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Do Not Drink Idiotic!

Fri, Nov 8, 2002 at 1:36:15 pm PST

Zamzam Cola’s hold on the Islamic cola market is being challenged by a new upstart: Mecca Cola, with the catchy slogan Ne buvez plus idiot, buvez engagé!

Which Google translates as “Do not drink idiotic any more, drink engages!”

The photo caption says that ten percent of Mecca Cola’s profits will go to “Palestinian humanitarian causes in aid of children, education, and preserving the heritage.”

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1 Robert Crawford  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:39:53am

I guess "preserving the heritage" is idiomatic for "killing Jews".

2 The Sanity Inspector  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:41:11am

And you can return the empties to the belt-bomb factory for deposit!

3 belize042  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:43:08am

Drink does indeed engage, but usually in an idiotic fashion.

“Palestinian humanitarian causes in aid of children

Oh, it's For The Children (TM). Well, that's okay then.

4 Elizabeth  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:43:30am

Ah, the joys of cutthroat capitalism! BTW, do they know what was in the original recipe for Coca-Cola? Perhaps they've returned to the original recipe which would account for the sudden popularity.

Whatever--it seems they are about to be corrupted by filthy lucre as a result of their capitalist venture. What would the prophet say!

5 Robert Crawford  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:44:34am
What would the prophet say!

Wasn't Mohammed a merchant before he was a Muslim?

(Yeah, yeah, I know -- there was nothing before Islam.)

6 Rodger Dodger  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:46:15am

Google does not translate entirely accurately. The French word "engage" (sorry, no accent available) has a direct politcal connotation. People who are "engage" are politically involved. The context here means to drink for the struggle or to become engaged with it. The struggle used to be AGAINST fascism. Now it appears to be FOR Islamofascism. So the worm turns.

7 ishouldpickanick  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:46:57am

He was a merchant, but then he found a rich window to marry, so he didnt have to work any more.

Bottles look nice and big, tho

8 tom  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:47:28am

#1
haha, well said.

9 Jason Miller  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:51:14am

Actually, I believe the Koran says that 'he who makes money pleases God.' And 'only God can set prices.' So maybe there's hope yet for a reformed, economically liberal Islam.

10 hedgehog  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:51:55am

Your French translation was not idiomatic enough.

The caption is:

Don't drink without thinking anymore
Drink with commitment. ( to the cause - in this case Palestine).

11 Nigel  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:54:22am

The design seems to be a blatant ripoff of the coca cola design, the letter which underlines the rest of the word, and the white letters on red background.

12 JoeyJoeJoeShabbadooJr  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 11:58:47am

I wish Maccabee didn't taste so wretched, otherwise I'd be chugging it in counter-protest.

13 Maine's Michael  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:02:31pm

God bless Charles for leavening the relentless bad news from Islamia with a little islamic humour, once in a while . . .

14 Nastification Agenda  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:03:12pm

So they are islamizing soft drinks, boycotting American goods, financing JIHAD, shariatizing extradition law, while importing investment capital and terror charity receipts. And they do this while investing in subversive mosques, madrassas and Islamo-scholasticist "research" institutes in America.

Wake the fuck up people. Somebody in power has major shit for brains. Future generations of Americans will hold pilgrimages to spit on G.W. Bush's grave.

15 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:03:46pm

Their new "Real Thing" jingle:

"I'd like to rid the world of Jews

By blowing up my son!

I'd make them drink a Zamzam drink

"'Cause Islam's number one!"

It's the cause that refreshes!

16 mommydoc  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:06:46pm

David (#15) ROTFLMAO!

17 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:11:45pm

"17 thanks. I'll try to come up with some more marketing slogans or jingles.

Here's a few others:

"Mecca Cola - it's the Real Thing (and if you disagree I will gouge out your eyes!)

"Join the Mecca Cola generation - or die, you infidel dog!

"Nine out of Ten Mullahs Perfer Mecca Cola!"

18 Montaigne's Cat  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:12:11pm

N.A. #14

Why would future generations of Americans make pilgrimmages to spit of George W.'s grave? There is no grave. There have always been Muslims in North America. Muslims discovered America. It is Muslim sacred ground. The American soil is red with Muslim martyrs' blood. New Jersey and Dearborn are sacred Muslim sites mentioned in the Koran.

