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| Israel-Palestine |
| Can bags of pig fat deter suicide bombers? |
| 2004-02-12 |
| Jerusalem - Israeli police have come up with plans to place bags of pig lard on buses in a bid to deter Palestinian militants from carrying out suicide attacks, the Maariv daily reported on Thursday. Rabbinical authorities have given the idea its approval on the grounds that it could be a life-saving measure even though pigs are also considered impure by Jews. Authorities believe that the move could discourage Palestinians from carrying out attacks as pieces of their exploded body could come into contact with the pig fat, prejudicing their chances of entering into paradise. The paper said that the rabbinical dispensation could mean that security forces also hang bags of lard in shopping malls and schools. |
| Posted by:Yosemite Sam |
| #10 Emeril was right! Pork fat DOES rule! |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-2-12 8:23:11 PM |
| #9 LOL BH... the obvious usually escapes me. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-12 4:49:47 PM |
| #8 BH: I was sitting in a meeting scanning this rant. When I read your post, I laughed out loud. Thanks for getting me fired ;o) |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-2-12 3:36:22 PM |
| #7 Make that pork fat rather than pig fat and you eliminate the problem I'm sure. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-2-12 3:21:29 PM |
| #6 Shipman: Piece of cake - literally, a piece of cake ought to do the trick. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-2-12 2:37:29 PM |
| #5 Sounds like a good idea till you get to the detail... how ya gonna get Mike Moore into a bus? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-12 2:09:38 PM |
| #4 Those Jews. You either love them or hate them...What a great idea! |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-12 1:57:28 PM |
| #3 This may be old news. It is "rumored" that shortly after a terroist raid by Muslim rebels, Gen Pershing who was in command of the Phillipines at the time, rounded up 50 suspected rebels and lined them up against the wall. He then had the troops dip their bullets in pig fat and proceed to shoot 49 of the terrorists and cover them in the mass grave with the entrails and skins of the slaughtered pigs. Lucky number 50 was allowed to go home and report. We went almost 50 years there with out attacks by them on our assets afterwards. Seems the old methods never fail. |
| Posted by: TopMac 2004-2-12 1:39:38 PM |
| #2 Only some crazy religious 7th century masochist would fall for this - - they may be on to something that might finally work! let the dogs be denied thier virgins! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-2-12 12:53:21 PM |
| #1 Hey, Sam ... this is a duplicate of another entry today. Not a big deal, but we've been having a lot of duplicates lately. It would help if everyone scanned the current entries before posting .... |
| Posted by: anon 2004-2-12 12:51:01 PM |