Thursday
I think this whole episode proves that - as usual - Noam Chomsky is correct: The West will lie about everything. These marines were not patrolling, they were probably planting WMDs on board Arab vessels on behalf of "Hallel"burton. Mr. Ajehhijihad, Ajamaamadad, Arimenmejood, well, however what's-his-name's name is pronounced (we arrogant Westerners rarely take the time to learn the names of foreign dignitaries), is the true Nobel prize candidate here. He treated these 'sovereignty violators' with courtesy and decency, even giving what's-her-name (the non-male, Fay something) her own Islamic scarf ... because Her Royal Navy is presumably too racist to supply one. Anyhow, I'm glad this is all over, and that it ended in a way that proves my theory that if you are sufficiently patient and obsequious, the so-called tyrants of the world will see the light of reason, if you give them enough apologies
- tkehler on the Guardian's Commentisfree, responding to the article by Abbas Edalat, the founder of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran.
Comments might be free, but thoughtfulness requires at least a brain.
Posted by spruance at April 5, 2007 09:03 AM
I find it helpful to pronounce it I-had-my-dinner-dad.
Posted by tonathenethenathlon at April 5, 2007 09:37 AM
I am glad someone like that sees fit to warn us all in advance of his/her rant. Reading "I think this whole episode proves that - as usual - Noam Chomsky is correct" on the first line is akin to "whoa, numbnut ranting - read on at your peril".
Posted by Julian Taylor at April 5, 2007 09:42 AM
"the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran": for which, read "Iran's mates and apologists"...
Posted by Edward at April 5, 2007 09:49 AM
Uhm, isn't this a sarcastic piece?
... Royal Navy ... presumably too racist to supply [a scarf]
... sufficiently patient and obsequious ...
Posted by dd at April 5, 2007 10:27 AM
Very rarely on CiF do you find a comment without at least one spelling mistake. The leftist intelligentsia don't do literate!
Posted by Andrew K at April 5, 2007 10:43 AM
The Samizdata irony filter is clearly working at full power...
Posted by ian at April 5, 2007 11:10 AM
Philip,
At the risk of sounding dense, was that a genuine comment?
Posted by Nick M at April 5, 2007 12:37 PM
I rather think tongue was firmly in cheek with that comment.
Posted by The Dude at April 5, 2007 01:15 PM
Uhm, isn't this a sarcastic piece?
No! Really? You reckon? :-D
Posted by Perry de Havilland at April 5, 2007 02:17 PM
Nick M
I thought that the piece could have been satirical, but decided that a wider audience could give guidance. Army of Davids etc. Or it could be genuine idiotarian nonsense like the article. We appear to live in age when satire and reality are almost indistinguishable.
Posted by Philip Chaston at April 5, 2007 02:24 PM
A scary quote! People actually think like that???
Posted by PoliticalCritic at April 5, 2007 06:45 PM
I'd absolutely love to think it's a sarcastic comment, but a fair number of Guardian readers and sadly many in academia (particularly in the Humanities departments) actually believe and promote such nonsense; so, be afraid, be very afraid!
This indeed oftentimes is what is passing for intellectual discourse on campus nowadays (should we apply Lemon Laws to academia? I wager many graduates are due a full refund if that ever became so!), particularly by those in "peace studies", "international law" and "Middle East studies" programmes!
Posted by Patrick at April 5, 2007 10:19 PM
A stirling example of a typical self-loathing, West-hating, delusional "progressive" rant from a useful idiot.
Posted by Swede at April 6, 2007 06:42 AM
Look.it's quite simple, if you want to be a tyrant change your name to something catchy,Ahmamoodydude will not do dude.
If you want to climb the greasy poll of tyranthood,you have got to rebrand.Adolph Shickelgrubber and Joseph Vissarianovich Djugashvili were languishing at the bottom of the league until they got some new threads,some street cred and a zingy handle.
Come on Doody baby,you know it worked for Hitler and Stalin.
Posted by ronbrick at April 6, 2007 04:28 PM
