# That guy in Katy, TX, who doesn't want to be a fucking laughingstock... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2006, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261 "2006-12-07T20:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/21 "2006-12-08T15:58:36Z")
[Or maybe…](http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/04/32/platoon.jpg) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/22 "2006-12-08T16:50:32Z")
They’re worried about noise and traffic for a mosque, and yet the noise and traffic associated with the Katy Mills outlet mall is no problem? Anyway, please don’t tell those folks in over there that we’ve got a whole bunch of muslims working for us over here near Greenspoint. And I just hired another one yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/23 "2006-12-08T16:55:39Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] They’re worried about noise and traffic for a mosque, and yet the noise and traffic associated with the Katy Mills outlet mall is no problem? [/QUOTE] No, they just don’t like Muslims, and they’re afraid of terrorists, because they believe that all Muslims are terrorists. It is entirely possible that they are not thinking clearly, or are not properly educated. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/24 "2006-12-08T16:59:45Z")
Ya _think_? ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/25 "2006-12-08T17:06:50Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I could handle that easier than I could handle this: [Touchdown Jesus (Gone), Monroe, Ohio](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html) [/QUOTE] Further evidence that God died with Michelangelo 😛 ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/26 "2006-12-08T17:25:06Z")
[Quote=Ehtilrist] No, they just don’t like Muslims, and they’re afraid of terrorists, because they believe that all Muslims are terrorists. [/Quote] Whaaat? Who doesn’t like _muslims_? ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/27 "2006-12-08T17:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Whaaat? Who doesn’t like _muslims_? [/QUOTE] Quite right… they feel soooo good next to the skin, yet don’t have the same weight as thicker cloths. Oh wait… ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/28 "2006-12-08T17:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=e-logic] Quite right… they feel soooo good next to the skin, yet don’t have the same weight as thicker cloths. Oh wait… [/QUOTE] No no, you’re thinking of Afgans. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/29 "2006-12-08T18:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] IANAM, but would a Muslim object to pig racing? The prohibition is against eating them, not watching them run around a field. [/QUOTE] Then why not have a pig roast? MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM pig roast! ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/30 "2006-12-08T18:16:45Z")
[QUOTE=garygnu] No no, you’re thinking of Afgans. [/QUOTE] Afghan Whigs, maybe. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/31 "2006-12-08T18:17:20Z")
[Quote=if6was9] Then why not have a pig roast? [/Quote] Watching a bunch of has-been comedians take the podium to insult hogs does not exactly make for compelling television, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/32 "2006-12-08T18:18:22Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I could handle that easier than I could handle this: [Touchdown Jesus (Gone), Monroe, Ohio](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html) [/QUOTE] Someone needs to steal this and put it in front of and facing the giant statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/33 "2006-12-08T18:58:17Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I could handle that easier than I could handle this: [Touchdown Jesus (Gone), Monroe, Ohio](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html) [/QUOTE] Oh, hey, I drove past that once. I don’t understand how anyone sees anything other than “Oh god _GIANT ZOMBIE JESUS_! Run!” Then again I’m one of those sinful, godless heathens. Even have a coupla Muslim friends, so obviously my perception is warped. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/34 "2006-12-08T19:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=El\_Kabong] Watching a bunch of has-been comedians take the podium to insult hogs does not exactly make for compelling television, if you ask me. [/QUOTE] What?!? Ruth Buzzi repeatedly beating a pig with her purse? Dean Martin and Orson Welles slurring their way through some ad libs at its expense? How could that be anything but the height of comedy? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/35 "2006-12-08T19:31:43Z")
