Firestarter

Amusingly enough, despite FBP's attempt to take a flying leap onto Anorak's usual bandwagon, the only real racist in this story seems to have been the dead criminal himself. "The tape resumes rolling at 6 a.m. An officer is heard saying to Jones, "You gotta tell me what's going on." Jones then says, 'White boy, redneck,' and the camera shows him lunge at the officer and attempt to put him in a headlock." - CNN story Emphases mine: the boldfaced text establishes racism, and the italicised text establishes that he committed a crime. The coroner's report, of course, establishes that he committed at least two more. Put that in your NAACP-approved pipe and smoke it, boys. "Smoke it?" Gracious, was that a veiled reference to a burning cross? Or maybe black drug abuse (oh yes, orchestrated by the CIA, as Brian kindly informed us - I sometimes wish we had that kind of time) or possibly a subconscious hope that those awful coloured people would all just die of cancer? Jesus. Here's a quarter; go buy a better cause.

So, at 12, a child's mind starts functioning as an adult's. Got it. Now why is the drinking age 21, the age of consent anywhere between 14 to 18, and the age for military service and criminal responsibility 18? Let's make them all 12. I mean you have no problems with killing 12 year-olds pointing firearms at our soldiers, right? You must be advocating the deaths of all 12 year-olds! Break out the howitzers! Twit. How is this relevant? Point a gun at our soldiers and you will be shot and in all probability you will die. What you MIGHT do if you don't die is entirely besides the point. Lots of suicide bombers were architects, engineers, and doctors. They might have designed, built, or served in hospitals and saved other people's lives. Instead, they chose to take them. That 7 year-old might have become a doctor himself - and, thanks to the admirable restraint of our soldiers, he might still. (But he'll never be a soccer player - convene the court-martial now!) However, he chose to attack our soldiers, and I would have shed no tears had he been shot and killed. He wasn't. That's a great mercy, to him, and to our soldiers' consciences. But it's not a mercy that the child deserved.

Yeah, I know; I just don't like it when he's out of the country. I stayed awake until he landed at Andrews AFB.

No it isn't. Brilliantly done, Mr President. I wouldn't have thought it possible. Now get yourself back stateside, pronto... sir.

CNN: 'Master' and 'slave' computer labels unacceptable ...in California, natch. Hey, they have to find some way to keep themselves looking ridiculous.

Jesus Christ, if you acted around me like you say you act around her I'd keep glancing at you too. Check that; I'd order a security detail to throw you in a federal prison for a couple of months while I subpoenaed your medical history and waited for the results of an extremely thorough background investigation.

Any particular reason why I should bother?

- ACLU Defends Nazis' Right to Burn Down ACLU Headquarters

They did. Now shut up.

Just curious, do you kids ever read the news? Y'know why that happened? The UN set up its headquarters in blithe insouciance and snottily refused American protection, because as everyone's aware, we're the bad guys, and goodness knows they've always try to stay on the best of terms with terrorists all around the world. They refused to set up guardposts, checkpoints, or barriers of their own because gracious, it would've been wrong to separate themselves from the people, wouldn't it? After all, the terrorists wouldn't attack their own allies! Surprise! The terrorists don't really care who you are as long as you're white. The result: well over a hundred casualties in a single day, the UN's special representative went to the great security council in the sky, and they immediately ran off, whimpering, with their tails between their legs, blaming us for not having "stablised" Iraq sufficiently. Hands up, everyone who didn't see that coming. ... Shut up Jacques. Go to the back of the room.

Fascinating observation. So you think we invaded Iraq because it has oil. And now you've decided that we're going to leave in less than two years, having pumped over 100,000,000,000 barrels of oil in however much time we have left - and we'll completely disregard the gas reserves, not to mention all the undiscovered oil Iraq is believed to possess, because we're not only evil, deceitful, and greedy, but almost unbelievably stupid. Unless you think that we really don't want to enrich ourselves at the expense of other countries, and we just enjoy - in some bizarre fetishistic way - invading countries that happen to have oil? Buy into the latest anti-American left-wing conspiracy theories! Fun for the whole family! (Unless they were gassed, shot, or incinerated by that loveable rogue Saddam Hussein!) You don't even have to make sense!

... JMA?

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The House of Windsor is a rabble of ill-bred, unmannerly, graceless merchants, suddenly thrust into prominence, with no idea how to act as if they actually deserved to be called "royal." They have no training, no sense of duty, and no civility. Should've remained greengrocers; the crudity would remain, but at least they wouldn't be so absurdly full of themselves.

Oh, thank God. I thought you'd completely lost it but I didn't want to say anything, I was just so appalled. Anyway, now that all's right with my world again, my wife and I are a Sagittarius and an Aquarius, so pretend to dish mystic star-wisdom for us, too.

Not really. But if I get her to read this thread, she'll become a heterophobe in short order.

What gets me is this: RAC: B SEX: M Really? How in God's name can they tell?

"I'm next."

What about Moslems murdering their own infant daughters at birth, either because sons are more "honourable" or because they don't want to pay her dowry when she grows up? That's not uncommon either, and Moslem populations are skewed to the male side. Same with the Chinese. That's not racism, that's reality. Nor, to address your deliberately and crudely offensively-worded analogy, would it be racism to point out that black women tend to be on welfare more often than white women, and women on welfare tend to reproduce more in order to get more money from the government. Again, not racism - just reality.

Back off, buddy. She wants to end homophobia, and I'm just the girl to help her out.

That's not even remotely funny. It just makes you look like a jackass. How on earth does it make him look like a jackass? I think it's a fair question, and I think it could probably be answered by the fact that Moslem women tend to be forced to have at least half a dozen children on average. Since replacement rates tend to be 2.5ish for the most part, that lets male Moslems murder, rape, and torture the women as much as they like, while the population as a whole continues to grow far too quickly.

Stephanie Haaser The girl is cute. I would've given her an award, a standing ovation, and an invitation to dinner and breakfast.

I think a lot of public relations problems could be solved with the judicious use of Gatling guns.

From what twisted perspective is placing achievement above appearances a "fatal flaw?"

Can't be bothered. I don't think I shop at places like Urban Outfitters (I've never actually been in one, but from the name it doesn't sound appealing) and we've already got a Monopoly board. I'd pick it up if I were already in the store and I saw it on a shelf, but that's probably not going to happen anytime soon. I have a feeling the novelty would wear off pretty quick, too. I mean, the cards would be funny to read the first time around, but really, after that, what's left to appreciate? I guess you could put a little more life in it by inventing rules covering drive-by shootings and so on if you pass another player on the board...

Oh, that was facetious; I know he isn't Palestinian. He's pretty much established that he's black (and left-wing) in the racism thread in the CE folder.