liberal comedians would skewer Islamism as ruthlessly as they do Bush, one could at least have some respect for them while disagreeing with their ideology. They only attack Bush so harshly because they know he's not in any way the threat they pretend to believe he is. And sadder still is the fact that they think of themselves as being "edgy", for crying out loud.

Posted by ryuge 2007-04-14 21:57|| 2007-04-14 21:57|| Front Page Top

#7 If our response to their violence is to not only hit back, but double down the amount of biting humor at their expense, they might just start to feel humiliated after a while.

Works for me. Combination shots are usually better than jabs.

If John Stewart and other liberal comedians would skewer Islamism as ruthlessly as they do Bush, one could at least have some respect for them while disagreeing with their ideology.

I suppose there's no harm in dreaming.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-14 23:03|| 2007-04-14 23:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Just shoot 'em in the center of the forehead with a .45, twice. That puts an end to the problem, and costs a heck of a lot less than anything else mentioned. There is no reason to tolerate those with self-inflicted insanity.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-04-14 23:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-14 23:38|| Front Page Top

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