tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4200925315716673345..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Listen up, you primitive screwheads!Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68746343802840194442012-05-28T21:55:59.764-04:002012-05-28T21:55:59.764-04:00A-Frickin-Men Tam.
It is interesting to me that po...A-Frickin-Men Tam.<br />It is interesting to me that pointing out the obvious fact that some cultures are inferior to others provokes such a poop storm of comments.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76164249874006928612012-05-28T03:28:43.735-04:002012-05-28T03:28:43.735-04:00Thank you for that one.
Have been saying similar ...Thank you for that one.<br /><br />Have been saying similar and getting grief.<br /><br />If you haven't heard of the Hadith ten plus years after the towers you are the problem.mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571641888235183785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80140764884836850342012-05-27T06:34:46.176-04:002012-05-27T06:34:46.176-04:00For Nablus & Gaza, I'm thinking an Arcligh...For Nablus & Gaza, I'm thinking an Arclight done with JDAMS where the bombs go off simultaneously and with optimal spacing. They're a bit close to an actual ally of ours for the bottled sunshine, otherwise I concur your assessment.Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69748652395232985372012-05-26T21:47:42.092-04:002012-05-26T21:47:42.092-04:00Carpetbombing, of which nuclear weapons are a tech...Carpetbombing, of which nuclear weapons are a technologically advanced variant, worked pretty damn well on the Japanese.<br /><br />Speaking hypothetically, just for shits and giggles, if the response to the attacks on September 11, 2001 had started with turning Mecca, Medina, Tehran, Baghdad, Damascus, Islamabad, Lahore, Kandahar, Tripoli, Nablus, and Gaza into self-illuminated glass parking lots, and was followed up by a brief, simply worded announcement that the response to any further such monkeyshines would be that the Arabic language would henceforth be spoken only in Hell--well, you can imagine what the usual suspects would say. They're saying it already. Otherwise, one cannot imagine it being any worse and in some aspects it might be better, and mostly I suspect things would not change greatly. Europe's economy is utterly dependent on the US export market, as is China's. Angry speeches would be made at the UN--more or less identical to the ones already being made there. Strongly worded letters would be sent, then read, laughed at, and thrown away. But everyone who matters bets on the strongest horse, in the end, and no one's going to send his own economy back to the Stone Age by snubbing American trade to make a political point.<br /><br />Additionally, all those American soldiers who have died thus far on the Iraqi and Afghan fronts of the war would still be alive, as well as all the victims of Islamist terrorism who have died in the past eleven years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34468861289290061092012-05-26T18:50:46.038-04:002012-05-26T18:50:46.038-04:00Don't be stupid, Brad K.
We both know which R...Don't be stupid, Brad K.<br /><br />We both know which Rome we are talking about.<br /><br />Slavery is evil. I don't care if it is a cultural norm for someone. The slave takers and users require immediate Napalm baths.<br /><br />Nazi Germany's industry was tied in knots by carpet bombing. Speer's greatest problem was manpower ... between bombing raids and the draft, he did not have enough bodies to make munitions, even while enslaving foreign workers and POWs.<br /><br />Imperial Japan's industries were wrecked by it as well.<br /><br />And North Vietnam actually got serious about negotiating a ceasefire once Nixon loosed SAC and had them start arclighting entire blocks in Hanoi.<br /><br />No ... your contention that carpet bombing is ineffective smacks of excessively libertarian bullshit to me.<br /><br />It's not that carpetbombing is an ineffective tactic ... it's just that you want it to be so.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36673059638549290792012-05-26T16:16:42.521-04:002012-05-26T16:16:42.521-04:00@ Kristopher,
