# THIS IS WAR DAMMIT **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 12, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713 "2000-10-12T19:58:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/361 "2000-10-19T15:28:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pit Meister \* > \*\*Why can’t we just drop one bomb on Yemen and send a message to the whole Middle East? > > There’s plenty of desert, so you don’t even have to kill anybody to do it. \*\* This is pretty feeble, for a purported Pit Meister. ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/362 "2000-10-19T16:52:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RosieWolf \* > > As for being a stupid, lying, warmongering, jingoistic asshole… you really should stop looking in the mirror, Coldfire. > > \*\* Your Stupidity is showing again. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/363 "2000-10-19T17:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rocket88 \* > \*\* Someone, somewhere please shoot me before I waste my breath on this daft bint agin… \*\* I’m \*\* almost \*\* afraid to ask, but I must. What is a bint ? ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/364 "2000-10-19T17:06:11Z")
> [@](#): > > What is a bint ? Just a guess, but is it butt lint? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/365 "2000-10-19T17:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > **bint** _Noun._ > > A woman. From the Arabic ‘bint’ meaning girl or daughter. Derog. From [http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/](http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/366 "2000-10-19T17:10:15Z")
Nothing along the lines of felching. It’s just English slang for a girl or woman, though it’s certainly not a term of affection. ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/367 "2000-10-19T17:15:20Z")
So I take it that a bint is about the same as a bitch when that is used to refer to a woman. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/368 "2000-10-19T17:16:03Z")
BTW, great link, Andros. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/369 "2000-10-19T17:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* > \*\*So I take it that a bint is about the same as a bitch when that is used to refer to a woman. \*\* More like an idiot or fool. I considered calling her a tosser, but that applies more to males. ---
**Author:** ![RosieWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RosieWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RosieWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/370 "2000-10-19T21:35:26Z")
368 posts… has to be some kind of record. I’ll take my **CROWN** now and continue to make u **dweebs** look like the babyfuckers you are. I asked that this thread be closed, but apparently, \*\*OP \*\*requests are not honored around here unless your name is (insert asshole here). So continue on, the pleasure is all mine. Ditwad Buttwipes. Sigh. And this is the generation I have to depend on to defend **MY** rights. I’d shoot myself now, but my Uncle Martin is coming to _take me away, haha, he’s coming to take me away!!!_ OH NO MR BILL…NOT THE SLEDGE HAMMER…!!! stupid moronic twits. The Doper Club is where you all belong, apparently you smoke enough to make your own scientific study…that the effects of canabis has no effect on your mental capacity… God Help the U.S. and the rest of the world against your “let’s make love not war” crap. Seems you made enough love to create AIDS… is that not War??.. OMG… I’m rambling now… maybe the morons who have skimmed over this thread will catch the meaning of my drift… I doubt it… they couldnt catch the meaning of a wire pipe up their ass. ---
**Author:** ![Minxsmom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Minxsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minxsmom)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/371 "2000-10-19T21:42:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RosieWolf \* > \*\*368 posts… has to be some kind of record. \ > > … OMG… I’m rambling now… > \*\* And it only took 368 posts for you to figure that out. That _is_ some kind of record. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/372 "2000-10-19T21:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ll take my CROWN now and continue to make u dweebs look like the babyfuckers you are. Your grandkids must be proud! Forget about bombing the desert, let’s just send Rosie over. Maybe she could collapse a tower or something and scare them all away with the mushroom cloud that would develop. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/373 "2000-10-19T21:49:50Z")
No disrespect for the larger people on this board. ---
**Author:** ![RosieWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RosieWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RosieWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/374 "2000-10-19T21:51:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Minxsmom \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by RosieWolf \* > > \*\*368 posts… has to be some kind of record. \ > > > > … OMG… I’m rambling now… > > \*\* > > And it only took 368 posts for you to figure that out. That _is_ some kind of record. \*\* Lord forgive them for they know not what they do… Minx… took me TWO posts to figure out you were IDIOTS. I just luv playing with you dweebs… so easily baited… NOW WHERE’S MY CROWN DANGIT??? OOps… didnt use **800 !** as I’ve been accused of. Should I start now? MORONIC DITWADS ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/375 "2000-10-19T21:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RosieWolf \* I’d shoot myself now, > > \*\* Please do!!! ---
**Author:** ![RosieWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RosieWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RosieWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/376 "2000-10-19T21:57:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\*No disrespect for the larger people on this board. > > \*\* LARGER?.. as in how… IQ… Weight… Brain Matter… maybe it was larger dicks?? To what were you referring oh Omnipotent One? ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/377 "2000-10-19T21:57:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Diane \* > \*\*No disrespect for the larger people on this board. > > \*\* 6’3", 275lbs checking in, and I thought it was funny. No clarifications needed. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2000, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/378 "2000-10-19T22:06:02Z")
OK, the results are in. Over the course of several days and some 370 posts, approx. 60 registered users of the SDMB, not including mods or administrators, have posted to the thread titled “THIS IS WAR DAMMIT”. Of this group, by my count, 43 have posted negative opinions of the OP. While none appeared entirely neutral, approx. 14 posters were split on the issue or posted exclusively on matters that were not part of the OP. Two (2) users posted messages that could be deemed in favor of the OP; Pit Meister and suspected sock puppet Wardensu. The negative posts were notable for their strong objections to the opinions expressed in the OP, using terms including, but not limited to, “fool”, “stupidity”, “twit” , “racist” , “jingoistic”, “fanatical looneyism”, “half-witted”, “embarrassing”, “warped”, and “daft bint”. The all-purpose put-down “fuck you” featured prominently in several messages. The author of the OP replied in kind, using terms such as “cowards”, “jingoistic” (the writer apparently misunderstood the term), “morons”, “bitch”, and, er, “morons” again. Final results: In favor of OP: 3% Against OP: 73% Split/Other: 24% Thank you all for amking this a trainwreck for the ages. ---
**Author:** ![RosieWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@RosieWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RosieWolf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/379 "2000-10-19T22:19:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rocket88 \* > \*\*OK, the results are in. > > The negative posts were notable for their strong objections to the opinions expressed in the OP, using terms including, but not limited to, “fool”, “stupidity”, “twit” , “racist” , “jingoistic”, “fanatical looneyism”, “half-witted”, “embarrassing”, “warped”, and “daft bint”. The all-purpose put-down “fuck you” featured prominently in several messages. > > The author of the OP replied in kind, using terms such as “cowards”, “jingoistic” (the writer apparently misunderstood the term), “morons”, “bitch”, and, er, “morons” again. > > \*\* Damm… because I didnt use slang words and derogatory words ( look it up in your lexicon) I am denigrated yet again?? You children really should wipe your asses and blow your noses. Then again, the biological waste from such endeavours would blow your mind out of this universe. Excuse me for using such a lame term… but SCREW YOU. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Grendel69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7bcc69/32.png) [@Grendel69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grendel69)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713/380 "2000-10-19T22:26:09Z")
“Everyone look at me!I am a martyr! I am a martyr! Nobody understands me. My righteousness shall prevail!” Ad nauseam… It’s quite sad actually. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-war-dammit/36713.md?page=20)