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15:12 / 05.01.06

i am curious as to where the evidence comes from for that 'most', and i would suggest that perhaps the having been a tub-of-lard mysef once upon a time gets in the way of objective analysis.

its the classic "i used to be just like you, but now i am saved". nothing like an ex-smoker to lecture you on the evils of nicotine addiction, for example.

you are clearly a bad person, ya prick, ya dancefloor, etc.

15:16 / 05.01.06

Fancy, all this bile for someone who doesn't like fat people?

i know!
imagine if ze didnt like someone cool, like black people!

15:24 / 05.01.06

Or guns!11!!

P. Horus Rhacoid

15:44 / 05.01.06

It's kind of like that logic that says prisoners who get executed and then found to be actually innocent are a necessary sacrifice, because the number of guilty that would reoffend if they got out, (if they weren't lethally injected, etc), would lead to a greater amount of deaths, or, the presence of the death penalty makes people think more about jabbing that knife into that 'perrrty girl's perrrty face!' and whether it's worth it.

This is quantifiably stupid logic.

17:56 / 05.01.06

Or guns!11!!

Yes, those firearms are oppressed enough. Let's not spew bile at them.

18:10 / 05.01.06

Would you wish a man like Ariel Sharon dead if it would help to bring peace to a country?

Hell, yeah. Sharon certainly have a few sins to answer for, anyhow. The real question here is, Will it help bring peace to Israel and palestine? My money is in "no"...

ONLY NICE THINGS

18:40 / 05.01.06

Guys, calm. Tits Win says he used to be fat, and he says that fat people are ignorant of their health and looks. Ergo, he is still fat, and just in denial about it. And, as we have established, fat people are not to be trusted. Even fat people with a knowledge of Israeli politics as highly developed as Tits Win. He's pushing a lard-arsed US agenda. This, presumably, is why he is claiming that Israelis are tougher and cleverer than Palestinians - because he is a stooge for pro-Israeli US interests.

Well, that's that sorted out. Now, the Buddha is a bit of a different question, but easily resolved. TW believes that the Buddha is (factually) thin because he sees statues of the Buddha and notices that they resemble him in body shape. As TW is fat but ignorant of his fatness, he is likewise ignorant of the Buddha's comparable fatness. I quote:

At the time of his elightenment, he'd just given up on starving himself as a religious practice.

Why had he given up starving himself? Because he liked food too much. The fat, ignorant fool.

18:45 / 05.01.06

hahaha

18:46 / 05.01.06

Proof that i am not fat:

Taken yesterday.

18:50 / 05.01.06

Check out my fantastic tits!

(I won, by the way).

Hattie's Kitchen

19:00 / 05.01.06

Oh dear. I just threw up a little in my mouth. Dude, where the fuck is your neck?

19:08 / 05.01.06

He´s got a smile like Alfred E. Neuman. Only, he´s missing the tooth gap.

20:37 / 05.01.06

Who knew Laura Bush had such fat arms?

Brigade du jour

07:54 / 06.01.06

That picture makes me all tingly. I'm still a bit fat, though, so ... sigh, no chance.

11:51 / 06.01.06

Those biceps look like an experiment in rotisserie chicken gone horribly wrong.

Back to the original topic, I've been reading Madeleine Albright's memoir Madam Secretary (not to be confused with the biography of her of the same name). I'm on the chapter about the Middle East brokering process that she went through as Secretary of State, and now it doesn't seem easy to pass off Arafat as a jackbastard. She documents several events where he had a (through her eyes) genuine caring for people. Therefore, I find it difficult to just say, "Yeah, whack Sharon" because if Arafat had some redeeming qualities, I bet Sharon does, too.

The situation in Palestine is so ridiculously tangled and bloody that any players in the peace process aren't going to be angels. Any leaders there will have a lot more responsibility (and dodgy history) than your average western politician, and a wider range of powerful people to consider (from a suicide bomber to the US Secretary of State).

What is my point? I wouldn't wish Sharon dead. One man's death will not magically herald peaceful relations between Israelis and Palestinians. And it didn't work when Arafat croaked it -- the walls around cities are still up, families are still separated.

I have further thoughts on why the crisis has become so tense (rambling and controversial), but I've rambled enough now.

Our Lady Has Left the Building

12:16 / 06.01.06

Hang on, who was calling Arafat a 'jackbastard'?

Tryphena Absent

12:22 / 06.01.06

Possibly Mistress Swank?!

12:24 / 06.01.06

One man's death will not magically herald peaceful relations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Ah, but if we kill ALL the fat, corporate-whoring, power drunk leaders in the Middle East, then, THEN, the situation will be resolved! Right? Right guys? I mean I haven't thought much about what would happen after all the thieving gluttonous bastards are gone, but still, I'm sure it will be better....

13:13 / 06.01.06

Sorry, nobody here called Arafat a jackbastard, but it's a phrase I've heard used for him before.

Incidentally, it's also one of my favourite words.

And if we kill all the fat people, I won't be able to participate in the cull of morons, so that's kiboshed for now.

13:16 / 06.01.06

Ibis said: Ah, but if we kill ALL the fat, corporate-whoring, power drunk leaders in the Middle East, then, THEN, the situation will be resolved! Right? Right guys? I mean I haven't thought much about what would happen after all the thieving gluttonous bastards are gone, but still, I'm sure it will be better....

Why stop in the Middle East? Kill 'em all, world-wide! Yee haw!

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