# They're worse than homicidal maniacs... they're STUPID homicidal maniacs... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 26, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156 "2004-04-26T22:05:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/1 "2004-04-26T22:05:29Z")
[Iraqi group threatens to murder Italian hostages unless Italian people organize and hold antiwar rallies within five days](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040426/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_italy_hostages_040426174354&e=4) Now, I wasn’t in favor of the war. Still ain’t. But this goes beyond desperation. I mean, this is going into severe wacko, toys-in-the-attic territory. Were these the terrorists who couldn’t get into the real terrorist groups? Are these the Al-Qaida wannabees? I mean, come ON, people… ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/2 "2004-04-26T22:35:17Z")
I’m surprised they didn’t want a single plum floating in perfume served in a man’s hat. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/3 "2004-04-27T05:16:55Z")
_This_ is what happens when Iranian scientists cross-breed Osama bin Laden and Martin Luther King. It isn’t pretty, but it could have been worse. He could be staging bomb-ins. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/4 "2004-04-27T05:29:04Z")
Wow. That’s very interesting technique on the part of the terrorist-type guys. Appeal to the masses, rather than deal with the government. Cowards. I wasn’t for the war either, necessarily. Kinda came out of left field. I think it’s time now though to apply proper boot pressure to the necks of these malcontents. We’ve got the manpower, we’ve got the hardware, we’ve just got to apply both in a sensible, albeit swift, manner. This cannot continue. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/5 "2004-04-27T05:37:05Z")
It kind of reminds me of the People’s Front of Judea trying to decide on what sort of communique to issue: > [@](#): > > ‘Your death will stand as a landmark in the continuing struggle to liberate the parent land from the hands of the Roman Imperialist aggressors, excluding those concerned with drainage, medicine, roads, housing, education, viniculture, and any other Romans contributing to the welfare of Jews of both sexes and hermaphrodites. Signed on behalf of the P.F.J., etcetera.’ And I’d just like to add, on a personal note, my own admiration for what you are doing for us, Brian, at what must be, after all, for you, a very difficult time. In the end, though, the contents of their “demands” are irrelevant. What’s relevant is that popular resistance seems to be growing, which means the situation is well and truly fucked, and that additional use of force, necessary though it might be, will only make things more fucked. ---
**Author:** ![county](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@county](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/county)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-worse-than-homicidal-maniacs-theyre-stupid-homicidal-maniacs/242156/6 "2004-04-28T03:18:30Z")
Why does this shit remind me of the Bush Admin.?