tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post8543242697475960112..comments2024-03-21T14:41:14.622-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Lying swine lying like a rug, or, The Moral of the "Pershing and the Moros" StoryFDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-27631487291204636672016-02-27T13:23:56.729-07:002016-02-27T13:23:56.729-07:00FDChief, it will suck for one month, then you will...FDChief, it will suck for one month, then you will clearly be on the mend. It will still be convalescence, but it will also be clear improvement.<br /><br />Just plan on sleeping and Netflix for 30 days.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-72643781099783066362016-02-26T11:10:58.263-07:002016-02-26T11:10:58.263-07:00Dane900: I had that thought, too, but wasn't f...Dane900: I had that thought, too, but wasn't familiar enough with Islamic mores to be sure of it. Once the guy is dead - as a martyr, anyway - you'd think that it wouldn't matter what happened to his meatsuit. I guess I could see how the prospect of having his body defiled would dissuade some guys but not all or possibly even most of them.<br /><br />The big-picture IS depressing, in that it gives a pretty damning glimpse into the heads of the sort of people who think <i>"Gee...just a little corpse defiling and we've just about got this whole religious war thing solved!"</i><br /><br />Paul: Thanks. I expect that in a couple of months I'll be fine and glad I went through it. IT's the couple of month-long suck that I'm NOT looking forward to.FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-48275837487480888362016-02-26T04:05:13.417-07:002016-02-26T04:05:13.417-07:00Thanks, Chief, for the interesting post. And good...Thanks, Chief, for the interesting post. And good luck with your operation. A friend underwent the same surgery and within a couple of months could dance an Irish jig.Podunk Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-41582201515016885152016-02-26T03:28:34.490-07:002016-02-26T03:28:34.490-07:00Seems to be a popular legend; the Snopes page list...Seems to be a popular legend; the Snopes page lists a UK version as well, and I'm sure I heard an Aussie version from back when we were fighting the Turks in the Holy Land (so named for all the holes in it). I suppose its very comforting to imagine the Mohammadan Death Star we've got pointed at ourselves has a thermal exhaust port, rather than resigning yourself to an inevitable mutual bloodbath or a slow, gradual fade-out that won't be over while any of us are still alive. That idea's just depressing. <br /><br />But at least the Snopes article closes with exactly the right information:<br /><br />"Palestinian Muslims reacted with scorn to the idea, saying the soul went to paradise and was unaffected by any taint to the body.<br /><br />"'The keys to heaven are not in the hands of settlers,' said Sheikh Hassan Youssef, for Hamas, whose military wing has sent dozens of suicide bombers into Israel.<br /><br />"Islamic reference books say the body of a martyr who dies for the faith is so pure that it does not need to be washed before burial, in contrast to the usual Muslim practice."Dane900https://www.blogger.com/profile/12746117386812353130noreply@blogger.com