# Taliban Stupid and Just Don't Care? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715 "2012-07-09T18:25:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/21 "2012-07-09T19:40:09Z")
As a guy I have to say I love the Taliban mentality. Everything is the fault of somebody else. If you are guy getting a little nookie on the side and you get caught, just scream ‘Adultery’- since it seems that the guy is never to blame. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/22 "2012-07-09T19:45:40Z")
Well, except for the part where they brutally murder the woman… -XT ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/23 "2012-07-09T19:54:39Z")
> [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > Is their world view so limited that they don’t realize how this execution video will be viewed in the rest of the world or do they not care that it causes billions of people to hate them? The most powerful nations in the world are after them and are fighting them. I thinl being hated in the rest of the world is kind of irrelevant from their POV. The video.? Looks like _Zan Zar Zameen_ raises its head again. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/24 "2012-07-09T20:42:50Z")
Thanks, now I’ve got this song in my head: _Taliban stupid and just don’t care Mohammed’s gone away_ ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/25 "2012-07-09T20:48:41Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Thanks, now I’ve got this song in my head: > > _Taliban stupid and just don’t care > Mohammed’s gone away_ No, no. _Taliban stupid and just don’t care Osma’s gone away_ ---
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/26 "2012-07-09T21:02:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Thanks, now I’ve got this song in my head: > > _Taliban stupid and just don’t care > Mohammed’s gone away_ > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No, no. > > _Taliban stupid and just don’t care > Osma’s gone away_ \*When I was young I used to hate all the non-Islamic states Pull the sword that I did buy Chop off the head of a Western guy Chorus Taliban’s dumb and just don’t care Taliban’s dumb and just don’t care Taliban’s dumb and just don’t care Osama’s blown away\* ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/27 "2012-07-09T21:05:08Z")
When I was young I slapped my palm, when I’d hep the Taliban build a bomb; and pass down the wire snips with a big ole bone, And brush away that damned armed drone. ``` Taliban be stupid and jus' don't care, Taliban be stupid and jus' don't care, Taliban be stupid and jus' don't care, Omar's gone away. ``` -XT ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/28 "2012-07-09T21:07:36Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > they believe they are in the right, and they don’t really care what we think about it because they believe we are wrong. That. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/29 "2012-07-09T21:15:44Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Maybe. It doesn’t really say they were killed because of what happened to this woman, however…merely that they were killed. They might have been whacked for completely unrelated reasons dealing more with internal Taliban politics (or because they looked that the third commander funny). I’ve seen no Taliban position decrying this event or claiming it was in any way wrong. > > -XT Even if they were killed for this reason, it would just mean that they deemed this particular killing to have been wrong. It doesn’t mean that they dissaprove the pubic execution of adulterous women in general. And they certainly approved of such executions back when they were in power. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/30 "2012-07-09T21:30:04Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Apparently, at least some of the Taliban wasn’t exactly thrilled about it either: > > > [@article](#): > > > > To save face, they accused her of adultery, Salangi told CNN on Sunday. Then they “faked a court to decide about the fate of this woman and in one hour, they executed the woman,” he added. > > > > Both Taliban commanders were subsequently killed by a third Taliban commander, Salangi said. Oh, if only they were dominoes. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/31 "2012-07-09T21:36:50Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Even if they were killed for this reason, it would just mean that they deemed this particular killing to have been wrong. It doesn’t mean that they dissaprove the pubic execution of adulterous women in general. And they certainly approved of such executions back when they were in power. No, they’re very enthusiastic about this kind of thing. They might not be enthusiastic about letting people videotape it when they’re trying to take over the country. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/32 "2012-07-09T21:44:12Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Well, except for the part where they brutally murder the woman… > > -XT Agreed, the woman did nothing to deserve that. Other than that, it’s sort of a good news, bad news thing. Like seeing your ex-mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Corvette. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/33 "2012-07-09T21:46:13Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Agreed, the woman did nothing to deserve that. Other than that, it’s sort of a good news, bad news thing. Like seeing your ex-mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Corvette. It would be like that if these guys had offed each other over this woman. As it is, they murdered one person and happened to get what was coming to them in short order. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/34 "2012-07-09T21:54:36Z")
I’m not sure why this vid hit me so hard, but it did, and I cried for the poor woman. I hope that every fucking bastard involved faces a protracted, undignified, cancerous death. Words just fail me, but frankly if the cheering wanks there spent several years in agony culminating in several days clutching themselves with the consuming pain, it would seem nothing more than deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/35 "2012-07-09T21:55:02Z")
We should still leave in 2014. But, on the way out, everybody hands his weapon to a woman. Fuck propping up Karzai: let’s empower people who know they have no chance in Hell of double-dealing with the Taliban. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/36 "2012-07-09T22:06:44Z")
> [@Gary\_Kumquat](#): > > I’m not sure why this vid hit me so hard, but it did, and I cried for the poor woman. I hope that every fucking bastard involved faces a protracted, undignified, cancerous death. Words just fail me, but frankly if the cheering wanks there spent several years in agony culminating in several days clutching themselves with the consuming pain, it would seem nothing more than deserved. Thats kind of how I felt. Despite my dark humor here, there was no way I was going to watch that video. I knew all I needed to know without actually watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/37 "2012-07-09T22:09:53Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > We should still leave in 2014. But, on the way out, everybody hands his weapon to a woman. Fuck propping up Karzai: let’s empower people who know they have no chance in Hell of double-dealing with the Taliban. Only if we can mass produce a safety that can detect two X chromosomes. ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/38 "2012-07-09T22:22:45Z")
They apparently like getting blown up by drone strikes and want to make sure we keep doing it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/39 "2012-07-09T22:54:58Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Agreed, the woman did nothing to deserve that. Other than that, it’s sort of a good news, bad news thing. Like seeing your ex-mother-in-law drive over a cliff in your new Corvette. Damn, that one’s tough. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715/40 "2012-07-10T01:07:40Z")
> [@Victor\_Charlie](#): > > They apparently like getting blown up by drone strikes and want to make sure we keep doing it. They probably do like the drone strikes. Killing people indiscriminately - which is what they actually do - helps create hatred for us, makes them look better for opposing the evil Americans, and helps produce recruits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taliban-stupid-and-just-dont-care/627715.md?page=3)