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stui magpie 
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I reckon Ptiddy could defy physics and biology and keep talking for 30 minutes after being beheaded.  
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Wokko 
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Jezza
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| stui magpie wrote: | ^
I reckon Ptiddy could defy physics and biology and keep talking for 30 minutes after being beheaded. |
Haha. Damn, the partner is sitting here next to me and read that. Quote: "See, I'm not the only who thinks that!" 
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Yes and no - just a caution against treating absolutely everything as black and white, in the way the media does. Obviously, no one in their right mind wants IS in charge of anything but the Syrian military may well not be much better. Time will tell but this sort of news probably only means that, at best, things in that region will be a little-less-worse.
I remember when the press reported on Robert Mugabe as the saviour come to free an oppressed people, too. |
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^ Agreed. This is the exact same force that many innocent civilians have already been killed by, and many more have fled from. Out of the frying pan, into the fire, perhaps.
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Jezza
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I think many see the Syrian forces (rightly or wrongly) as the lesser of two evils between them and ISIS but not necessarily a force for good in their own right.
From what I've read, it appears that ISIS has lost full control of Palmyra now and the surrounding towns.
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I think many Syrians see them as a force of unthinkable evil, given what they have done to their own citizens. ISIS may be worse, but that doesn't mean that this is necessarily cause for even muted celebration.
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It depends which Syrian you ask. If you ask an Alawite, Shiite or some of the Kurdish people for that matter despite poor treatment by the Assad regime then they may have more positive things to say or at the very least acknowledge that Assad is a stable force for Syria's political structure and a change would be disastrous for Syria in the short-term.
On the other hand, ask Sunnis or some other Kurds and they'll say the complete opposite. It's a fractured country but despite how the media depicts it there's still support for Assad staying in power within Syria.
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stui magpie
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Another interesting perspective from Scott Adams.
First part of the blog post here.
| Quote: | This is a thought experiment.
Imagine that the tiny nation of Elbonia suffers a Zombie Virus outbreak. Luckily, the virus does not spread easily, but prolonged personal contact with an infected zombie increases the odds of transmission. Once infected, the Elbonian becomes a zombie killer. As it turns out, most people are immune to the virus. Over 99% of the public have no risk of catching it. But 1% is far too many zombie killers.
Imagine we have no way to detect this Elbonian Zombie Virus infection before symptoms occur. And let’s say that the problem started in Elbonia and so far has not gone beyond its borders. There is no cure for the Elbonian Zombie Virus. So what would world health organizations do?
For starters, they would quarantine the entire nation of Elbonia to limit the damage. This is obviously unfair to all uninfected Elbonians but it is also the only practical way to protect the rest of the world. Once the quarantine is in place, the professionals can get to work on a cure.
Now here’s the interesting part. What is the functional difference between the Elbonian Zombie Virus and radical islamic terrorism? In both cases they are spread by prolonged personal contact. In both cases you have no way to identify infected people until there are symptoms. In both cases the “virus” is deadly to both the person infected and those around them.
As we often hear from political pundits, you can’t bomb an idea. And we can see for ourselves that war doesn’t eliminate the “virus” of radical Islamic terrorism. I suggest we start treating terrorism as a medical condition – specifically, like a virus that creates a mental health problem. |
Whole blog post here http://blog.dilbert.com/post/141810560316/the-elbonian-zombie-virus
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