Originally Posted By jonvn And yet, the stories are now coming to light about neo-nazism and aberrant sexual behavior, Doug. You can't simply dismiss these charges when so many people are starting to hear about it.
Originally Posted By fkurucz If you really want to get your knickers in a knot, consider that they have the bomb. They are the obly Islamic nation to have it. We are "allies" with them because we are afraid that if they undergo an Islamist revolution, then every mullah from the Meditrranean to the Pacific will have the bomb as well.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Oh for the love of pete, jonvn and Douglas, take it offline. What a bore.
Originally Posted By jonvn I think we are allied with them because we needed to use their land to get to Afghanistan. It sort of is in the way.
Originally Posted By fkurucz ^^That too. But we have been pretending to be their pals from way before 9/11.
Originally Posted By jonvn We pretended to be buddies with Stalin during WWII, too. The only difference is that Stalin actually was the enemy of our enemy, and in Pakistan, they simply are the enemy.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I am trying to understand all this. On the basis of a newspaper article that tells about a Pakistani kite flying festival that results in fighting and death, we are to understand that Pakistanis,and by extension everyone in the region, are "nutcases." On that basis, any national sport or event that inflames passions should render the people involved (and by extension, their neighbors) as dangerous lunatics. I'll elect rugby hooligans and soccer fanatics. That takes in about a third of the West and most of Latin America. Anyone else care to chime in?
Originally Posted By jonvn "any national sport or event that inflames passions should render the people involved (and by extension, their neighbors) as dangerous lunatics" I'd go along with that.
Originally Posted By jonvn They are the worst! The last time detroit won the curling championship, the city burned for days.
Originally Posted By friendofdd I knew Curling. Curling was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Curling.
Originally Posted By jonvn Seriously, though? When I see sports teams win, and then rioting ensues, it really makes me hate professional sports all the more. These people are lunatics. And I'd go further to say that people who support professional sports teams are not far behind.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I would say that very often, the "win" is an excuse for people to go nuts and riot for people who were just looking for an excuse to go nuts and riot already. There are crazed fans, but that usually has more to do with their own craziness and lack of perspective than what happens on the field.
