Wow, in the time it took me to post that, Ike, Zyada, Jodi, and Lemur posted. And I see in preview that ol’ Unc slipped another one in.
That’s pretty close to a sextuple-post.
Handy Guide to the Differences Between Curious George and A Steaming Pile of Dung:
Doc’s Handy Guide To Differences Between The US Government and Terrorists, for the Terminally Clueless:
Terrorists: Disallow any form of education for women, severely restrict education and sources of information for men, both under possible punishement of death. Ban VCRs, internet access, TV and radio (unless it’s strictly fundie religious broadcasting) and almost all books.
US Government: Provide educational grants and funding to not only men and women, but also directly help the development of informational sources such as the internet and reliable telephone communications, and all but require a certain amount of education for children.
Terrorists: Consider any caucasian- heck, any non-middle-eastern person- as the enemy. Arrest them or maybe just shoot 'em, just in case. For that matter, consider any person even if he IS middle eastern, that isn’t part of your own particular tribe, as an enemy to be killed.
US Government: Keeps borders open to anyone, regardless of nationality, age, sex or religion. Provide low-cost or even fully subsidized education, provide good, safe, fair jobs.
Terrorists: Birth to death, know nothing but killing one’s enemies and insisting everyone around you worship the same god the same way. Kill those that don’t.
US Government: Encourage knowledge in almost everything. From truckdriving to quantum physics. Encourage diversity, welcome new thought.
Terrorists: Develop nothing, invent nothing, grow very little, progress not at all.
US Government: Develop, directly or indirectly, a massive amount of world-changing technology; powerful computers, fast coputerized manufacturing techniques, fuel-cell technology, and grow enough food to feed an entire hemisphere.
Terrorists: Attack without provocation, kill anyone and everyone possible, without regard to age or sex.
US Government: Retaliate only after careful preparation and consideration, expend enormous energy in an effort to NOT hit civilians, and all after sending some $43 million in humanitarian aid.
Need more clues? The single one you seem to have left must be getting awful lonely.
Mr. george cites Geov Parrish here–yet strangely leaves out the man’s name. But the list here sums up the curious george posting style the best. Perhaps his all-things-moderate-to-conservative hating best is here. Or, the classic piece de resistance on the “Day of Prayer and Rememberance.” Mr. george is a propaganda victim. Pity him.
Well, you’ve certainly got your own contrary groove going on, George. Personally, I think it’s fine to have a different take on things but the thing is, you’ve got to play within the rules and not also piss people off too much too often. And you have to defend your position – all that stuff comes with the territory.
I don’t know if you’re into the agent provocateur thing, whether you’re genuinely off beat or somewhere in between. Whatever it is, it’s probably time to sit quietly in the tree awhile as Unc’s barking mad and off the leash. Write some poetry or something.
While we’re at it:
TERRORISTS: Carbon based life forms
US GOVERNMENT: Carbon based life forms
TERRORISTS: Breathe oxygen
US GOVERNMENT: Breathe oxygen
TERRORISTS: Think the world is round
US GOVERNMENT: Thinks the world is round
etc.
First, he has to have a position. Next, it has to be defensible.
Others have answered the trolling and crap questions. There IS a rule against posting whole articles. Don’t post whole articles, only post relevant portions of them. This is a copyright issue. If you continue to post whole articles, or continue to troll, I will remove your posting privileges.
Lynn
For the Straight Dope
Lynn,
You realize you were addressing that to CG, right? He has yet to post anything relevant to anything he’s ever said here.
Speak for yourself. No amount of terrorism will ever justify the removal of civil liberties. I argue that broader civil liberties can help prevent such tradgedies in the future.
Oh, and george is a twit.
What can I say, I got a kick out of the OP
FWIW, I didn’t find the OP accurate at all, but I did find it mildly amusing.
While it’s not accurate, it’s amusing to see what “parallels” one can draw by making a bunch of comparisons of “facts” that are actually half-truths at best. All you do is omit a few details, and presto, you’re able to draw false parallels.
