# Your Mission Statement Acronym is "UP ISUS"? Really!? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159 "2014-10-02T03:15:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [October 2, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/1 "2014-10-02T03:15:47Z")
Q: How Stupid do you have to be to run a company called “Paladin” that lists its Mission Statement Acronym as “UP ISUS”??? Cite: [http://paladin-inc.com/employees.php](http://paladin-inc.com/employees.php) Seriously, is this meant to offend the ISILs in the Middle East or to Fund them? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/2 "2014-10-02T04:32:27Z")
Isn’t it obvious? It’s informing the Islamic State of [Ur](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur) and the Levant that yes, they pee too. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/3 "2014-10-02T07:05:17Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Q: How Stupid do you have to be to run a company called “Paladin” that lists its Mission Statement Acronym as “UP ISUS”??? > > Cite: [Paladin Consulting, Inc.](http://paladin-inc.com/employees.php) > > Seriously, is this meant to offend the ISILs in the Middle East or to Fund them? _Really_ “seriously”? :dubious: According to their website, they’ve been around for over 30 years. Also according to their website, their mission statement acronym is explicitly “Up Is Us.” Admit it. You’re just having a laugh, right? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/4 "2014-10-02T16:45:01Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Q: How Stupid do you have to be to run a company called “Paladin” that lists its Mission Statement Acronym as “UP ISUS”??? > > Cite: [Paladin Consulting, Inc.](http://paladin-inc.com/employees.php) > > Seriously, is this meant to offend the ISILs in the Middle East or to Fund them? From what website did you pull this misguided manufactured outrage? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/5 "2014-10-02T17:25:34Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > Q: How Stupid do you have to be to run a company called “Paladin” that lists its Mission Statement Acronym as “UP ISUS”??? > > Cite: [Paladin Consulting, Inc.](http://paladin-inc.com/employees.php) > > Seriously, is this meant to offend the ISILs in the Middle East or to Fund them? Well, maybe if it was “U PIS US OFF” ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/6 "2014-10-03T18:34:18Z")
Having read what the acronym actually stands for, I think they are probably more evil than the actual ISIS (or ISIL or just IS, or whatever they are calling themselves now). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-mission-statement-acronym-is-up-isus-really/700159/7 "2014-10-07T23:55:22Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > Having read what the acronym actually stands for, I think they are probably more evil than the actual ISIS (or ISIL or just IS, or whatever they are calling themselves now). Actually, that’ part’s easy: They call themselves the Islamic State, which means they’re claiming they’re the legitimate face of global Islam and the Caliphate many Muslims yearn for. Anyone else who wants to refer to them can either use their term, suitably translated, and risk being seen as buying into their marketing, or choose some other term, with “self-proclaimed Islamic State”, ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), and ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) being the front-runners. None of them have universal acceptance. But what they call themselves is very easy: They consider themselves the Islamic State, with all the cultural-religious-political implications that has.