# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sigmund\_Fudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sigmund\_Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmund_Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/61 "2001-10-10T09:50:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > \*Originally posted by jmatthewb \* > > > \*\*… fellow camel f#~kers with him! \*\* > > > > I don’t have much sympathy for the morons either…but could we dispense with the racial epithets? It’s so…, you know…, un-American and all that. \*\* > > I’m glad to see that I wasn’t the only one to feel this way. I should have posted this sooner. \*\* ``` WOULD IT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IF I SAID PIG F#-KERS? ``` ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/62 "2001-10-10T10:16:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jmatthewb \* > \*\*WOULD IT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IF I SAID PIG F#-KERS? \*\* Yes. You’d be using an epithet that suggests not only bestiality, but also eternal damnation for the dirty bastards on the receiving end. Of course, they’re not supposed to EAT pigs; so as long as they avoided porkalingus, they’d probably be ok. Your caps lock appears to be stuck. ---
**Author:** ![spacedmanspliff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spacedmanspliff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacedmanspliff)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/63 "2001-10-10T10:16:49Z")
maybe we should encourage these dumb fucks to join the Taliban if they are capable of burning themselves trying to light up a flag can you imagine the damage they will do handling explosive stuff think about it we could destroy all their sites without droping a single bomb \*\*America’s secret weapon : Pakistani arsons \*\* 😃 ---
**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/64 "2001-10-10T10:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Pakistani arsons** Lousy band name. But it’d make a helluva UPN sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmund\_Fudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sigmund\_Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmund_Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/65 "2001-10-10T10:50:19Z")
I was wondering if anyone would catch on to the pig thing? CAPS NOT STUCK. I MUST HAVE BEEN YELLING. Oh there I go again. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/66 "2001-10-10T10:52:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spacedmanspliff \* > **maybe we should encourage these dumb fucks to join the Taliban** Ummm. Those bloodthirsty morons rioting in Southwest Pakistan DO support the Taliban. They haven’t earned the right to be called Barbarians. They’re too ignorant. And the moderates do have control in Pakistan. They’re called the army. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/67 "2001-10-10T21:28:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Demise \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > > \*\*IT’S NOT IRONY!!! > > > > Irony is the act of saying one thing while meaning it’s exact opposite! > > > > ARGH!!! \*\* > > You may want to rethink this “personal crusade” thing…unless you’re being ironic, because that would be pretty funny. > > From [Merriam-Webster Online](http://www.merriam-webster.com/) (bolding mine): > > > [@](#): > > > > Main Entry: iro·ny > > Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE > > Function: noun > > Inflected Form(s): plural -nies > > Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler > > Date: 1502 > > 1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning – called also Socratic irony > > 2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance > > **3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity** b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play – called also dramatic irony, tragic irony > > \*\* Nothing constructive to add here; just want to thank you, **Demise** , for preserving the sanctity of my title.😉 And, as Crown Prince of Irony, I hereby designate the event in the OP officially Ironic, by Decree of His Royal Highness, and declare the flag-burner a Royal Officer of the Crispiest Order (oops, I meant Highest Order, but crisy works, too). Hope this settles it. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/68 "2001-10-10T22:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > **They why don’t we hear it from the Arabic press? They seem bound and determined to make this a war on Islam.** Main reason is that a lot of the Arabic press survives at the behest of the government. Imagine living in a country where, if Bush didn’t like what the Washington Post wrote about him, the editors get a visit from the local police and shut down for a few days, with said editor being dragged down to the local cop shop for a “conversation.” In fact, the situation is so bad that only one network, al Jazeera in Qutar, is getting a reputation as the Arab world’s sole independent network. They’re the ones broadcasting the Bin Ladin videos. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207/69 "2001-10-11T19:28:00Z")
Too bad they couldn’t afford a bigger flag. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awww-thats-a-shame/86207.md?page=3)