I think we differ on a couple of th...@ Kristopher,<br /><br />I think we differ on a couple of things.<br /><br />First, my understanding is that the "When in Rome" line refers to the Rome in Italy, a part of Europe, which is east of the Atlantic Ocean from the US. I wasn't thinking of Rome, NY.<br /><br />Second, it cannot be "multiculturalism" when you talk about Italian Romans obeying Italian laws, and living within their Italian culture. As far as I know, the only two cultures in Italy are Italian and the Vatican, but that is another story.<br /><br />Third, I wasn't thinking so much of political correctness, as avoiding negative attention from the local police, or getting the local community organized to toast one's butt. <br /><br />Lastly, read up some of the more recent positions on slavery in the US, into the early 20th Century, lo-o-ong after the ink dried on the famous government dictum ending slavery. Right. Just like Congress making a law that established Metric measurements as the law of the land in the US back in the 1970s ended use of the English (feet, hands, yards, inches, miles, etc.) system. Or that the war on poverty ended poverty, or the war on drugs reduced drug use, in or out of prison.<br /><br />You might be interested in following the news stories on white and sex slavery rings working in the US today, and the stories of people abducted into that involuntary world. And then there is debt-slavery, making a striking comeback in the last decade or so, where one is bound by one's debt into loss of basic freedoms. TheAutomaticEarth.com has some good background on that little modern economic model.<br /><br />And, lastly, I cannot think that carpet bombings would be any more effective than they were in WWII, Vietnam, etc., in actually affecting social issues. Bombs are good for blowing up stockpiles of stuff, and factories that make stuff. But when you bomb people, their relatives and neighbors tend to get irritated. Count the friends of the US in Vietnam, in Iraq, in Afghanistan. Impressive accomplishment, hey?Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50719288576120101542012-05-26T13:46:30.327-04:002012-05-26T13:46:30.327-04:00Brad K.: Slavery alone is enough for me to advocat...Brad K.: Slavery alone is enough for me to advocate carpet bombing Rome if their empire was still intact, regardless of whether or not they stay out of my home town.<br /><br />Fuck multiculturalism.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87505704831489301012012-05-26T09:53:44.029-04:002012-05-26T09:53:44.029-04:00What I find neat is that this is proof positive t...What I find neat is that this is proof positive that any internet thread can be turned into a discussion about boobs.FatWhiteManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08946272184958991397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50974199343056232542012-05-26T09:29:17.331-04:002012-05-26T09:29:17.331-04:00@ Cybrludite,
OK, reality check here.
"Or r...@ Cybrludite,<br /><br />OK, reality check here.<br /><br />"<em>Or remind them that we could . . keep the oil fields ourselves</em>"<br /><br />Look. The WalMart in my small OK town cannot keep enough cashiers working, every day without calling in, around a 9 pm to 11 pm peak (nearly every damn day) time, to serve the community properly. Folk don't want to work that bad.<br /><br />Now you want to work desert oil fields. You want to confront the anti-imperial left, "OMG! America cannot be an evil empire! Oh, shudder, it would take advantage of those poor people, and enrich evil corporations!". And also find enough people actually wanting to work bad enough to come to work day after day. Away from WalMart, KMart, and Burger King.<br /><br />Right. I recall this passionate song after 9/11, something about "put a boot in your a**". Made a nice song. Not a whole lot of follow-through.<br /><br />Show me a 40% drop in unemployment and food stamps applications since January 20, 2008, show me active support more than 6 months after National Guard, Army, and other units return from the Sandbox, and you might have a point.<br /><br />Actually, show me that we have enough military to sustain operations, without calling out the National Guard and Army Reserves for service overseas. And you want to think we are ready for any kind of adventurism.<br /><br />Our military operations in the Mid East in recent times have significantly improved the combat readiness of our military, improved specific unit experience and preparedness, improved equipment design, improved deployment practices, and improved the effectiveness of sending our people, under arms, to project our government's intent.<br /><br />And you want a Senate that cannot pass a budget to take rational and decisive action in the best interests of the nation.<br /><br />It sounds like a nice ploy, but anyone with a week's back newspapers has enough history to call that bluff.<br /><br />We can, and have, disrupted those we target. Regardless of what you think of the excursion to Iraq, there isn't a nation on Earth that wants what Saddam Hussein's government got from us. And look at how that military action fell into political disarray.<br /><br />Luck.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-24892428735619491732012-05-26T04:39:43.532-04:002012-05-26T04:39:43.532-04:00At some point we need to make it clear to the Saud...At some point we need to make it clear to the Saudi royals that while we might need their oil, we don't especially need *them*, and if they don't stop funding their more radical brethren, we might just put the Hashemites back in charge. Or remind them that we could just go all Third Punic War on their asses, & keep the oil fields ourselves...Cybrluditehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222195374935367060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46847316966210308682012-05-26T01:40:55.019-04:002012-05-26T01:40:55.019-04:00@ Anon 7:33,
