# Awww ... that's a shame **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207 "2001-10-08T23:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/1 "2001-10-08T23:30:09Z")
[Pakistani protestor burning the U.S. flag catches fire.](http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/1008Attacks-Pakistan-Protest-ON.html) Where can I send a get-well card? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/2 "2001-10-08T23:34:53Z")
My mom - “Haha, fucker.” :shrugs: ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/3 "2001-10-08T23:35:56Z")
Gee. That could almost be construed as a _Sign from God_ !! But they probably won’t see it like that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/4 "2001-10-08T23:35:57Z")
\*\*Milo, you are one _cold_ sumbitch. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/5 "2001-10-08T23:48:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*\*\*Milo, you are one _cold_ sumbitch. \*\* \*\* If thinking that this asshole got what he deserved and chuckling over what can only be described as near-divine justice is cold, then put a carrot on my nose and call me Frosty. I thought it perfect irony. Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/6 "2001-10-08T23:54:01Z")
What **Fenris** said. \ “It’s lighting the flag on fire, and toasting your ass. . .” \ Zappo ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/7 "2001-10-08T23:58:06Z")
Mmmmmmmmm…irony… ---
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/8 "2001-10-09T00:09:36Z")
Hey, Fenris, I don’t have a problem with the OP, but I find the idea of sticking a carrot up your nose oddly arousing, so can I do that anyway? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/9 "2001-10-09T00:16:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > \*\*What **Fenris** said. > > \ > > “It’s lighting the flag on fire, and toasting your ass. . .” > > \\*\* That was an alternate take, wasn’t it? I think it even kinda fits… ---
**Author:** ![k.os](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@k.os](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k.os)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/10 "2001-10-09T00:20:31Z")
This is the funniest news I have heard in a while. Heh. Some people… I wonder if his friends will view him as a hero, now? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Misery\_s\_Company](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@Misery\_s\_Company](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misery_s_Company)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/11 "2001-10-09T00:25:14Z")
Thank you for that bit of news! I don’t think I’ve laughed that hard in at least a week… ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/12 "2001-10-09T00:28:17Z")
Well… I guess we can go ahead and stop arguing about flag-burning laws, because that flag bites back… Yeowch. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/13 "2001-10-09T00:47:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Podkayne \* > \*\*Hey, Fenris, I don’t have a problem with the OP, but I find the idea of sticking a carrot up your nose oddly arousing, so can I do that anyway? \*\* It depends…will you read something by Heinlein to me while you do it? Yowza! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/14 "2001-10-09T00:56:48Z")
**He Fought the Flag** In Quetta, Pakistan in the hot sun He fought the Flag and the Flag won He fought the Flag and the Flag won He got some gas with a siphon He fought the Flag and the Flag won He fought the Flag and the Flag won He hated the U.S.Aaaa-aaa-aaaa And burned the U.N. Children’s Fund Fate frowned on his horseplay He fought the Flag and the Flag won He fought the Flag and the Flag won He was the Taliban’s henchman He fought the Flag and the Flag won He fought the Flag and the Flag won Now he is a crispy-baked bedouin He fought the Flag and the Flag won He fought the Flag and the Flag won Sonny (Fenris) Curtis ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/15 "2001-10-09T00:59:25Z")
Oh. My. Lord. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/16 "2001-10-09T01:12:53Z")
Serious burns, like the kind you get when your clothes are ablaze, are _terrible_. They are to pain what Stonehenge is to rocks, what CarrotTop is to unfunny. We’re talking agony here. A flag is a piece of cloth, nothing more. Our flags, thier flag, anybody’s flag. America, the dream of equality before the law, the dream of freedom, is worthy of our respect, even our veneration. But don’t confuse the symbol with the reality. This guy? Best guess, ignorant, confused, ill-informed. And wrong, of course. None of these things is worthy of the agony of burning. On the other hand, I laughed when they shot Ol’ Yeller. So I’m probably an asshole too. But I’m working on it. ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/17 "2001-10-09T01:18:23Z")
I can’t believe that you people find this amusing. Hilarious? Well, yeah. Side splitting funny? Sure. But amusing? Okay, that too. Thanks **Milo.** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/18 "2001-10-09T01:26:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\* > This guy? Best guess, ignorant, confused, ill-informed. And wrong, of course. None of these things is worthy of the agony of burning. > > \*\* Bull. Did you read the article? This cretin was part of a mob that set “ablaze the U.N. Children’s Fund compound, the central police station, movie theaters, a bank and other buildings in the city of 800,000.” in favor of the most anti-Woman…hell-anti-Human regime in recent memory. Frankly the fucker got what he deserved, and in an incredibly ironic way. If only more of them had been ignited… Fenris ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/19 "2001-10-09T01:28:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > This guy? Best guess, ignorant, confused, ill-informed. And wrong, of course. None of these things is worthy of the agony of burning. Wrongo. Ignorance is always worthy of burning. Well maybe not “worthy,” how about “symbiotic with?” In the words of a great Stone Age philosopher, who’s name escapes me right now, “FIRE BAD!!!”(Yes, everyone spoke English in Stone Age.) Geez, he burned _himself_ with a _U.S._ flag, while expressing his hatred for _me_ and my way of life, and you want _me_ to feel sorry for him? Naah. If a picture says a thousand words the first picture on top of the story says two thousand. The first one thousand words are all “Doh!” followed by “OW!” ---
**Author:** ![RoboDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bbe5ce/32.png) [@RoboDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RoboDude)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/20 "2001-10-09T01:30:07Z")
Instead of rioting in the streets of Pakistan and attacking innocent people, perhaps those Taliban-supporting fartknockers should head on over to Afghanistan and try to make a difference? I’m sure the Taliban could use all the help they can get ;)(not that it’d make the slightest difference against our special forces) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207.md?page=2)