# Arafat is Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144 "2004-11-11T03:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/81 "2004-11-12T00:34:02Z")
This is too much like Mary Queen of Scots. Bang smash boom crash. OK, she’s dead. No I’m not! Bang smash boom crash. She’s dead now. No I’m not! and on and on and on and on. Maybe we can just drop a house on the son of a bitch, or drive a stake through his heart. If we have to, I’m all for burying him alive too. ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/82 "2004-11-12T00:51:51Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > I wonder when the rioting will begin. Do you mean Israelis dancing in the street burning the flag of Palestine? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/83 "2004-11-12T02:14:07Z")
> [@Abbie Carmichael](#): > > Yes, in 2002. > > Back to Arafat for a minute: he was a Muslim, right? > > Was he considered a “good” Muslim? I ask because his wife is (supposedly) a Christian. Doesn’t the Koran have rules against marrying non-Muslims? I think she became a Muslim after they were married. She was sort of a child bride, IIRC. Relatively speaking, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/84 "2004-11-12T02:34:45Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I think she became a Muslim after they were married. She was sort of a child bride, IIRC. Relatively speaking, anyway. She was a muslim by injection only 😃 Now hurry up and cover that grave so I can Dance Dance Dance ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/85 "2004-11-12T02:39:25Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > Do you mean Israelis dancing in the street burning the flag of Palestine? Why yes, that’s exactly what I meant. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/86 "2004-11-12T02:41:10Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > so I can Dance Dance Dance No, it’s “Dance Dance Revolution.” Sheesh, you need to catch up with the fads. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/87 "2004-11-12T04:03:43Z")
The thing about Jimmy Carter is that he is a true Christian. He believes that anyone can repent and change. He wants ‘bad’ people to repent and change. He doesn’t want to kill them all and let God sort them out because he wants everyone to become a good person and go to heaven. He is probably the most Christian president we’ve ever had. Oh and Arafat is still dead. However sales of his Arafphat Farm clothes are up. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/88 "2004-11-12T20:58:07Z")
I suppose it’s not very neighborly or “Christian” of me, but I hope he did not go gently into that good night. I hope he screamed in agony all the way. The world is a better place today with him no longer in it. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/89 "2004-11-12T21:32:57Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > I think a burial at sea is a great idea. > > Specifically, they should put the corpse in a wheelchair, shoot it in the back of the head, and push it off the deck of a cruise ship. Sam- my lungs are on the keyboard now, and you have to help put them back in. (Also, is my inferrence that “General Franco is still dead” is from either a Monty Python or SNL skit with a fake news bulletin correct?) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/90 "2004-11-12T21:35:17Z")
> [@neuroman](#): > > (Also, is my inferrence that “General Franco is still dead” is from either a Monty Python or SNL skit with a fake news bulletin correct?) Yes, it is. SNL ( Weekend Update w/ Chevy Chase) ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/91 "2004-11-12T23:10:51Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > I suppose it’s not very neighborly or “Christian” of me, but I hope he did not go gently into that good night. > > I hope he screamed in agony all the way. The world is a better place today with him no longer in it. Died in a coma. Peaceful death, all in all. ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/92 "2004-11-13T23:06:32Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Why yes, that’s exactly what I meant. :rolleyes: Is there a breeze in here? There it is. woooooooosh Ahhhhh! That felt so good. ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144/93 "2004-11-13T23:09:40Z")
Eh, nevermind. I’m must be really really bad at satire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arafat-is-dead/274144.md?page=4)