Gotta love the Onion

[bmc]

I doubt if this guy is on Avcanada.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-al ... bou,17990/

[Hedley]

Here are the names of the hijackers who intentionally crashed the airliners on 9/11 and killed thousands of people:

American Airlines Flight 11
Hijackers: Mohamed Atta, Waleed al-Shehri, Wail al-Shehri, Abdulaziz al-Omari, Satam al-Suqami.

United Airlines Flight 175
Hijackers: Marwan al-Shehhi, Fayez Banihammad, Mohand al-Shehri, Hamza al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Ghamdi.

American Airlines Flight 77
Hijackers: Hani Hanjour, Khalid al-Mihdhar, Majed Moqed, Nawaf al-Hazmi, Salem al-Hazmi.

United Airlines Flight 93
Hijackers: Ziad Jarrah, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Ahmed al-Nami, Saeed al-Ghamdi.


If I understand correctly, none of them were Muslim? Is that the current spin?

Or was it just a coincidence that all of them were Muslim?

Personally, I will never forget the widespread jubilation in Lebanon after the news of the WTC attacks.

[North Shore]

Thanks, bmc! I don't read 'The Onion' often enough - there are some great, funny articles on there! Try following the link to the one about tests being biased against kids who don't give a sh!t..

[bmc]

widespread jubilation in Lebanon after the news of the WTC attacks.

You sure about that?


"A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."

- Art Garfunkel

[niss]

Personally, I will never forget the widespread jubilation in Lebanon after the news of the WTC attacks.

Nor will I forget the widspread jubilation and national pride felt in the states when Iraq was getting the business end of shock and awe.

Your point?

[iflyforpie]

widespread jubilation in Lebanon after the news of the WTC attacks.

You sure about that?


"A man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest."

- Art Garfunkel

That's like the entire premise of the Middle East/Police/Political discussions here and everywhere else...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

[Hedley]

BMC wrote:

You sure about that?

Well, some people believe this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial

and then there are these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society

and then there is the "earth is only 6,000 years old" crowd:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism


All of them have the same credibility as you do. Just more internet propoganda.

And, you avoided my point about all of the 9/11 hijackers being Muslim. What's your propoganda spin on that indisputable fact?

[Big Pratt]

Popquiz!

How many of those 9/11 killers were Iraqi or Afghani nationals?

BP

[Hedley]

Nice spin! Are you a holocaust denier, too?

[bmc]

BMC wrote:

You sure about that?

Well, some people believe this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_denial

and then there are these guys:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society

and then there is the "earth is only 6,000 years old" crowd:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism


All of them have the same credibility as you do. Just more internet propoganda.

And, you avoided my point about all of the 9/11 hijackers being Muslim. What's your propoganda spin on that indisputable fact?

Can you please try to stay on topic?

You said Lebanon celebrated (which they didn't), and now we're into the Holocaust, flat earth, blah blah blah. What's next? Pancakes?

Go back and read the Onion article. It's about taking a bit of information, shutting down your mind and extrapolating it across 1.6 billion people. The surprising thing for me, is that I have respected your intelligence and you are effectively doing what the guy in the article has done.

I'm not even going to ask you how you feel about Germans.

[Nark]

I'm not even going to ask you how you feel about Germans.

They don't usually tip, ergo, not my favorite passengers.

[Hedley]

Can you please try to stay on topic?

I'm not even going to ask you how you feel about Germans

So much for you staying on topic while you desperately spin ...

All of them have the same credibility as you do. Just more internet propoganda.

And, you avoided my point about all of the 9/11 hijackers being Muslim. What's your propoganda spin on that indisputable fact?

[. ._]

Since when does any thread here stay on topic?

Now about those Germans, some just need some cheering up.

[Brewguy]

Fawlty Towers - what a great series!

You know what else the 9/11 hijackers were?
They were all men
And ... were all human beings too

I'm sure we can find other things they all had in common. But the most important, IMHO, is that they were all terrorists.

[The Old Fogducker]

A three round burst to the forehead with some 9 mm out of a sub machine gun would deal with them nicely.

The Old (proud to be called trigger happy) Fogducker

[bmc]

A three round burst to the forehead with some 9 mm out of a sub machine gun would deal with them nicely.

The Old (proud to be called trigger happy) Fogducker

You guys are so much fun

[Hedley]

You know what else the 9/11 hijackers were?

Did they all suffer from difficulty potty training? Is that what they really had in common?



The above is what death looks like, if you were unfortunate enough to be an airline passenger that day.

[Hedley]

Here's BMC's muslim spin on 9/11: "The Magnificent 19"




If you think I'm a redneck because I don't think crashing four airliners and killing thousands of people was "Magnificent", well, so be it.

[niss]

Let's not forget who is ultimately to blame for that whole ordeal........The wright brothers.

[JakeYYZ]

Yeah, it’s all Islamophobia. But I wonder how many of the bozos saying this hit the deck every time a plane comes low over their building (or at least, start shaking in their overpriced shoes?) I wonder if bmc or Icebound will walk by an unattended suitcase at the airport and say to themselves, “Gee, somebody left their luggage? Maybe I should turn it in to Lost and Found?” Or do they start moving quicker to put some distance (and somebody else’s body) between them and the bag? And if the latter, who the hell is it they are thinking might be out to kill a bunch of people indiscriminately? The Little Sisters of Charity? Yeah, phobias are an IRRATIONAL fear of something. Only an idiot (or a liberal) would say that fear of some organization that has pledged to and carried out threats to kill your fellow countrymen is “irrational”.

[Brewguy]

Let's not forget the threat of the Commies and their pinko sympathizers too. I personally think we should go back to teaching 'duck & cover' to all the little school children. Building a public fall-out shelter every couple of blocks in all major cities would also be a real boon to the construction industry...

[Hedley]

Maybe you can be "Magnificent", too, Brewguy!

[Blakey]

We do all know that The Onion is a satire of current news events and that all their stories are made up or highly embellished right? Just checking.

[. ._]

How bad can they be?

Their student visas were approved.

http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/03/12/i ... ool.visas/

-istp

[Hedley]

"Magnificent"!