All over the world Muslim countries forget their pre-Islamic heritage. Its been erased. It never was. But they are not imperialists and colonialists.

19 Samwise  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:18:06pm

Damn...


and here I was going to pick up a few bottles of this and zamzam, kind of a "baby's first" venture into capitalism... but I don't trust that the $.02 won't buy a bomb belt. Ah well.

20 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:19:13pm

How about something more simple and original:

"All Islam Bows to Mecca - Cola!"

(where's my royalty for that one, Abdul? I know you're reading this....I don't give these things away, you know...)

"And now, here's our new Mecca Cola spokesperson, Britney Aziz, provactively flashing us her new toe ring and peering out seductively through her berka... "

21 Laurence Simon  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:30:38pm

Perhaps they can get the guy who played Jambee the Genie from the original Pee Wee's Playhouse to do the jingle:

"Mecca Cola hi, Mecca Cola lo
Mecca Cola hi, Mecca Cola good!"

And then he grants Pee Wee a wish: a tub of popcorn.

22 superfly  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:32:11pm

#14 Nasti what would you have W. do? Be specific and show how he would deal with the political consequences of his actions. If he started locking up or killing all muslims (as you have suggested before) the rest of the world (escept probably Israel) would unite against us (justifyably) and then go to war against us. The world economy would collapse and a worldwide depression as bad as the 1930's would occur. We would have no allies at this point save possibly Israel, if it still existed. Even the UK would turn against us. Then Bush would be voted out office and Al Gore would be our next president. The war on terrorism would cease. The Jihad would spread and the west would eventually be destoryed and conquered.

Nasti, you live in a fantasy world. You present solutions that in your mind have no down side. George Bush lives in the real world where actions have consequences that you do not intend. You have yet to present a realistic viable solution to the problems that the west faces. George Bush has. George Bush will not be spat upon by future generations. He will much more likely be looked upon like FDR, Reagan, Churchhill, or Lincoln.

23 Glen Wishard  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:41:57pm

That faint greasy taste is bacon fat. Tell all your friends.

The Most Ancient and Awe-Inspiring ELDERS OF ZION,
666 Whore of Babylon Lane,
Battle Creek, MI

24 Geepers  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:45:40pm

Rodger Dodger(#6) & hedgehog (#10) So if I’m getting this translation properly they’re saying if you don’t drink Mecca Cola you aren’t part of the struggle of Islam? Isn’t that kind of like a threat? Oh right Mecca is the holy center of the religion of peace, now it makes sense.

And does it say “classic” under name on the English label.
And why the hell have they printed the labels in the language of the Great Satan in the first place? Hoping to export it to Universities across the pond no doubt.

25 hedgehog  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 12:52:14pm

I believe that Mecca Cola is being manufactured and sold by a French Muslim.
Does that add anything interesting to the discussion?

26 lewisinnyc  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:06:02pm

You should see this site. It has plenty of pics of the little terrorists that this cola is meant to support...

[Link: www.mecca-cola.com...]

27 d Smith  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:11:43pm

Holy crap #15, that was freakin' hilarious. Its funny...cause its true. and that's sad. But funny.

I have to imagine that the cola is going to be a huge hit. They must get off to drinking a beverage thinking about how 10% of their purchase price funds sex-criminal splodey-dopes. "I am drinking this cola so that a young man can blow himself up and kill Jewish grandmothers and then have sex with 72 virgins."

28 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:24:58pm

"Mecca Cola ! What else for washing down your Saddami-Salami sandwich after a hard day throwing rocks!
Have a Pause - for the Cause!"


"I'd kill an Israeli soldja...
For just one sip of Mecca Cola"

"It's the Crescent for the Peasant!"

"Mohammed Speaks - and says 'Sing out for Mecca Cola!'"

29 Minstrel  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:26:16pm

Oh Lord.
Reminds me why I drink root beer.

30 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:30:29pm

Just one more marketing slogan:

"According to our West Bank Rationing Program, this Mecca Cola is for you!"

31 Craig  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:31:28pm

#26
Thanks for the link. Barf! - I do not read French or Arabic, but the message was clear. Another attempt at tugging at leftists' heartstrings.

I wonder when the French will have had their fill of subsidizing their own destruction-

[Link: www.city-journal.org...]

32 Robert Crawford  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:32:26pm

#22 -- I dare say even the Israelis would criticize us for doing something as stupid as Nasti wants. Remember, there are a lot of loyal Israeli Arabs. They've seen both ways to live, and I bet they know which is better.

