Worth a laugh...

[anarres]

Disclaimer:
This is just for fun! Don't take anything in this thread as my opinion, unless I say it is. ;)

http://www.madblast.com/funflash/swf/if_youre_trigger_happy.swf

[anarres]

Something different:

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads4/US-muslim.jpg

[anarres]

This made me want to cry, although I kinda knew it already... [sad]


Do you know enough to justify going to war with Iraq?

1. Q: What percentage of the world's population does the US have?
A: 6%

2. Q: What percentage of the world's wealth does the U.S. have?
A: 50%

3. Q: Which country has the largest oil reserves?
A: Saudi Arabia

4. Q: Which country has the second largest oil reserves?
A: Iraq

5. Q: How much is spent o*n military budgets a year worldwide?
A: $900+ billion

6. Q: How much of this is spent by the U.S.?
A: 50%

7. Q: What percent of US military spending would ensure the essentials of life to everyone in the world, according the UN?
A: 10% (that's about$40 billion, the amount of funding initially requested to fund the US retaliatory attack o*n Afghanistan).

8. Q: How many people have died in wars since World War II?
A: 86 million

9. Q: How long has Iraq had chemical and biological weapons?
A: Since the early 1980's.

10. Q: Did Iraq develop these chemicals & biological weapons o*n their own?
A: No, the US government, along with Britain and private corporations, supplied the materials and technology.

11. Q: Did the US government condemn the Iraqi use of gas warfare against Iran?
A: No

12. Q: How many people did Saddam Hussein kill using gas in the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1988?
A: 5,000

13. Q: How many western countries condemned this action at the time?
A:0

14. Q: How many gallons of agent Orange did America use in Vietnam?
A: 17million.

15. Q: Are there any proven links between Iraq and September 11th terrorist attack?
A: No

16. Q: What is the estimated number of civilian casualties in the Gulf War?
A: 35,000

17. Q: How many casualties did the Iraqi military inflict o*n the western forces during the Gulf War?
A: 0

18. Q: How many retreating Iraqi soldiers were buried alive by U.S. tanks with ploughs mounted o*n the front?
A: 6,000

19. Q: How many tons of depleted uranium were left in Iraq and Kuwait after the Gulf War?
A: 40 tons

20. Q: What according to the UN was the increase in cancer rates in Iraq between 1991 and 1994?
A: 700%

21. Q: How much of Iraq's military capacity did America claim it had destroyed in 1991?
A: 80%

22. Q: Is there any proof that Iraq plans to use its weapons for anything other than deterrence and self defence?
A: No

23. Q: Does Iraq present more of a threat to world peace now than 10 years ago?
A: No

24. Q: How many civilian deaths has the Pentagon predicted in the event of an attack o*n Iraq in 2002/3?
A: 10,000

25. Q: What percentage of these will be children?
A: Over 50%

26. Q: How many years has the U.S. engaged in air strikes o*n Iraq?
A: 11 years

27. Q: Was the U.S and the UK at war with Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: No

28. Q: How many pounds of explosives were dropped o*n Iraq between December 1998 and September 1999?
A: 20 million

29. Q: How many years ago was UN Resolution 661 introduced, imposing strict sanctions o*n Iraq's imports and exports?
A: 12 years

30. Q: What was the child death rate in Iraq in 1989 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 38

31. Q: What was the estimated child death rate in Iraqin 1999 (per 1,000 births)?
A: 131 (that's an increase of 345%)

32. Q: How many Iraqis are estimated to have died by October 1999 as a result of UN sanctions?
A: 1.5 million

33. Q: How many Iraqi children are estimated to have died due to sanctions since 1997?
A: 750,000

34. Q: Did Saddam order the inspectors out of Iraq?
A: No

35. Q: How many inspections were there in November and December 1998?
A: 300

36. Q: How many of these inspections had problems?
A: 5

37. Q: Were the weapons inspectors allowed entry to the Ba'ath Party HQ?
A: Yes

38. Q: Who said that by December 1998, Iraq had in fact, been disarmed to a level unprecedented in modern history.
A: Scott Ritter, UNSCOM chief.

