tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5380946760515647347..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRØNMARK BLOG: Why do celebrating Arabs always fire guns in the air?Scott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-83993696825671603582011-10-27T19:34:16.078+01:002011-10-27T19:34:16.078+01:00The mortar board point is an interesting one - nev...The mortar board point is an interesting one - never thought of it before. And they've got sharp points!<br /><br />Also, the point about Muslim fighters not wearing protective headgear is interesting, too - never thought of that, either. <br /><br />I read an article recently which suggested that your average Arab's lack of concern for his own life is a result of your average Arab leader's total lack of concern for the lives of their oppressed subjects (unlike their extreme concern for their own, of course).<br /><br />Whatever we get in return for our £300m, it will not include gratitude, that's for sure. Or a stable democracy. And we probably won't see a penny of the money "British" (i.e. multinational) firms are supposed to make following Cameron's "fill yer boots, my son" urgings.<br /><br />Interesting to read that Gaddafi was apparently sodomised with a knife. I know he was a complete bastard - but what a disgusting thing to do!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10562286335078631722011-10-24T10:36:12.063+01:002011-10-24T10:36:12.063+01:00Part 2
Also, after the last 100-years of European ...Part 2<br />Also, after the last 100-years of European conflict where the wearing of helmets was deemed to be sensible current muslim "fighters" don't seem to have cottoned on to the idea.<br /><br />In David lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" [or "Florence of Arabia" as Noel Coward re-named it after he took a a shine to the young Peter O'Toole] there is a wonderfully chaotic scene where Prince Faisal tries to form a government and constitution in Damascus in 1918 where everybody is talking at full-volume and chanting meaningless slogans. This time it is not General Allenby sitting quietly on the side-lines, but some murderous fundamentalist group or some other strong-arm goon with a Geneva bank account and a dodgy taste in bath-room fittings.<br /><br />By the way, as it is estimated that the British tax-payer contributed approx £300M to the bombing campaign are we at least going to get back Abdel Basset al Meghrahi and WPC Yvonne Fletcher's murderer?SDGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-69701709882175253742011-10-24T10:34:49.564+01:002011-10-24T10:34:49.564+01:00Part 1
Vertical Volleys. Given the demographics in...Part 1<br />Vertical Volleys. Given the demographics involved this does not worry me half as much as those scenes where university students or military cadets throw their mortar boards or caps in the air en masse at graduation ceremonies. How do they ever find them again?<br /><br />After the fall of Baghdad in the current conflict a U.S. Marine spokesman said that they had repeatedly warned the population about this dangerous practice. From memory: " Undirected war-heads penetrate innocent fore-heads and leads to big bug-splatz". The Baghdadi air defences in both conflicts adopted the habit of firing their guns vertically and continuously in the belief that the shells exploded in the air at various altitudes. Unfortunately, about 25% of anti-aircarft ordnance fails to detonate and returns intact. Serious bug-splat. As always, muslim "fighters" conduct their operations from population centres so there is much blood-shed amongst women and children and the elderly.SDGnoreply@blogger.com