33 belize042  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:40:52pm

"Diet Mecca Cola, the one with no afterlife...er, aftertaste."

"Goes down smooth, with 72 white raisins, or without."

I believe that Mecca Cola is being manufactured and sold by a French Muslim.

Grrr, must....resist....French jokes....
Ah, what the hell. "Turn in your empties to us. We're using the deposit proceeds to buy uranium enrichment gear from France."

34 Krustea Ol' Phart  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 1:53:17pm

#21

You ain't gonna get the guy that played Jambee The Genie to do the jingle. That was Phil Hartman, whose wife offed him back in 1997 or '98. Last film he was in was "Small Soldiers".

Wam, bam, thanks Zam-Zam...

Gimmie a Rhum and Mecca Cola...

35 Fay Greenwood  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:01:04pm

Jingle Master David #15/17/20/28 & 30

Are you the guy that was (re) writing West (Gaza) Side Story?

If so, can we have some more please?

36 Reid Flemming  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:03:58pm

Mecca Cola:

Free lampshade for every case bought!

Bas**rds...

37 John B.  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:07:16pm

JoeyJoeJoe, have a Tank Beer instead!
[Link: www.tankbeer.com...]

38 acuteanger  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:17:02pm

Wait a dang minute -- this bodes WELL!

You think yer seein' a cola war between Pepsi and Coke???

WAIT TIL ZAM ZAM AND MECCA COLA REALLY CRANK IT UP!!!

39 Frank Cuffman  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:44:08pm

From Tom Lehrer: "Egypt's gonna get one too,
just to use on you-know-who.
So Israel's getting tense,
wants one in self-defense.
The Lord's our Shepard,
says the Psalm.
But just in case,
we're going to get a bomb."

40 SecHumanist  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:59:37pm

Ahh preserving that false Palestinian (aka Egyptian, Syrian, and Jordan) heritage.. what a valiant cause

41 mommydoc  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:04:38pm

Run the Mecca site through babelfish--it's a hoot. Almost as great as Tank Beer! I'm on my way to happy hour; I'm gonna ask for it. LOL!

42 Freebourne Infidel  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:16:27pm

David love those slogans! You have inspired me for some tasteless humor.

“Real men drink Mecca cola; for women it is forbidden.”

or

“This bomb’s for you”

or

“This bomb is the real thing”

or

“Zam Zam, the spring of life”

**

”Wham, bam,
Thank you Mam!
It was a pleasure,
Now where’s my Zam Zam?”

**
There once was a sheik, who drank Mecca.
He thought is was good for his pecker.
His wife said, “Wow, Ali—
when you use your dolly,
it always goes better with Mecca.”

**
How about a jihadi song in the tradition of the “Capial Steps”? To the tune of: “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” with apologies to the “New Seekers.”

I’d love to give the world some help
into eterniteeeeeee.
And thus, I drink my Mecca coke,
to fight moderniteeee.

I build my bomb,
with great aplomb.
Then video my will.
I sing a song,
and to be strong,
drink Zam Zam with a pill.

**

Think I need a drink!

43 LuminaT  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:18:10pm

The arabic label has a different sell. Something like "drink your concessioner, drink Mecca Cola."

The green circle on the cola label simply says "10% to Palestine"

44 mommydoc  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:19:28pm

Freebourne--LOL! (BTW--when did you add the Infidel?) ;-)

45 Kirk  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:21:23pm

Bow to the best-drink mecca cola.

46 David  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:29:06pm

#35 Fay - yes, I was the one who wrote the Gaza Side Story songs. I'll get back to those one day.

No. 42 - great sogans! ROTHFLMAO.

Here's another:

"Listen to the Ayatolla
Go out and buy a Mecca Cola

Refresh the soul and help your body
The no. 1 drink for all jihadi

The cap twists off on every one
So what if you blew off your thumbs?

It keeps your figure nice and lean
And you can fill your empty with gasoline"

47 john  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 3:47:33pm

Last time I was in the West Bank I purchased a large bag of Hummas flavoured Yasser Chips. I dont read Arabic and I ate the whole bag not knowing that they put a lot of elestra in them.

