Permanently Bewildered and Slow Readers and Werthers Original Imperialists14 May 2009 03:00 pm
By Nelson

I have literally no idea what this man is trying to say. Even by Have Your Say’s pisspoor standards, this is special. What makes it worse is that he obviously thinks he’s ramming home some kind of inescapable conclusion. Like he had a good long think, maybe drew a quick truth table, and worked it all out.

“Why is it that arab & islamic “public opinion” is never inflamed by the absolute horror hell 30-a-cell situation in most arab prisons?
marcus marcuse

Could one of the 113 people recommending that tell me how inflaming Arab sentiment by US atrocities is equated to inflaming Arab sentiment by Arab atrocities?

You should be asking about US inflamed by Arab atrocities.

And why do you think the people in the army did this? Inflamed by Arab atrocities.
Mark, Exeter

Right you are. Maybe get some ointment for that.

27 Responses to “Inflamed Inflaming (Inflamed)”

  1. on 14 May 2009 at 3:10 pm turdwangler

    Let me break it down:

    Poster 1 is wondering why arabs who get inflamed by American atrocities don’t get inflamed by Arab atrocities.

    Poster two doesn’t think that it’s right to compare arabs being inflamed by american atrocities to arabs being inflamed by arab atrocities because really we should be looking at americans being inflamed by arab atrocities.

    simple really

  2. on 14 May 2009 at 3:12 pm ToodlePip

    Perhaps all this inflamation is due to too much time sat in front of a screen trying to get your point across on the HYS website because you think people care.

    Now that we have the cause, we need to find a cure. Personally I’m in favour of a shotgun.

  3. on 14 May 2009 at 3:15 pm Jordan

    My lip’s a bit swollen… I suspect it’s been inflamed by arab atrocities.

  4. on 14 May 2009 at 3:35 pm dirigible

    Angry? He’s tumescent with rage!!! [Sub - check this is the right word.]

  5. on 14 May 2009 at 3:38 pm Joe C

    I think he’s suggesting that the US Army commits atrocities because they’ve been inflamed by Arab atrocities. But surely the Arabs will then be inflamed to commit more atrocities, which will only inflame the US Army to commit more atrocities. In the end, the whole world will be so inflamed by atrocities that we’ll all be committing atrocities which will inflame others to commit atrocities. It’s a catch-22 situation, but what can you do? The world’s gonna end.

    I need a lie down now. (Or perhaps I should go commit some atrocities?)

  6. on 14 May 2009 at 3:39 pm Mal

    Cuntotum per Cuntotius

  7. on 14 May 2009 at 3:40 pm Felna

    turdwangler, I think I can break it down even better than that:

    Poster one is a meerkats minge.

    Poster two is a massive meerkats minge.

    simples.

  8. on 14 May 2009 at 3:46 pm skunkpussy

    … And why do you think the people in the army did this? Inflamed by Arab atrocities.
    Mark, Exeter

    So, nothing to do with a significant percentage of them being redneck idiots, who’s only prospect for employment involves getting sent to some middle-eastern shithole to stop a bullet for Uncle Sam then?

  9. on 14 May 2009 at 3:53 pm J

    “Mrs. Marcuse, what shall we call our baby son?”

    “He looks like a Twatbasket to me, Mr. Marcuse – how about Twatbasket?”

    “Maybe Twatbasket could be his middle name. What do you think of Marcus?

    “Yes, that’s much better. Marcus Marcuse. That way, people will know that we are slightly odd with a rubbish sense of humour.”

    “And with a middle name like Twatbasket he is sure to entertain future generations of Guardian readers with his opinions on Arab prisons.”

    “Excellent, Mr. Marcuse! By the way, what’s the difference between the adjectives Arab and Islamic?”

    “I don’t know. When Marcus Twatbasket grows up, we’ll teach him to use both at the same time if he should ever wish to have his say, for example about something related to religious conflict, thus sounding intelligent but actually being a bit of a tit.”

    “Ok. Would you like a cheese and gravy sandwich?”

  10. on 14 May 2009 at 3:56 pm liberal intelligentsia

    I’m more interested in knowing how atrocities committed by US soldiers can be equated with being shagged by the entire Man Utd squad:

    You could imagine a member of the media screaming out for ‘freedom of the press’, but what if it was a picture of his wife in bed with with the Man Utd squad.

    Punish those responsible by all means, but there are some things best left unseen.
    Myth buster, On Discovery HD

  11. on 14 May 2009 at 4:26 pm Dr Feelgood

    I was about to share the solution for the whole inflamed clusterfuck of the Middle East… and then the laptop crashed.

    Can’t remember what it was now.

    Ointment? Nope, let me get back to you.

