# Martha Burk, go lick a diseased porcupine **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359 "2003-03-26T19:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/1 "2003-03-26T19:19:04Z")
Why? Because it appears that to her, there is no better use for the lives of enlisted women than to [use their efforts](http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/story?id=1529733) on a far away battlefield as fodder for your pathetic little protest. Previously, I had looked on at your publicity driven whinefest as vaguely amusing, pretty much harmless, and utterly forgettable. However, at this point, you have moved into grandstanding whorishness by using the lives of American servicewomen to try and get a couple of chicks into a private golf club. Screw you. ---
**Author:** ![FaerieBeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/2 "2003-03-26T21:01:43Z")
I’ll just say…_shrug_. Like I care about golf. It is a shame that the woman will use any opportunity to further her cause. I’m quite certain all the servicewomen in the Middle East are saying to themselves, ‘Gee, if we manage to win this thing, I sure hope I can play golf at those stuffy clubs like the guys who wear plaid knickers!’:rolleyes: But hey, if golf is that important for you, go for it. Now, on to my real reason for replying to this gem. “Go lick a diseased porcupine” I love it. I can now add it to my list of new things to say, along with ‘sounds like someone running a manatee through a woodchipper’. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/3 "2003-03-26T21:15:56Z")
I liked this quotation: > [@](#): > > "It’s appalling that the women who are willing to lay down their lives for democratic ideals should be shut out of this club. … Democratic ideals do not include discrimination,’’ she said. Apparently, democratic ideals do include having a government tell people who they can and cannot allow in their private organizations. But, yeah, who gives a shit about golf anyway? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/4 "2003-03-26T21:41:35Z")
Clinical case of Putter Envy if I’ve ever seen one. C’mon Martha, get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/5 "2003-03-26T21:53:51Z")
I tested clean. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/6 "2003-03-26T22:50:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by porcupine \* > \*\*I tested clean. \*\* Well sure, but would you still test clean after Martha Burk licked you? ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/7 "2003-03-27T05:51:43Z")
Will someone please hit this broad over the head with a clue-by-four and explain to her to concept of “private property”? I’m no fan of Augusta National. I think they are some of the most pretentious, self-imporant people in all of sports. But seeing as how it’s their golf course, what makes anyone think they can force rules upon them? In other words, should they have a woman member? Probably. Let’s get with the freaking program, here, you know? But I also think it’s perfectly within their rights as a private group of individuals not to. Actually, Martha Burk has done golf fans a service–we get to see the Masters with no commercials at all! ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/martha-burk-go-lick-a-diseased-porcupine/164359/8 "2003-03-27T06:28:23Z")
Here’s the deal: Burk wanted a lot of media attention for her protest of the Masters. Unfortunately for her, the war started, and as a result, the media’s attention to her protest will be buried by all the coverage of the war. As such, Burk first says that if the US goes to war, the Masters should be cancelled because the Masters is a "large corporate party, liquor and entertainment flows freely throughout the week. These are things I don’t think the country is going to want to see happening during a time of national conflict.’’ Of course she would say this: a media-ignored protest will undermine her cause, so she wants the Masters cancelled. Now that war is on, Burk has now made the argument that Augusta National’s policy is offensive to all the women serving in the US military in Iraq. In doing so, Burk is trying to use the bigger media event, the war, to garner more attention to her pet issue. It’s a rather pathetic twist on the notion of “if you can’t beat 'em, join 'em”, in this case the joining is of one’s minor issue to a major news event in order to get the media to pay attention. I consider this to be a rather pathetic and low ploy on Burk’s part, but given her past statements it’s par for the course. Pun intended.