"Comparing the towelheads to Kl...@ Anon 7:33,<br /><br /><em>"Comparing the towelheads to Klansmen is insulting to Klansmen. Who knew it was even possible? "</em><br /><br />Um, they both hated Catholics in the past, didn't they? Naw, I think there is enough vigilante and terrorist similarity to warrant the comparison. Even when they hold community, family picnics.<br /><br /><br />@ Jayson,<br /><br /><em>". . and the others just want to see tits, and they're not terribly subtle about it. "</em><br /><br />Nothing wrong with wanting to see tits. And smiles. And hand and body gestures. If you need to renew your Naturist Society membership, write to them at Oshkosh, WI. Or visit http://www.naturistsociety.com. For additional access in the US to family nude recreation, consider the American Association for Nude Recreation (www.AANR.com). Both are family oriented, nude recreation organization -- hanky panky not permitted in public, PDA's discouraged as inappropriate behavior. One AANR member facility, the predecessor to Lupin Lodge, was Lupin Naturist Club near Los Gatos, CA, which was a healing retreat for many, and a stable and supportive community. With tits. And smiles.<br /><br /><br />@ Kristopher,<br /><br /><em>"Screw the Romans. If they showed up on our doorstep . . "</em><br /><br />But that is the point. You pay attention to what the Romans do when you set foot in Rome. The Romans better pay attention to NY (or OK) norms when in NY (or OK).Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-233263650765814322012-05-25T21:55:11.013-04:002012-05-25T21:55:11.013-04:00I thought the title "Listen up you primitive ...I thought the title "Listen up you primitive screwheads" was directed at the Islamic fuckwads. After reading the comments section, I'm not so sure...Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207808793722026516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10652477093361751312012-05-25T19:52:28.969-04:002012-05-25T19:52:28.969-04:00I agree that cultures are wrong when they consider...I agree that cultures are wrong when they consider women as property and punish them for a mans sins. You just threw me off by using an example of something entirely different.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090687736202622960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30114589560233055282012-05-25T19:39:56.199-04:002012-05-25T19:39:56.199-04:00Well. Robb Allen Ftw!
And Cormac and Montieth tie ...Well. Robb Allen Ftw!<br />And Cormac and Montieth tie for an almost-too-close-to-call second!<br />We are always asked to "understand" alleged cultural origins of such crimes against humanity as the Bataan Death March, or honor killings, or chasing girls back into a building to die because they lack the proper tent, but somehow Americans are held to have intended the unintended and unforseeable consequences of any number of things. No need for understanding there.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-37827716714333848372012-05-25T19:33:53.926-04:002012-05-25T19:33:53.926-04:00Comparing the towelheads to Klansmen is insulting ...Comparing the towelheads to Klansmen is insulting to Klansmen. Who knew it was even possible?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45991645013051872812012-05-25T19:22:13.177-04:002012-05-25T19:22:13.177-04:00(I'm glad you had two great years in 1960'...(I'm glad you had two great years in 1960's Alabama, honky.)Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30272646114305259982012-05-25T19:20:49.586-04:002012-05-25T19:20:49.586-04:00divemedic,