  12. on 14 May 2009 at 4:35 pm Mal

    Nuke the lot of them wasn’t it, Dr.F?

  13. on 14 May 2009 at 4:38 pm Melliflouous

    You show me an atrocity and I’ll be inflamed by it, any old atrocity you like. I can’t be doing with these part time “only some atrocities inflame me” types, amateurs they are!! I believe the whole world should unite at the atrocity that is Deal or No Deal for starters!! We can worry about the Middle East later.

  14. on 14 May 2009 at 4:40 pm Tonymac

    This sinister turn of events could lead to an inflammation race amongst all races. Jews inflamed by Arabs, Arabs inflamed by Jews, Indians inflamed by Native American Indians, West Indians inflamed by Indochina, Coldplay fans inflamed by Franz Ferdinand, Vernon Kay inflamed by France. Where will it all end?

  15. on 14 May 2009 at 5:07 pm Dr Feelgood

    Hi Mal,

    Glad the concept got some traction; I suspect others are working on it for real.

    In fact, what I was proposing was just the help solve theological debate about what really happened in first century Judea, Galilee and Sarmatia.

    The whole ME thing will need a less subtle solution. Anti-matter bombs?

    Anyway, soon this thread will turn into a ’serious’ debate about Israel/Palestine. Won’t that be entertaining?

  16. on 14 May 2009 at 5:17 pm The Idle Johnson

    If I can be arsed to work this one out, it’s obviously something to do with gay bummery stuff: arab prisons and US sodjers Abu Ghraib style treatment of prisoners. What else do you expect when men get the chance to play with other men? You get rampant inflammation, thats what.

  17. on 14 May 2009 at 5:18 pm Dayley Mayle

    Don’t be too harsh on Marcus and Mark – certain infections can spread to the brain and send the sufferer quite mad. Mind you, they shouldn’t be fucking goats in the first place.

    If I’m right.

  18. on 14 May 2009 at 5:20 pm The Idle Johnson

    Whoops, sorry Dr Feelgood, we’re debating Israel/Palestine situation.

    Solution: Spitfire’s flown by HRH and God. That’ll sort them out!

  19. on 14 May 2009 at 5:51 pm Funny 'Thin Ice' Peculiar

    The US should get their entire fleet of mother-fucking B52 bombers and carpet bomb the whole of the wretched Middle East with jasmine flowers – ahhhhhhhh! :-) Y’see what I did there?

    And if that doesn’t work, we should just nuke every last one of the argumentative fuckers, like Mal said.

    Unless Mal’s a Jew, in which case it’s a terrible idea.

  20. on 14 May 2009 at 8:26 pm Mal

    Unless Mal’s a Jew

    Well, not so you’d notice. I’ll let you have a look if you like.

  21. on 15 May 2009 at 12:00 am mooooooo

    I’ve just watched Question Time, which was all about the MPs’ expenses. It was like a HYS meet-up. There they were – with faces! All mooing and stampeding back and forth, giving each other big soapy titwanks of outrage, rubbing each other down with spittle. They had absolutely no idea WHAT should be done, just that something should be done and that their shit smelled sweeeter than Margaret Beckett. It was terrifying, and verging on medieval. [Don't get me wrong - I'm pissed off about the expenses thing too, I just don't express it by mooing self-righteously while being prepared to go on national television to show just how shallowly I understand what I'm angry about and how inarticulately I can mangle my explanation.]

  22. on 15 May 2009 at 10:19 am Rotwatcher

    You must be new to Question Time – it’s always like that. The thing that surprised me was seeing that Desperate Dan had been made CEO of McDonald’s.

  23. on 15 May 2009 at 1:28 pm Charles Exford, Oxton

    mooooooo,

    Of course it was terrifying – it had Margaret Beckett in it. Margaret Beckett is the one person on Earth who makes me suspect that David Icke may be right about the Lizard Alliance.

  24. on 15 May 2009 at 2:49 pm Joe C

    You must be new to Question Time – it’s always like that. The thing that surprised me was seeing that Desperate Dan had been made CEO of McDonald’s.

    Desperate Dan’s been after a top position in a multinational since the Dandy turned all modern. And what better company? I can’t wait to try out the new Cow McPie!

  25. on 15 May 2009 at 3:46 pm Peter's swollen sex-cosh

    @ Joe C

    I knew it! There is something reptilian about that woman, something eerie about the way she flicks out her gargantuan tongue and stuns flies mid-air. Hanging baskets indeed! They were no doubt publicly funded basking-baskets, a place for the mad old crusty lizard-pudenda to curl up and warm her frosty gizzards…

  26. on 15 May 2009 at 5:01 pm Peter's swollen sex-cosh

    I meant @Charles, Goddammit…

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