# A Poetic Pitting of Irritating Israel-Insulters **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830 "2002-06-01T02:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/41 "2002-06-03T22:56:51Z")
The Trolls See the message board with Trolls. Shifty Trolls. With deceitful provocation that we hope a mod controls. How they piss us, piss us, piss us, When we read each tricky post. Every Mr. and each Mrs. Say of all the postings, this is What they hate to read the most. It’s no fun, fun, fun When we see them hit and run, With a type of double-dealing that a sock-puppet extols. From the Trolls, Trolls, Trolls, Trolls Trolls, Trolls, Trolls From the teasing and the wheezing of the Trolls. Apologies to [Edgar Allan Poe](http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/poetry/bells.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/42 "2002-06-03T23:35:44Z")
::Sitting down next to **Fenris** at the “Pro-Israel but not insane” table, just so people can see we’re not the same person:: Actually, I thought the “putz limerick” was kind of clever… ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/43 "2002-06-03T23:48:21Z")
**December** : It is quite possible to be in favor of Israel’s right to maintain its continued existence as a nation, including having defensible borders, without buying into the particular mode in which Ariel Sharon and his government choose to do it. It is quite compatible to hold the above view and still feel that the Palestinian people, misrepresented by a number of radical leaders, are getting a very raw deal from the Israelis, and that this is inhumane and unjust (and contrary to Torah and the prophets, by the way). I apologize for not putting this in doggerel, but things have been a little rough around here lately, and my wittiness is taking some time off. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/44 "2002-06-04T00:48:36Z")
**Polycarp** , I certainly agree that the Palestinian people are getting a raw deal. We might disagree as to what portion of their misfortune is due to Israel, the UN, the EU, Palestinian leaders, other Arab leaders, their own culture, and historical bad luck. I respect your POV. What _should_ Sharon and Israel do now, in the face of continued murderous attacks on Israeli civilians? ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/45 "2002-06-04T16:04:14Z")
**I ask, "How _should_ Israel get along? To be moral, and yet remain strong?"** … **Answer some, "That’s too tough.** …**But, I know _just enough_, To be certain that Israel is wrong."** ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/46 "2002-06-04T16:04:14Z")
**I ask, "How _should_ Israel get along? To be moral, and yet remain strong?"** … **Answer some, "That’s too tough.** …**But, I know _just enough_, To be certain that Israel is wrong."** ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/47 "2002-06-04T16:17:57Z")
\*\*december’s \*\* motto: "I know ‘just enough’ " ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830/48 "2002-06-04T21:41:26Z")
Verily I do remember Twas a poster named december posted many a quaint and stupid volume of forgotten lore that our love of all things cited by december unrequited that his answer to our requests was forever “Nevermore”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poetic-pitting-of-irritating-israel-insulters/111830.md?page=2)