# Concern for the Libyan people **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 20, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299 "2011-03-20T00:05:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dedonarrival](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dedonarrival](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dedonarrival)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/1 "2011-03-20T00:05:28Z")
What would be the ideal IQ level to enable one to accept without question the current crusade to save the Libyan people from evil oppression. Personally lil reminders such as half million Iraqi child deaths as a consequence of US and UK led imposed sanctions. The countless deaths in East Timor as a consequence of US, UK and Australian support of a facist Indonesian regime, and of course everyones favourite, Gods chosen doing their Old Testament genocidal thing against the Palestinians utterly supported by the usual lethal hypocrites. Its enough to make Hopalong Cassidy and Champion the Wonder Horse spin in their graves. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/2 "2011-03-20T00:14:03Z")
Uh, what? Reported. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/3 "2011-03-20T00:56:02Z")
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**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/4 "2011-03-20T00:57:38Z")
I totally agree. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/5 "2011-03-20T01:07:04Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/6 "2011-03-20T01:09:46Z")
You know who else posted incoherent political posts? Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/7 "2011-03-20T01:14:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You know who else posted incoherent political posts? Hitler. Wasn’t he that moderately-talented Austrian landscape painter? I wonder whatever happened to him… ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/8 "2011-03-20T01:33:01Z")
_cartwheels naked through thread_ ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/9 "2011-03-20T01:45:09Z")
We’re all streaking! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/10 "2011-03-20T01:49:54Z")
:: swears like a fishmonger in Esperanto :: ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/11 "2011-03-20T01:55:43Z")
Good “postername/ultimate fate of thread” combo. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/12 "2011-03-20T01:59:01Z")
Moving to IMHO from GQ. Though it could end up in GD or the Pit depending on whether the OP ever tries to defend some of the stated propositions. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/13 "2011-03-20T02:01:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > You know who else posted incoherent political posts? Hitler. Godwin’s Law. Accomplished. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/14 "2011-03-21T02:07:00Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Wasn’t he that moderately-talented Austrian landscape painter? > > I wonder whatever happened to him… Two coats, even! Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/15 "2011-03-21T02:08:22Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Moving to IMHO from GQ. Though it could end up in GD or the Pit depending on whether the OP ever tries to defend some of the stated propositions. > > Colibri > General Questions Moderator I think it could end up in one of those if he could even \*explain \*some of the stated propositions! Best wishes, hh ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/16 "2011-03-21T02:09:50Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Wasn’t he that moderately-talented Austrian landscape painter? > > I wonder whatever happened to him… Some weird guy popped out of thin air and shot him with a gun that fired lightning. It was bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/17 "2011-03-21T02:13:18Z")
> [@dedonarrival](#): > > 1. What would be the ideal IQ level to enable one to accept without question the current crusade to save the Libyan people from evil oppression. > > 2. Personally lil reminders such as half million Iraqi child deaths as a consequence of US and UK led imposed sanctions. > > 3. The countless deaths in East Timor as a consequence of US, UK and Australian support of a facist Indonesian regime, and of course everyones favourite, Gods chosen doing their Old Testament genocidal thing against the Palestinians utterly supported by the usual lethal hypocrites. > > 4. Its enough to make Hopalong Cassidy and Champion the Wonder Horse spin in their graves. 1. 1. Not one point higher or lower. 2. Don’t look at me. I didn’t do it. 3. They aren’t countless. You are just too lazy or bad at math to count them. Get to work, I suggest. 4. Don’t be ridiculous. Champion the Wonder Horse doesn’t have a grave. At most, he would have been made into glue. And Hopalong Cassidy? Everyone knows he supported genocide. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/18 "2011-03-21T04:09:12Z")
Let’s try to make sense of the OP. One piece at a time. > [@dedonarrival](#): > > What would be the ideal IQ level to enable one to accept without question the current crusade to save the Libyan people from evil oppression. Okay, this is pretty easy. Current policy on Libya is stupid. > [@dedonarrival](#): > > Personally lil reminders such as half million Iraqi child deaths as a consequence of US and UK led imposed sanctions. Sanctions are bad. So we shouldn’t get involved in Libya. > [@dedonarrival](#): > > The countless deaths in East Timor as a consequence of US, UK and Australian support of a facist Indonesian regime, Tough one. Does this mean we’re supposed to remain neutral or are we supposed to oppose the fascists? And who are the fascists in Libya? > [@dedonarrival](#): > > and of course everyones favourite, Gods chosen doing their Old Testament genocidal thing against the Palestinians utterly supported by the usual lethal hypocrites. So we’re supposed to support popular uprisings. Okay, but isn’t that what we’re doing in Libya? > [@dedonarrival](#): > > Its enough to make Hopalong Cassidy and Champion the Wonder Horse spin in their graves. Ummm…we need to ask ourselves what the cowboys of yesteryear would do in a situation like this? Really not sure here. So the OP is telling us that what we’re doing is wrong because we should be either be doing more or less of it. Or staying the course. Or maybe switching sides. Or possibly singing around a campfire. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/19 "2011-03-21T04:16:30Z")
Alright, alright! I admit it. As a representative Merkin, I’ll cop to killing them all. I did it. I did it all with my little knife. Bwahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299/20 "2011-03-21T04:37:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Alright, alright! I admit it. As a representative Merkin, I’ll cop to killing them all. > > I did it. I did it all with my little knife. > Bwahahahaha! Reminds me of Bloom Country; Opus in jail: Opus: “So, ah, what are you in for?” Hulking criminal: “I strangled Oakland.” Opus: “So, ah, that’s one of those colorful criminal euphemisms, yes?” Criminal: _\_ “NO. I strangled _every single per-_” Opus: “Guard! Guards! I’d like to leave now!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concern-for-the-libyan-people/575299.md?page=2)