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SOCCER CAUSES DRUG ADDICTION AND JEWISHNESS
Saudi cleric Nasser bin Sliman Al-Omar explains:
You know how our sons used to admire one of the great players. You know how our sons used to admire him. He came as a guest to a certain Saudi city. He was hosted by one of the soccer clubs. They imitated him in everything, including his earring. Someone asked a young man: “Why are you wearing an earring?” He answered: “Because that player wears one.” He said to him: “But he wears it on his left ear,” so the young man moved it to his left ear. Do you know what became of this player? He became a drug addict, despite being an international player, and he began to visit the so-called Wailing Wall in Israel. This is the man admired by our sons, I’m sad to say.
The vagueness of these fables—a certain Saudi city, one of the soccer clubs, and so on—is a charming feature, don’t you think? Speaking of fables, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Paul McGeough isn’t convinced that Zarqawi is dead, although he was certain that Iyad Allawi shot six suspected insurgents at a Baghdad police station. All depends on the quality of his sources, I guess. Former SMH cadet Antony Loewenstein ponders recent developments:
An occupied people have the legitimate and legal right to resist occupation.
He’s right, of course. And Iraqis are delighted to have rid themselves of an occupying Jordanian.
Paul McGeough should stop reporting from the Middle East. He is doing more harm than good, although it is questionable whether he is doing any good at all.
I don’t think he does.
Posted by The Best Infidel on 2006 06 09 at 02:24 AM • permalinkLoewenstein also says: “The death of al-Zarqawi will be as effective in killing off the insurgency as the capture of Saddam Hussein.”
Perhaps this remark of Loewenstein’s is closer to the mark than those made by Mark Steyn in December 2003: “The sight of Saddam looking like a department-store Santa who has been sleeping off a bender in a sewer for a week will deal a fatal blow to the Ba’athist thugs’ ability to intimidate local populations. The insurgency will continue for a few weeks yet, but it will peter out, like the dictator, not with a bang but a whimper.”
#4 gson, yeah, but ya gotta start somewhere….
one by one is better than none…
Posted by closeapproximation on 2006 06 09 at 02:49 AM • permalinkI got as far as “US backed Shiite death squads…”. Did anyone manage to read more?, I was starting to retch.
Posted by Daniel San on 2006 06 09 at 03:09 AM • permalinkIf Loewenstein is referring to the joint US-Iraqi-<insert the other 35 countries here> coalition when he says “occupiers”, then I say the occupiers have a legitimate and legal right to return fire.
Posted by Matthew Lawrence on 2006 06 09 at 03:53 AM • permalinkPaul McGeough: “His demise in the fraught context of today’s Iraq would be a phenomenal development for Washington and the struggling Government of the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki.”
Yeah, but he’s also said that he will be immediately replaced and we mustn’t exult, etc.
McGeough is either into self-parody or taking lessons from Robert Fisk.“Someone asked a young man: “Why are you wearing an earring?” He answered: “Because that player wears one.” He said to him: “But he wears it on his left ear,” so the young man moved it to his left ear. Do you know what became of this player? He became a drug addict, despite being an international player, and he began to visit the so-called Wailing Wall in Israel.”
So THESE are the guys who make up urban legends!
Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Soccer does cause all sorts of deviant behavior, although Jewishness is not deviant. Stick to real sports like baseball.
Texas Bob — No, it’s time we took a stand for traditional American values. Can’t your buddies whip up an Arc Light? Ain’t seen one of those in years…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 06 09 at 09:41 AM • permalinkThe vagueness of these fables—a certain Saudi city, one of the soccer clubs, and so on—is a charming feature, don’t you think?
He’s talking about Diego Maradona. (Photo) I’m linking to the whole page, not the picture of Maradona, because the one of the Dalai Lama wearing a kippah serugah is too good to miss. As is the one of Yoko Ono looking around to make sure attention is being paid to her.
On a less somber note.
That World Cup thing starts in less than an hour.
Hmm Costa Rica versus Germany.
Costa Rica is really busy today because they are doing something with a “Alemania”. Hope they can keep up. That’s in something called Premeria Ronda? They say it’s “En Vivo”. Hope that’s not like letterbox or something. I hate leterbox. I’ll look in on that and get back here real soon. I know that many of you rely on me to keep abreast of all these shifting cultural paradigms.Addendum follows. I’ll try to find out why Germany gets to start this Cup thing off. I thought they were better with beer. Oh well.
I’m hoping the Saudi miscreant could be Saeed al-Owairan, whose Maradona-like slalom through the Belgian team unfolded in front of my eyes at RFK Stadium, Washington.
This will be the first World Cup I will avoid in 36 years. Cold turkey for four weeks. Hope everyone gets home safe.
Posted by chinesearithmetic on 2006 06 09 at 11:43 AM • permalink#19 richard, about this Arc Light idea… If you’re talking B-52 combat history, I’m not sure it would be quite the same…
I mean, fashion alert! Plain freefall iron bombs are so last century :)
Most likely the ol’ Buffs would be loaded about ten deep and a dozen high with JDAM inertia/satellite guided bombs. Given the rules of engagement, of course, the whole caboodle would rain straight down the chimney pot of one bloody house.
The neighbours might notice that sort of thing and it’d dint the campaign budget a bit.
But, ya know… for folks like Zark you really can’t do enough, and hey, what a spectacle!
#28 I’ll see your JDAM and raise you one MOAB http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/
#16. Yup. And they ruled inancient England.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2006 06 09 at 05:59 PM • permalink#26 yojimbo: Three scores-goals-gols in 17 minutes!
And some of you out there thought that NFL Europe would have no impact.Try Australian Rules, yojimbo. Not quite the frenetic scoring of NBL [like watching tennis], but on a ground 180 yards long by 140 wide you get a score every 2-3 minutes -50 plus per game.
If only soccer’s rules had changed to give the modern skills and effort - and the crowds - the reward they deserve.
Six goals in 90 minutes is still only one in 15, and is highly unusual..Prepare to be bored on a world scale.
I predict 60 games over some 100 hours of play will produce a goal only every 30 minutes.Aussie Rules has 10x the entertainment even when scoring is slow..
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An occupied people have the legitimate and legal right to resist occupation
Oh no, the Iraqis are brown and so is Zarqawi…so he has a right to be there…as opposed to gweilos…