The Web site with the counter: katyislamicassociation dot net. No link because I don’t want them to have the benefit of one here. The standard disclaimers against site invasion apply; let them make fools of themselves in peace. Newspaper article from the Katy Times: [http://www.katytimes.com/articles/2006/12/04/news/01news.txt](http://www.katytimes.com/articles/2006/12/04/news/01news.txt) . Photos included. “After the sign went up, businessman Craig Baker put up a sign advocating “Friday Night Pig Racin’” and built a pig pen at the edge of his property closest to the proposed KIA site.” Replace “Muslim” with “Jew”, and … sigh. A post from their forum: > [@](#): > > This is absolutely great and a super idea! With a little preparation/planning this can do much good. First, I would suggest you erect loudspeakers near the property line and play recordings of pigs squealing every fifteen minutes - especially on Fridays. You need to name the race. Call it ‘Muhammad’s Pig Track’ with big signs stating so. The pigs need special attention. Make towels into little hats like they wear and, therefore, make towel heads out of the pigs. Put a cover on each pig like the race horses wear and have a name on them for each pig in nice, big letters. You could have Muhammad Sucks, Al Queda, Bin Laden, Allah’s Lover, Camel Jockey, Towel Head, etc. Turn this into an event. Pig races on Friday with a wet t-shirt contest or the little biddiest bikini contest. Have a drawing for a free Playboy and Playgirl magaine. Get the beer joints in town to get into the act, too. They could advertise cut rate drinks on Friday dubbing it the ‘Muhammad Pig Track Special’ or something. Maybe they could give away free pig race tickets on their Friday drink promotions. Have a pig barbque on Friday to go along with the races. Crown a Miss Piggy , a pig calling competition over the loudspeakers, etc. Hey, a little imagination and you can turn this into a big festival. Good luck, all straight thinking Americans are behind you! That poster’s signature: “Beware of liberalism for it is the enemy of American’s foundation.” I don’t think this guy’s trolling. This post gives me hope. > [@](#): > > Why are there only a mere 10 signitures on the petition to block KIA? I plan on creating a flyer to pass out in the neighborhoods, but I have sent this site to at least 30-40 people I know via email. It surpirses me that only 10 people have joined in the fight. If our community remains apathetic about this - our neighborhood will suffer and our property values will tumble! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/36 "2006-12-08T20:06:24Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I could handle that easier than I could handle this: [Touchdown Jesus (Gone), Monroe, Ohio](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/OHMONjesus.html) [/QUOTE] Is anyone else reminded of the Giant Triumphhal Archways and Statues that Saddam Hussein had installed all over Iraq? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/37 "2006-12-08T20:25:48Z")
Yeah, weekly pig races that are enough of a spectacle to annoy at least one neighbor are gonna do fucking _wonders_ for the property values, I tell ya. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/38 "2006-12-08T20:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=elmwood] That poster’s signature: “Beware of liberalism for it is the enemy of American’s foundation.” I don’t think this guy’s trolling. [/QUOTE] At least he didn’t specify _which_ American’s foundation he was talking about. I’m going to assume he meant his own. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/39 "2006-12-08T22:49:57Z")
[QUOTE=Carl Corey] Sigh. Dumbassery abounds. Good rant, **lizardling**. But I have to take a point off. McCarthy’s hearings were in the fifties, not the sixties. But a good rant. [/QUOTE] Oops-another 1/2 point off–Commies didn’t come thru the window–they lurked under beds… I heard this story briefly on NPR a few days ago. It boggles my mind. I am afraid I don’t see the connection between pig races and protesting the mosque…these folks think kinda tangentially. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261/40 "2006-12-09T06:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Yeah, I read about this in Sunday’s paper. The land is within a minute or two of my office. It’ll be interesting to watch this one develop. However, my sense is that most folks in the area are pretty normal and reasoned but that a couple of loud bigots are pushing their own ignorant agenda. [/QUOTE] So, **lieu** , just where is this land at? I’m fairly familiar with Katy- grew up in Alief, and worked roughly at I-10 @ Barker Cypress for several years, as well as surveyed parts of several subdivisions out there. Is it in the more suburban parts of Katy, or the more rednecky parts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-guy-in-katy-tx-who-doesnt-want-to-be-a-fucking-laughingstock/383261.md?page=3)