(August 20, 2011 at 8:58 am)padraic Wrote:Quote:Because they are stupid and are victims and the consummate delusion of the people of the 'Middle East' ...."a small people a petty people"
Are you quoting from the film 'Lawrence of Arabia'?
Lawrence says to Ali (at least a bit closer I think) "--- a little people, a silly people ,greedy,vicious and cruel" (Lawrence is commenting on Arab tribalism,which at that time kept Arabs at each others throats instead of against their common enemy, the Turks. )
Just think,if it was not for T E Lawrence,Saudi Arabia, that beacon of freedom in the Middle East,might not exist.
Yes I am pad...the funniest thing is that it has been ssleeping in the back of my mind until recently when watching all these fools demand religious priviliege and none more vocal than the "asylum seekers" destroying their detention centres and wondering why the Ausie Publlic are up in arms against them.
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(August 20, 2011 at 8:58 am)padraic Wrote: The Middle Eastern thing puzzles me too. After all,it was firmly established by the Brits in the nineteenth century that God is English.This was just dandy news,as it justified them stealing more of the world from its rightful owners than the Romans. (and in retrospect too)
Let's not get started on the "English" we'll be here all night!!
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