48 Seth The Zionist Occupational Governor  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 4:07:45pm

it isnt just mecca cola if you look under products on their web site, you will see 3 other flavors: mecca orange, mecca tonic water(blech) and mecca mentha (or mint.) well if you have the brand recognition, you might as well expand your product line.

49 Freebourne Infidel  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 4:17:11pm

#44   mommydoc 

“Freebourne--LOL! (BTW--when did you add the Infidel?) ;-)”

I needed a more expletive name when the Rasheed thing started. I thought it would work better than “blonde shicksa goddess.” Don’t want to get the Arabs too worked up. (They have such sensitive and excitable natures.) I’d rather let my essays do that. ;-)

”It keeps your figure nice and lean
And you can fill your empty with gasoline"

Good one, David! I was trying to think of something for the empty. But, molotov cocktail is a toughie.

“Don’t just roll over,
drink Mecca cola.”

**

”Be the first one on your block.
Drink Mecca cola to throw that rock.

**
”Celebrate that blam.
Pour yourself a Zam Zam.”


Now seriously, why is it not blasphemous to name this Zam Zam cola after the Holy Zamzam spring at Mecca? [Link: i-cias.com...]

Shouldn’t some mufti issue a fatwa?

If you cannot be a hajji,
on the road like Ali Babi;

And you’re really on the lamb.
After having caused a blamb!

Have no water for the can?
Dip your burial shroud in Zam Zam.

**

Where is Noel Coward when you need him?

50 A. van Hilten  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 5:27:40pm

Freebourne Infidel:

”Wham, bam,
Thank you Mam!
It was a pleasure,
Now where’s my Zam Zam?”

You should try with some other classics from The Great Man like Tired of livin', Open up your heart, I'll give my heart to you, Let's agree to disagree, Lyin' again (Yasser, we know), Fool me again, There's no fool like and old fool, Nobody's fool but yours, King of fools, There's gonna come a day, Getting used to losing you, Before you go, Over and over again, Hello trouble, My heart skips a beat or, better still, Close up the honky tonks. Heck the next operation in the Gulf should be (re)named Storm of love, so we can say Adiós, farewell, goodbye, good luck, so long to Yasser once and for all. He's been a great source of inspiration, but it's time for a change.

51 Dar ul Harb  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 5:35:36pm

#24, Jeepers:

It does say "Classic," doesn't it?

Guess the "new" Mecca Cola tasted too much like Pal-epsi.

--

Other products from the Mecca Cola Corp:

Sunni Delight Orange Drink
Minute Martyr Leemonade
72-Up (rumored to contain Viagra)
Haj Crush

52 Zionist  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 5:54:40pm

drink to your health --
increase Arafat's wealth!

drink Great Satan's invention --
for their liberation!

9/10 shaheeds savor the refreshing taste of Mecca Cola in heaven!! Really!!!

a fatwa is issued:
ZamZam's delicious!

Mecca Cola: available in the afterlife for a short time only!

53 Freebourne Infidel  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 6:37:55pm

Are you feeling like a flunky,
'cause your boss is just a monkey?
Then dear brother, make a blamb.
We shall toast it with Zam Zam.

**

Do you wanna get a dhimmy,
Mary, Joe or a just a Jimmy,
with a bomb and a big BANG?
Then, drink the cola called Zam Zam,
and, strap your belt on for the BANG!


**

54 Donna V.  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 7:40:04pm

#49 Freeborne Infidel makes a good point. Isn't calling a soft drink Mecca Cola rather blasphemous, or at the very least, odd?
Rather like someone marketing Vatican chocolate bars, or Western Wall chewing gum (Hubba-Bubbe?)

55 lewisinnyc  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 9:12:05pm

Bombs and Coca-Cola

If you ever try a little Jihad
It can make you feel very glad
Ululating and committing crime
Guarantee you one real good fine time

Wid' our bombs and Coca-Cola
Go blow up another
Baby and grandmother while
Demanding more Yankee dollar

Oh, blow it man, blow it

Since the Yankee come to Saudi Arab
They got the young mullahs all goin' mad
Young imams say to treat 'em nice
You can go to paradise

CHORUS

Oh, you vex me, you vex me

From Ramallah to Egyptian Nile
Native girls all dance and smile
Help da bomber celebrate his leave
Make every day like New Year's Eve

CHORUS
It's a fact, man, it's a fact

In East Jerusalem, I also fear
The situation is mighty queer
Like the mujahadeen, the native swoon
When she hear der bomb go BOOM

CHORUS

It's a fact, man, it's a fact

Bombs and Coca-Cola
Bombs and Coca-Cola
Stealin' all the Yankee dollar

56 LesLein  Fri, Nov 8, 2002 10:25:40pm

Isn't "Palestinian humanitarian causes" an oxymoron?