"and somehow came to the conclusi...divemedic,<br /><br />"<i>and somehow came to the conclusion that the entire UAE culture was bankrupt.</i>"<br /><br />No, I came to the conclusion that the whole fucked-up misogynistc fundamentalist Islamic/Arab culture is bankrupt.<br /><br />Further, I came to that conclusion thirty and more years before I read this article.<br /><br />Further, if you think that treating women as second-class citizens is just a quaint ethno-cultural thing, then feel free to fuck off and die.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74081274068653543932012-05-25T18:56:17.919-04:002012-05-25T18:56:17.919-04:00Divemedic and the others just want to see tits, an...Divemedic and the others just want to see tits, and they're not terribly subtle about it.Jaysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989165537637020369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31233685699043490732012-05-25T18:15:28.432-04:002012-05-25T18:15:28.432-04:00In the West, we're suppose to revere every cul...In the West, we're suppose to revere every culture in the world as equally wonderful and valuable, except our own. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70972573928935608052012-05-25T17:56:39.487-04:002012-05-25T17:56:39.487-04:00Dudes, the lady has a poetic license, and she ain’...Dudes, the lady has a poetic license, and she ain’t afraid to use the sucker. <br />I get it, some predominantly Muslim countries won’t stone a woman to death for appearing in public without a male family member, or not wearing head to toe coverage, or being a rape victim. But, there are many where just such an outcome is SOP. That’s fucked up. <br />“So, Achmed, what is the punishment for rape?” “Stoning”. “Awesome, that seems about right. Do you have some sort of victim advocacy program, counseling and shit?” “No, we stone the victim. The perpetrator gets a slap on the wrist.” “uh, ok. How do you deal with homosexuals?” Achmed adopts a Slim Pickens accent: “We rape the shit out of ‘em at the number six dance.” “Riiight, well Achmed baby, I gotta get back to the twenty-first century, Deuces.”rolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41980744143103198952012-05-25T17:50:22.471-04:002012-05-25T17:50:22.471-04:00"There's that wonderful sense of proporti...<i>"There's that wonderful sense of proportion unique to internet arguments, whereby there are no degrees of wrongness and everything even slightly bad equals the gas chambers at Auschwitz."</i><br /><br />Proportion on the internets is for suckers! Everybody gets to send everybody else to the gas chamber at the insistence of (usually) nobody in particular!Cormachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978254921072505008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28687243992886215922012-05-25T17:10:30.690-04:002012-05-25T17:10:30.690-04:00Tam, I think you're sensitive and over-reactiv...Tam, I think you're sensitive and over-reactive because a whole subculture of the earth (and its associated theocracies) values you and your gender somewhere between a pile of camel shit on the ground and the hole from which the camel shit emitted.<br /><br />There are places in America that value me less than a "cap busted in my white ass." I make it a point not to visit those places, but I can't let the actions of the inhabitants of those racially and culturally monolithic cesspools affect my opinion of escapees of similar melanin content.Buzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46080553720659501782012-05-25T16:12:24.499-04:002012-05-25T16:12:24.499-04:00"When in Rome... "
Screw the Romans. If..."When in Rome... "<br /><br />Screw the Romans. If they showed up on our doorstep today and demanded tribute and slaves, the local police would swiss cheese them the second they threw a pilium in anger.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52470821212837531262012-05-25T15:21:07.182-04:002012-05-25T15:21:07.182-04:00Wait, let me get this straight.
Tam reads an arti...Wait, let me get this straight.<br /><br />Tam reads an article that's in the UAE, makes a generalization about a region, YOU come in here with your unmentionables in a wad because the US is just as guilty of something totally unrelated and you're complaining that Tam has geographical and consistency issues?Robb Allenhttp://blog.robballen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90823503703435084662012-05-25T15:11:49.430-04:002012-05-25T15:11:49.430-04:00The point here is that you took an article about a...The point here is that you took an article about a mall in the UAE, combined it with a generalization about something that happened in a totally different country, and used that to slam on a culture that you obviously know little about. You took an article about the owners of a mall in the UAE not allowing women to bare their shoulders, added a generalization about Muslims based upon a strict interpretation of Sharia law from other countries, and somehow came to the conclusion that the entire UAE culture was bankrupt.<br /><br />I have come to expect a much higher level of intellect from this blog.<br /><br />I spent two years in the UAE as a ward of the US military. They are not the backwards people that your obvious bigotry would seem to suggest.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.com