Re: [PIC] Paris Riots
From Greg Heilers <gNO...@earthNOSPAMlink.net>
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· 17 Nov 2005 01:41 · View full thread
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Iconoclast wrote: > Greg Heilers wrote: > >> >> What is the relevance of that point? If 1400 Paris cars is equal to >> 5 Chicago cars...does this mean that the citizens of Paris own and >> operate 280 times as many cars as the people of Chicago, or America in >> total? > > He's making a point about the size of American cars. The same 'point' > every single lame comedian on TV has been making for 3 years at least. > "SUVs are sooo big LOL I am so fucking funny" > Ahhh...I guess I can see the reference now, but as you said...the level of witty humor is about "zero" on the laughter scale. Perhaps if this comic(s) had refrained from using the Chicago Bulls reference; as those situations occur in the inner-city urban areas....a far cry from the "soccer mom" areas where one finds the plethora of SUV's. The funny thing is the latest news reports stating that "car torching" has been a *fad* in France for quite some time now. It's just one more example illustrating the point that phrases such as "French culture" and "French civilization" are the epitome of oxymorons. >> Where the *world* media *is* failing...is in its general refusal to point >> out that the majority of the rioters are members of that "peaceful" >> pseudo-religion known as Islam. >> > > An excellent point. Religion in general has worn out its welcome, it's > about time we came up with something more relevant to today's society than > imaginary creatures to make the people behave. > -- Greg Heilers Registered Linux user #328317 - SlackWare 10.1 (2.6.10) ..... I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around a city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, it would explode! I think it was called `The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.' -- Homer Simpson The Springfield Files
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