57 Craig  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 1:53:39am

#54 Donna
"Hubba Bubbe" what a classic! LMAO

58 mw  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 4:35:44am

Now if we can only infiltrate Mecca Cola and substitute Prozac for caffeine....

59 Freebourne Infidel  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 5:02:40am

Three countries to lose golden arches [Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

”The golden arches of McDonald's are to disappear from three countries in the Middle East and Latin America, as the fast-food chain struggles to beef up its performance.”


Can’t say that I am sorry about this, because I detest Mickey Ds and most fast food. However, what a great business opportunity for the locals!

How about McMufti? or McMullah?

Show that you are not a dullard,
drink your Zam Zam with Mc Mullah.

60 Zionist  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 6:41:33am

Hey kids! DONT BLOW YOURSELVES UP!!! until you've tried all 5 flavors.

Surgeon General's Warning: drink Zam Zam or i kill your sister.

61 Uzi  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 9:33:46am

The logo and color scheme are a clear imitation of the Coca Cola label. In tort law, that's called "passing off", making your product look like a competing product in order to mislead consumers. I don't know if they have tort law or intellectual property law in Saudi Arabia (what part of the body would they chop off?), but if they try to market this Mecca Cola somewhere civilized, Coca Cola should take them to court.

62 lewisinnyc  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 9:42:00am

#61 Uzi

Actually, I believe Mecca Cola was launched in France first... Supposedly they DO have such laws...

63 Uzi  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 11:02:58am

#62:

"Actually, I believe Mecca Cola was launched in France "

I said somewhere civilized!

64 Raunchy Ed  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 11:18:46am

Freebourne Infidel (#59):

"How about McMufti? or McMullah?"

You left out the "MacShaheed" and the Happy meal that comes with your very own suicide-bomb belt.

65 erik  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 4:19:39pm

when the arabs start to manufacture their own fighter aircraft, then I'll worry

66 QueenEsther  Sat, Nov 9, 2002 10:59:13pm

MADE IN ISRAEL:
* 2002 Nobel Prize to Daniel Kahneman for Economic Sciences
* Advancements in Medicine (i.e. an anti-cancer drug, hepatitis B vaccine, treatment for osteoporosis...)
* Advancements in Science and technology, (i.e. the discovery of a new quasi-periodic crystal (a new form of matter!), formulation of the Ziv-Lempel algorithm - the key to data compression over the Internet; conductive wire 1000 times thinner than a human hair from a strand of DNA...)
* The blooming of the desert...

MADE IN ARAFATISTAN/PAN-ARABIA:
* wholesale hatred and bloodletting
* female circumcision and the burqua
* Mecca Cola

67 Freebourne Infidel  Sun, Nov 10, 2002 4:27:39am

The mufti’s call to cola paradise


If you drink Zam Zam,
before you go blamb, blamb,
It will insure a better
final trip to Mecca.

Don’t just simply roll-over,
drinking “other’s” cola,
Oh hear, the mufti knows,
a mecca river flows,
melting all the ice,
in the martyr’s paradise.

A paradise that quivers,
with sweetened Zam Zam rivers,
where virgins will provide
some Twinkies on the side;
and serving youths will bring
a Mecca cola with your gin.

Oh, hear my dear Mamout
you may have haram fruit
and lots of other lies,
in the martyr’s paradise.

The place where things denied,
in this life, allah will provide:
Food, virgins, boys and girls,
with teeth like perfect pearls,
are waiting there for you,
and lots of liquor too.

You waste your time by making
life better by forsaking
the call to jihad terror—
in this you are in error!
Far better ‘tis to strive
for Zam Zam rivers live,
in a martyr’s paradise.

**


Oh dear, I’m afraid I’m regressing. Haven’t written “poetry” like that since I was thirteen. ;-)

68 Uzi  Sun, Nov 10, 2002 7:45:32am

Freebourne Infidel (#67):
"Oh dear, I’m afraid I’m regressing. Haven’t written “poetry” like that since I was thirteen. "


Keep at it. I hear the post of Saudi Ambassador to Great Britain is available. And if that doesn't work out, Poet Laureate of New Jersey is up for grabs next year.

