# I Pit jihadists everywhere, this time specifically in India **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 7, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553 "2011-09-07T23:13:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/1 "2011-09-07T23:13:59Z")
When I heard on the radio about a [bombing at the Indian High Court in New Delhi](http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/09/20119751811521555.html) my first thought was “India – Maoists or Islamists?” Sure enough, it’s the Islamists. 11 dead, 45 wounded. :mad: And all for nothing. Guys, why do you even bother?! We know what you all want, it’s no secret, bin Laden stated it plainly: A world war between the Islamic and Western worlds, that somehow would produce a new Islamic Caliphate, uniting all of Dar al-Islam from Morocco to Indonesia, that would be the world’s new superpower. It ain’t gonna happen. Pipedream. How could there be a Caliph both Shia and Sunni Muslims would accept? It would be like having a Pope of All Catholics and Protestants. Anyway, things like the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan are not likely to happen in any Muslim countries in the future, too much has changed. There are revolutionary energies surging through the Islamic or at least the Arab world right now, but they’re not aiming at what you’re aiming at. Jihadism is a footnote. Accept it and go get drunk, you assholes. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/2 "2011-09-07T23:17:50Z")
:o Mods, please move thread to Pit, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/3 "2011-09-07T23:27:19Z")
Moved to the Pit. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/4 "2011-09-08T00:14:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Moved to the Pit. Where’s your usual wit? This guy set you up with a lob right over the plate… _No, you can’t Pit them everywhere. Only in the Pit. Off you go!_ ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/5 "2011-09-08T00:49:56Z")
Is there an asterisk for the Palestinian kind that you don’t mind, or…? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/6 "2011-09-08T22:21:14Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Is there an asterisk for the Palestinian kind that you don’t mind, or…? I don’t recall defending Palestinian terrorism. And Palestinian nationalism is a different movement than Salafist jihadism anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/7 "2011-09-08T22:26:07Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Where’s your usual wit? This guy set you up with a lob right over the plate… > > _No, you can’t Pit them everywhere. Only in the Pit. Off you go!_ Could I Pit them in a house? Could I Pit them with a mouse? ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/8 "2011-09-09T20:37:44Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > Is there an asterisk for the Palestinian kind that you don’t mind, or…? We need a new word. Something that combines “ridiculous” and “asinine”. (For you, I mean, not for BG.) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/9 "2011-09-09T21:32:25Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > We need a new word. Something that combines “ridiculous” and “asinine”. (For you, I mean, not for BG.) Asdiculous, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/10 "2011-09-09T23:01:04Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > We need a new word. Something that combines “ridiculous” and “asinine”. (For you, I mean, not for BG.) Is “citizenpainedesque” already taken? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/11 "2011-09-09T23:53:14Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I don’t recall defending Palestinian terrorism. And Palestinian nationalism is a different movement than Salafist jihadism anyway. How can you possibly divorce Palestinian nationalism (the kind you were defending a few months back) from Palestinian terrorism? Agggggggh. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/12 "2011-09-10T00:38:58Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > How can you possibly divorce Palestinian nationalism (the kind you were defending a few months back) from Palestinian terrorism? > > Agggggggh. Easy. Terrorism is not a movement, it is not a goal, it is a **tactic.** It automatically discredits anyone who uses it, but it does not automatically discredit any cause in which it is used. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-jihadists-everywhere-this-time-specifically-in-india/595553/13 "2011-09-10T00:42:43Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > How can you possibly divorce Palestinian nationalism (the kind you were defending a few months back) from Palestinian terrorism? > > Agggggggh. And unlike many pro-Palestinians he does recognize Jerusalem should remain entirely in Israeli hands. But a big hearty AMEN! to the OP.