Um, so will I, dickhead.
The difference is you’re telling me not to post you stupid son of a bitch.
And all I’ve done is told you to leave me alone.
Get over yourself.
I don’t have the time to completely sample this latest multi-page effusion of drama queenery, so I hope I am not being repetitive in saying that this statement:
is one of the few things brightening an otherwise dreary holiday season.
And as a return gift to Aldebaran, I present the following adaptation of a Tom Lehrer song, which he can use as an anthem to express his continuing outrage with the naughty members of this board.
*Fight fiercely, Alde,
Fight, fight, fight!
Demonstrate to them your skill.
Albeit the SDMB possess the might,
Nonetheless you have the will.
How we shall celebrate your victory,
We shall invite al-Qaeda up for tea
(how jolly!)
Hurl that invective down the field, and
Fight, fight, fight!
Fight fiercely, Alde,
Fight, fight, fight!
Impress them with your prowess, do!
Oh, fellow, do not let the Muslims down,
Be of stout heart and true.
Come on, chap, fight for Alde’s glorious name,
Won’t it be peachy if you win the game?
(oh, goody!)
Let’s try not to injure them, but
Fight, fight, fight!
And do fight fiercely!
Fight, fight, fight!*
Catchy, ain’t it?
Aldebaran, calm down, man. Okay? You’re getting less and less coherent as you rage, and it’s really not helping. Also, get a bit over yourself. I thank you for the insights you share into arabic culture, but, truthfully, it’s only the culture around you that you’ve shared. Because, as you know, not all muslims and not all arabs are the same, and not all muslims are arabs. And vice versa. I understand that it’s perfectly legitimate for someone in the arabic world to fly into towering rages when doing something as simple as barganing. Tear your hair, rend your clothes.
But when people aren’t expecting it, they tend to take you at your word. Over here, emotions are expected to be leashed and harnessed, not given free range.
You following me?
As far as your feelings towards the troops, it’s the same sort of thing. Hyperbole isn’t expected. Perhaps you may want to put the little <hyperbole here> tags in for those who aren’t sure you want to be taken seriously or not.
Fucking idiot. :rolleyes:
That’s right, I told you to leave me alone.
Having reading comprehension problems as well as the desire to harass me for posting?
London calling, see we ain’t got no swing
'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
The ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in
Meltdown expected…
Yeah, because I object to having you tell me where and when I should post and then being called a ‘dickhead’ I must be on the verge of a meltdown.
You should go into bussiness as a detective, Sherlock.
That’s how you interpret being told to “take a chill pill”?
Well, yes.
Coward.
What exactly did you mean if not that I shouldn’t be posting so much?
Riiiiiight.
I tell you not attempt to dictate my posting habits, you call me a dickhead, and of course that means I’m close to melting down.
You are a total asshole, anybody ever tell you that?
I am as calm as anyone ever can be.
A bit lashing out to a nutcase like Mehitabel is what she really deserves since I first became a member. I tried to use normal language. In my last post I try it with using what seems to be considered" normal" US terminology when you feel it is simply a necessity to be understood by your target audience (I must say it was funny doing this; I felt like a teenager.)
In fact: I shared also a lot of my European heritage and insights. I’m from both cultures; Yet since I was raised in my father’s country, live there and have all my close family there, and since the SDMB has several EU members, I don’t see much need to put a lot of effort in bringing that perspective.
Not really. I don’t see anyone do that.
Rethorical language is part of my language and heritage. Arabic is such a rich and powerful tool for this that I can’t even begin on using the English language for the same.
Quite well… Which does not mean to say that my way of expressing myself is something that I consider to be a handicap for the readers to understand what I mean. How poor my knowledge of it may be (adding to this handicap to find the right words).
Who says that I always get the real meaning behind what is posted here?
The trouble with this is that what you consider “hyperbole” is for me a normal way of expression. If this board is allowing people coming from different backgrounds I think it is just a matter of expectance that members shall bring with them different ways of expressing their thoughts.
I have difficulties enough as it is to write anything.
I have a lot of difficulties to simply read anything.
Adding to this a language I have no knowledge off.
You come to propose that I even change my way of thinking while overcoming all these handicaps, just to please an English languaged audience.
Try to write yourself a few lines in a language you don’t master.
Take Arabic and add while you write all the background and culture connected with the use of it to make your writing look as if you are me.
Good luck.
Salaam. A
Lots of times.
Once again, take a chill pill.
Or in less polite terms, take your medication/go see your doctor.
Demostylus Not to interrupt you in whatever you are doing, but did you also bothered to read the OP?
If yes, can you also give a comment on that or did I overlook it because of the amazing amount of posts this thread already gathered.
Salaam. A
The madness originated in that part of the world. If you want to bitch and whine and piss and moan about “that sweet little girl” being killed, then aim your anger at the people responsible for her death: Islamic terrorists and those who support them either overtly or covertly.
Not George Bush.
Not the United States.
Frankly, when 9/11 happened, my first response was that we should simply turn that entire part of the world into glass that glows in the dark for the next century. And every time I see cowardly, murdering scum cutting off someone’s head, the thought crosses my mind again. But Mr. Bush is doing the right thing. He is helping Iraq become a free nation, one that will (hopefully) NOT harbor and/or support terrorists like it did under Saddam. Afghanistan is becoming a free country, one that will not harbor and/or support terrorists like it did under the Taliban.
But we have a saying here: you can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs. It’s not going to happen overnight, it’s not going to be easy, but in the long run, it will be more than worth it to have peace in that area. And if children die while that’s happening, blame the ones responsible, not the ones doing the cleaning up.
Mother of Mercy, that’s genocide!
And I will note, if you’re not warned for that while Alde was warned for a much more benign statement…
Goddamnit, I’m not junior modding either.
This gets directly at the OP.
If someone is warned for saying they want to pick up a gun and shoot soldiers, why on earth is it okay for someone else to say they want to nuke the middle east?
Finn+Desmo - get a room will you.
Yes, I read the OP, and all of the other posts in this thread. In summary:
I disagree with Gaudere’s warning. I agree with FinnAgain’s defense of you.
Interesting and revealing, Clot. Who did you figure on nuking for the attack at Oklahoma City? Michigan?
Yes, we have in Clothahump an other compassionate Bush admirer who thinks a little girl in Iraq attacked the USA and therefore deserved to be killed by the US Heroes.
This is a girl I knew. This is a girl that was occasionally a guest in my home. This was a little girl of the same age as my children. This was a little girl that played with my children. This was a little girl that was loved by My Beloved, since she was the daughter of someone she knew very well. This was alittle girl that I hugged and kissed and played with as if she was one of mine.
This little girl is dead because of your Maas Murderer Hero President. He killed her.
She would not be dead if your shameless arrogant lying mass murderer would not have ordered the invasion and occupation of the sovereign natin Iraq. Where that sweet little girl lived. Until she was killed. By one of the nice toys your arrogant lying mass purderer provided the soldier who killed her with.
Got that, you pig?