In the meantime, don't quit your day job.

69 Freebourne Infidel  Sun, Nov 10, 2002 9:45:14am

“In the meantime, don't quit your day job.”

The one where I write real poetry. ;-)

Where's your poem?


I have collected some recent, Islamofascist poetry. I’ll see if I can fish it out.

70 Uzi  Sun, Nov 10, 2002 9:06:21pm

Freebourne Infidel:

"Where's your poem?"

I write serious poetry, as it happens. A few have been published. I've got a new one, called "To the Proud Parents of a Suicide Bomber", but it's too long for a post in the comments section. Also, it includes no exploding owls.

71 PDM  Sun, Nov 10, 2002 11:36:02pm

“Palestinian humanitarian causes in aid of children, education, and preserving the heritage.”

It's just the "preserving the heritage" part that scares me.

[Link: vinylfrontier.com...]

This guy looks like a friendly fellow. I probably shouldn't be so tough on him.
[Link: vinylfrontier.com...]

72 Freebourne, Secularia  Mon, Nov 11, 2002 6:40:16am

”I write serious poetry, as it happens. A few have been published.”

Ditto, on both counts! Although, getting away from the “technical” stuff and finding time to write is often difficult. Tech stuff pays while one is alive— poetry, etc. when one is dead. ;-)

”I've got a new one, called "To the Proud Parents of a Suicide Bomber", but it's too long for a post in the comments section. Also, it includes no exploding owls.”

Publish here with a copyright notice. :-)

**

I’m still rooting around for the poetry from ObL et al. Damn, I know I stored it on the computer.

It’s system overload. I need a break!

73 Uzi  Mon, Nov 11, 2002 11:59:35am

#72 Freebourne Infidel:

"Publish here with a copyright notice. :-)"

You asked for it. I hope Charles doesn't mind.


To the Proud Parents of a Suicide Bomber

By Uzi Amit-Kohn


In the time of the Pagans
In the land of cruel Canaan
They sacrificed children
for sanctification.
They served up their sons
By the cliffs of Gehenna.
Mothers and fathers
brought their babes to the slaughter.
Eyes cold with murder
met eyes wide with terror
'till death sternly stifled the sounds of the horror.

The smoke of the flesh-fires
Rose from stone altars,
stood in the air in the afternoon heat,
wafted on wind past the walls of the city,
settled on buildings a greasy thick soot
lent a queer scent to their Unholy City.

They served up their sons
By the cliffs of Gehenna
to placate their gods in the usual manner.
The High Priests ordained the ritual offer.
When Moloch is sated their city can prosper.

Their tools were simple: cord-wood and fire,
some rocks piled up in the shape of an altar,
a sharp knife to shorten the shrieks of the dying.
No suicide-belts filled with C-4 and shrapnel,
no videotape of a glorified martyr,
no web-site connecting the death-lusting faithful.

When you serve up your sons
By the cliffs of Gehenna
it's the time of the Pagans, whatever your teaching.
When you offer your child to the High Priests of hatred,
you're worshipping Moloch, whatever you call him.
When you sacrifice children for sanctification
You’ve chosen to live in the land of cruel Canaan.


(copyright- Uzi Amit-Kohn, 2002)

74 OBL  Tue, Nov 12, 2002 3:44:37am

This is amazing! Its great to see something other that the usual crap. Lets See 175 McCraps are closing down, other US Products sales are slumping and we are going to war. Where is the money from war coming from?

MMMM look hear comes some tax hikes!

Well done Zam Zam/ Mecca cola! INNOVATION!Well done!!

75 Freebourne, Secularia  Tue, Nov 12, 2002 4:47:04am

#73   Uzi  

Very nice, Uzi! Thank you for posting your poem. I have asked Charles for a few threads that celebrate civilization and humanity. While the subject is uncivilized the poetry is certainly civilized. Thanks again.


#74   OBL  
”This is amazing! Its great to see something other that the usual crap. Lets See 175 McCraps are closing down, other US Products sales are slumping and we are going to war. Where is the money from war coming from?”

Where will the money to rebuilt—again and again and again—after terror strikes come from? Pay now or keep paying—into eternity!

I figure we can get the bucks from the oil rich nations who sponsor terrorism. ;-)


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