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It is so bloody SAD!!!!
by Arthur Webster Just plain honesty
Arthur Webster 
Just plain honesty
I have been receiving some light hearted emails and jokes from friends during this latest bout of "Ouch! That hurts!" but this one stopped me dead in my tracks.
It is meant to be funny - see what you think. . . . . . .
Two Muslim mothers are sitting in a cafe chatting over a pint of goat's milk.
The older of the two pulls her bag out and starts flipping through photographs and they start reminiscing.
"This is my oldest son, Mohammed. He'd be 24 years old now."
"Yes,I remember him as a baby." says the other mother cheerfully.
"He's a martyr now," mum confides.
"O! That's so sad dear," says the other.
"And this is my second son, Kalid. He'd be 21 now." says the first Muslim mother.
"Oh, I remember him," says the other happily, "he had such dark, curly hair when he was born."
"Yes, Well, he's a martyr too, now," says the mother quietly.
"Oh! Good gracious me!"says the other.
"And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed. He'd be 18 now." whispers the first Muslim mother.
"Yes," says the friend enthusiastically. "I remember when he first started school."
"He's a martyr too now" says the Muslim mum, with tears in her eyes.
After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks wistfully at the photographs and says:
"They blow up so fast, don't they?"
I know humour is supposed to help us cope with difficult or unusual situations - but is this really funny - or just, plain, ignorant?
Jul 17th 2008 02:20
Just plain honestyI have been receiving some light hearted emails and jokes from friends during this latest bout of "Ouch! That hurts!" but this one stopped me dead in my tracks.
It is meant to be funny - see what you think. . . . . . .
Two Muslim mothers are sitting in a cafe chatting over a pint of goat's milk.
The older of the two pulls her bag out and starts flipping through photographs and they start reminiscing.
"This is my oldest son, Mohammed. He'd be 24 years old now."
"Yes,I remember him as a baby." says the other mother cheerfully.
"He's a martyr now," mum confides.
"O! That's so sad dear," says the other.
"And this is my second son, Kalid. He'd be 21 now." says the first Muslim mother.
"Oh, I remember him," says the other happily, "he had such dark, curly hair when he was born."
"Yes, Well, he's a martyr too, now," says the mother quietly.
"Oh! Good gracious me!"says the other.
"And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed. He'd be 18 now." whispers the first Muslim mother.
"Yes," says the friend enthusiastically. "I remember when he first started school."
"He's a martyr too now" says the Muslim mum, with tears in her eyes.
After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks wistfully at the photographs and says:
"They blow up so fast, don't they?"
I know humour is supposed to help us cope with difficult or unusual situations - but is this really funny - or just, plain, ignorant?
Jul 17th 2008 02:20
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Cheryl Baumgartner
  Medical Billing/Coding/InsuranceAt least it was not the Marketing ploy used by Volkswagon. That was offensive. this is a joke Volkswagon was suing the suicide bomber premise to sell cars. Jul 17th 2008 11:21 |
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Jean DAndrea
RetiredIt's both funny and sad, as are many things in life. Some, of course would find it offensive. Jul 17th 2008 18:12 |
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Not Here
 just want my account deletedSad? Really not all that much more sad than those silly little 'honor points' proudly displayed beneath each of our mug shots.... Division amongst the people, I'm not sure there is anything more sad than this imagined state we live with! Jul 17th 2008 22:22 |
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Arthur Webster
Just plain honestyHi, Garnet, I have no idea what an honor (Americans can't spell - it is honour!) point is, what it does, what it means or whether they should be worn with casual clothes so, yes, I suppose they are a bit silly. On reflection, and after suppressing the painful episode I was suffering when I first read the story, I suppose it is as sad as the joke about the crucified Jesus calling out, "Peter! Peter! I can see your house from up here!" Jul 17th 2008 23:40 |
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Not Here
just want my account deletedheh...well a joke is a joke, if you got any good Hungarian or German or Canadian(not American...lol) or HUMAN ones, let me know....I may just laugh. I wonder if the muslims would laugh at this one? Jul 17th 2008 23:58 |
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Sarah Pritchard
CEO, Angel Cuddle PublishingHello Arthur, I can see the humour, but I didn't laugh. As a mother of seven children, three of them being boys of about the same age as the ones in the joke, I had a number of emotions well up. None of them made me want to laugh. It sickens me actually. We all come from different backgrounds and cultures and so on, but I will never understand the martyrdom "thing" and I don't believe that it is anything to do with religion. It is to do with power and money. No god would want people going to war and killing their own children. I'd better stop there before I write an essay. Angel cuddles, Sarah Aug 27th 2008 03:16 |
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Arthur Webster
Just plain honestyYou are right, Sarah, No God would want people going to war but egotistical, eccentric, ignorant old men with more power than they know what to do with, would. This is always the tragedy of war. It is fought by the population at large because the few in charge see an opportunity to make money and enhance their apparent status. I don't claim to understand the idea of martyrdom but, if they see no other way of fighting against a terrorist army armed with the latest and greatest weapons of mass destruction - what else is a population to do? In all wars and in all terrorism motivated invasions the immediate response is an underground resistance as small groups take the war to the enemy using whatever means are at their disposal. The invasion of Iraq was illegal and designed to kill as many civilians as possible. There was no attempt made to simply take over the country - the intention was and still is to keep the Iraqi nation at war with itself by destroying the one unifying aspect - Sadam Hussein (who was financed and installed to be betrayed). How many young martyrs would not have been created if GWB and TB had had the first idea of morality, honesty and the attitudes in the Middle east? Aug 27th 2008 13:05 |
Well, I guess that depends upon your perspective. As a joke it is truly funny, and a lot of people would just laugh and pass on.... being cursed with the ability to see many sides of the same subject, I would have to say it is also sad, callous, and a rather disparaging reflection on the state of the world.
I guess I will just choose the humor, and pass on the other emotions.
I started to say there was nothing I could do about it, but I just realized that is not entirely true. The research and development work I have been doing on Hydrogen on Demand systems will potentially contribute to a reduction in our dependence on foriegn oil, and when enough people are involved in the field, it will have a significant impact.
Of course, we will then find something ELSE to go to war about.......................
Jul 17th 2008 09:04