I think people here jumped the gun on this one, and assumed that CG was trolling. He did mention that he didn’t agree with all these points. Granted, that’s a little weak, considering that they’re all wildly inaccurate, but I’m sensing some overreaction. Yes, if one posted this on some other message board, populated by morons, some people might actually take it seriously, but I don’t think that posting it at SDMB would have that kind of result. As can be observed in all the above posts, most people here will tear each of these “points” apart in seconds.
I take it as what it is: a stupid joke.
I didn not find it even slightly amusing.
May I suggest an alternative
Osama Bin Laden: Always seen with men with hats
Curious George: Always seen with man with hat
Osama Bin Laden: Inflames the giants in his world
Curious George: Inflames the giants in his world
Osama Bin Laden: Soon to disappear
Curious George: Soon to disappear
Osama Bin Laden: Won’t be missed
Curious George: Won’t be missed
Heh, jokes that do anything but villify bin Laden or Celebrate the the destruction of the Taliban are decidedly un PC.
Examples:
Bad idea, making jokes about bin Laden and Bush in the same sentence
Good idea, telling the Afghanistan weather forecast joke AGAIN.
Man people lighten up. I don’t think my friend was sitting in a bar when a priest a rabbi two nuns and a hooker walked in either.
Yeah it had a lot of stupid factual errors but it WAS a joke. Wasn’t it George? Please tell me you were kidding George, you were, right George?
Erek
You know, if he was making fun of real things that Bush has done, I wouldn’t have said anything. I might disagree, or I might even laugh (after all, I am a raving democrat) but I wouldn’t have minded.
But anyone who thinks that the way women are treated in America is anything like the way women are treated in Afghanistan either has an (anti-U.S. govt.) ax to grind or is catastrophically clueless.
And for the OP to be funny there would have to be some truth to it. And there just ain’t any truth there.
Elvis
From the resolution authorizing the use of force:
Which stops short of “by any means necessary,” but not by much.
No, it’s official reaction to previous acts of terrorism and alleged threats of continued terrorism which have led to them, and we have not “all” recognized them as being sensible.
They’ve hardly had to, the way many (most?) Americans are reacting to that dissent.
CG
Of course not! Unless of course they are vague enough to make it past whichever mod it is who happens to be on patrol. In which case they’re A-OK!
waterj2
Cite?
friedo
Curious, or W. Bush?
Otto, while you are sitting in detention, please write a 500 word essay explaining the difference between “any means neccesary” and “neccesary and appropriate force”. See, the resolution means that we shouldn’t use force where it is not appropriate, even if it is neccesary. See? If you use different words, sentences have different meanings!
See, for example. “Curious George is an obnoxious troll”. “Curious George is not an obnoxious troll”. See? There’s only one word different in the two sentences, but they mean different things!
That should be enough to get you started. You can go out to recess with the rest of the children when you are finished.
Hey, I said they weren’t synonymous already. I ain’t writin’ no stinkin’ essay.
Actually, they use religion as their feeble excuse. BTW, Curious boy. Do you have any points that you would like to make?
Damnit tradesilicon, if you are going to post that you have to follow through with the explanation. Many posters are going to read that expecting to be educated. You have left them hanging. Now they are disappointed because they still can’t tell the difference. Never fear, however. I am here to help.
1.)Though both Curious George and a steaming pile of dung have an internal temperature in the upper 90’s (degrees F) the dung is distinguishable in that it will eventually cool. Curious George will never be cool.
2.)The outward appearance of the thoughts of Curious George and a steaming pile of dung are nigh indistingushable, but the dung can be determined by it being somewhat flexible.
3.)Lastly, the aroma of Curious George and a steaming pile of dung are remarkably similar. However, the dung’s smell stems from bacteria and organics which will enrich the soil, perpetuate the life cycle, and thus provide a benefit to humanity. Curious George serves no purpose to humanity whatsoever.
Hope that helps.
-Beeblebrox
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Q.E.D.