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2006-05-06 India-Pakistan

Verma backs bounty for Danish cartoonist

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Posted by ryuge 2006-05-06 07:25|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sounds like the country with the second-largest Muslim population in the world may be heading for an 'insurgency' expanded south of Kashmir. That is what this kind of rhetoric is about.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-05-06 10:18|| 2006-05-06 10:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Verma isn't even muslim... but election time is near and he wants to win the muslim vote...

Posted by john 2006-05-06 13:53|| 2006-05-06 13:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Officer Bull Pupp, Mrs. Kwakk Wakk, Pauline Parrot, the Mock Duck, Walter Cephas Austridge, the Door Mouse, Krazy Katbird, Krazy Katfish, and Joe Stork all wish to express their anger at having the honorable and respectable Krazy Kat compared to Mohammed(MTLHMOHS).

Posted by Korora">Korora 2006-05-06 14:26|| 2006-05-06 14:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Verma? Worm or Vermin?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-05-06 15:35|| 2006-05-06 15:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't sweat it little purple penguin.

Posted by Ignatz 2006-05-06 16:11|| 2006-05-06 16:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Once again, this brings up the notion of having a "assassination dead pool" for villains like Verma.

If you're not familiar with it, it is different than a typical dead pool, because people place a wager on the individual dying on a particular date, and whoever is closest to the actual date, wins. You can enter as many times as you like, pushing the pool into the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.

The entires and the payoffs are anonymous.

So, in effect, let's say you are just an ambitious young man who knows Mr Verma. You also believe that on a particular day next week, he might encounter a bullet. If you placed a mere $10 wager on that date, you might win the entire pool, which would then be discreetly "PayPal'ed" to your account.

Imagine Mr Verma's surprise when he discovers that people are predicting his death to the tune of $20,000 US. About 900,000 Rupees. A healthy sum for an ambitious young man in India, who just happens to be a good guesser.

I suspect that once word got out and the pattern was established that if you put out a contract, one will be put out on you, then a lot of this crap would end in a hurry.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-05-06 17:55|| 2006-05-06 17:55|| Front Page Top

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