27 March 2007

A Monty Python take on IEDs

Here is TagBagger's Pythonesque take on IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) which we banned in the previous post. Cynical? Or just calling a bomb a bomb. It was pulled out of GT comments.

1)The 'good guys' use REAL 'Bombs' - only evil terrorists use IED's - because they are the bad guys

2)They are also bad guys because they refuse to fight fair by the definition of the "Coalition' occupying armies - this is very bad, and shows a weak moral war compass.

3)The media uses IED, because it sounds cool, and shows that they appreciate the briefings they get from the good guys. They demonstrate their gratitude by turning off their camera as the Governor General is toured through the army vehicles that have been damaged by the 'bad evil guys' IED's - if they didn't, one might begin to wonder just who is good, and who is bad - which is a slippery slope.

Remember kids - Bombs=Good (esp. the new smart bombs that only kill bad guys and women and children who will at some point in the future become bad guys for sure)

IED's=Bad - unfair evil war cheating terrorists heroically fighting the Western occupying armies in their own country... (Oh wait, I'm getting confused here) Bombs=Good, IED's=Bad, UsGood, ThemBad - always remember kids - the 'Other' is always bad.

14 comments:

kevvyd said...

Don't forget uniforms:
Uniforms = army = Good,
No uniforms = terrorist = Evil.

TagBagger said...

We tend to think of things as a spectrum, like politics, a line with left at one end and right at the other, when it is really a circle - and somewhere on the circle the worlds of Monty Python and George (1984) Orwell are exactly beside each other, just as they so clearly and tragically are meeting in Iraq and the ❝War on Terror™❞

Dick said...

No it isn't.

The Gifted Typist said...

Yes it is.

Dick said...

Sorry, times up. I'm not allowed to argue with you until you pay me.

The Gifted Typist said...

Sorry, this is abuse, not arguments.

Dick said...

Ha, if this is abuse then why aren't you abusing me?!
I'm right 10 000 times + 1 more than you, poophead!

YAM said...

are you two related?

The Gifted Typist said...

Only in our Pythonhood. But you're in that family too, aren't you YAM?

The Gifted Typist said...

You're a bigger poophead

The Gifted Typist said...

TB, can you please wade in here and elevate this discussion back to it's lofty heights?

TagBagger said...

This discussion never was at a lofty height. And you owe me $5.00 for the argument.

The War On Terror™ - Do you suppose I could trademark that phrase? Or am I too late?

The Gifted Typist said...

Since it's abuse not arguments, I do not owe you a fiver.

And no, you cannot trademark WOT because it was banned by GT.

Words that should be banned: War on Terror

But try down hall in the Phrases-created-to-encompass-anyone-as-enemy -in-case-you-need-to-start-a-war Room.

I'm sure they can help you trademark something.

The Gifted Typist said...

Can't get the link to work, but look in the margin under Words that Should be banned; it's the fourth one down