# Murdering raping savages are on the loose **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 24, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789 "2015-01-24T21:23:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/1 "2015-01-24T21:23:50Z")
ISIS and Boko Haram. And what’s on the news? Inflategate. The big news is whether or not a foot ball may or not have been within regulation pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/2 "2015-01-24T21:27:18Z")
So you think the football story has been blown out of proportion? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/3 "2015-01-24T21:32:38Z")
[Is this thread a rerun?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=747096) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/4 "2015-01-24T21:50:19Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > So you think the football story has been blown out of proportion? No, quite the opposite. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/5 "2015-01-24T22:14:18Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > ISIS and Boko Haram. > > And what’s on the news? Inflategate. The big news is whether or not a foot ball may or not have been within regulation pressure. At least _nine_ footballs. “If it inflates, it leads.” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/6 "2015-01-24T22:16:20Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > At least _nine_ footballs. > > “If it inflates, it leads.” Ordinarily, you need pretty big balls these days to make the front page news. But sometimes small ones are more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/7 "2015-01-24T22:19:52Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Ordinarily, you need pretty big balls these days to make the front page news. But sometimes small ones are more interesting. [But the social papers say I’ve got the biggest balls of all!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3tqIukBKg) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/8 "2015-01-24T22:20:22Z")
You can’t actually expect an America with flaccid footballs to lead the world. This is paramount to our exceptionalism, our footballs must be fully inflated, swollen even, nay - TURGID! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/9 "2015-01-24T22:28:27Z")
It says “balls.” Huh huh huh huh. Then it says “blown.” Huh huh huh huh huh huh huh. ---
**Author:** ![straight\_doped](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@straight\_doped](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_doped)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/10 "2015-01-25T03:02:47Z")
they are coming ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/11 "2015-01-25T03:22:13Z")
When _hasn’t_ there been murdering raping savages on the loose? ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/12 "2015-01-25T03:24:24Z")
So, let me see if I’ve got the OP right: Some stuff that’s been going on for quite a while is still going on, therefore something relatively new shouldn’t be in the news. Okay… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/13 "2015-01-25T03:43:27Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > But sometimes small ones are more interesting. Except when its Bill Belichick or Tom Brady. Og Knows that Katy Perry won’t be thinking of either of them come Half Time. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murdering-raping-savages-are-on-the-loose/710789/14 "2015-01-25T03:46:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Murdering raping savages are on the loose** But it’s already clear that nothing will be done about the CIA. What? Does it matter which _specific_ murdering raping savages are on the loose?