39. Q: In 1998 how much of Iraq's post 1991 capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction did the UN weapons inspectors claim to have discovered and dismantled?
A: 90%

40. Q: Is Iraq willing to allow the weapons inspectors back in?
A: Yes

41. Q: How many UN resolutions did Israel violate by 1992?
A: Over 65

42. Q: How many UN resolutions o*n Israel did America veto between 1972 and 1990?
A: 30+

43. Q: How much does the U.S. fund Israel a year?
A: $5 billion

44. Q: How many countries are known to have nuclear weapons?
A: 8

45. Q: How many nuclear warheads has Iraq got?
A: 0

46. Q: How many nuclear warheads has US got?
A: over 10,000

47. Q: Which is the o*nly country to use nuclear weapons?
A: the US

48. Q: How many nuclear warheads does Israel have?
A: Over 400

49. Q: Has Israel every allowed UN weapons inspections?
A: No

50. Q: What percentage of the Palestinian territories is controlled by Israeli settlements?
A: 42%

51. Q: Is Israel illegally occupying Palestinian land?
A: Yes

52. Q: Which country do you think poses the greatest threat to global peace: Iraq or the U.S.?
A:????

53. Q: Who said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"?
A: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[smalltalk]

anarres, a very funny map indeed if we consider this a laughing matter.

[DrAlimentado]

I think 'black humour' is acceptable... and perhaps the only rational response to this insane reality we live in.

although I can't find much humour in the Q+A post myself (its just depressing)

[DrAlimentado]

the first 2 posts - I laughed my ass off though!

and here's another map:

http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/DrAlimentado/20034822929_america world map.gif

[smalltalk]

@DrAlimentado: but it is known to the US that the world is round and not flat?

[DrAlimentado]

I don't know, you'll have to ask an americian.

[col]

This one seems kind of typical ...

http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/col/2003411103041_pi01.jpg
31.94KB

More protesters
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/col/2003411103057_blondesagainstwar.jpg
33.11KB

[prettyvacant]

I dont know who is using the cow avatar on this site, but they'd better beware of lactophiliacs (http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Eafleay/cow/) like this [goggle]

[anarres]

prettyvacent, that is one *funny* link! [rotfl]

[anarres]

Hmm, maybe we could do with a humor forum... [ponder]

[DrAlimentado]

that link is slightly disturbing [:O] and very funny [lol]

I say let the humour roam free...


edit: dam, that shocked smilie is slightly disturbing too!

[Melifluous]

Not shocked smilie

From this point forth ye shocked smilie shall be forever known as ye blowjobie smilie!

[:o] [}:)] [:o]

Melifluous

[col]

You seem to have a thing about blowjobs meli???

[Melifluous]

quote:Originally posted by col

You seem to have a thing about blowjobs meli???


no comment [cyclops]

Melifluous

[DrAlimentado]

I want to know who hasn't got a thing about blowjobs [groucho]?!?!

[Sween]

quote:Originally posted by col
More protesters
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/col/2003411103057_blondesagainstwar.jpg

Protests: Always a great place to meet hot chicks.

[Melifluous]

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/games/microsites/A/antcity/ant_city_fw_banner.html

Speaks for itself...

Melifluous

[Melifluous]

Or if you like golf this is actually pretty good

javascript:open_window('/entertainment/games/microsites/F/fourminutes/tane_golf_sw.html','width=480,height=320,toolbar=n o,location=no,scrollbars=no');

Melifluous

PS. Hmm this aint working methinks, goto http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/games/showcards/F/four_minutes.html

Lotsa shockwave tom foolery

[prettyvacant]

ho ho ho.

There are pirates (http://tv.cream.org/video/dbaserick.rm) in this building? No, just the gorgeous Rick Wakeman lying about how long it took him to write this pile of crap to justify his fee.

A nice intro to keep all old computer geeks interested.

Ok I admit remembering Yes but not this; and did the intro man used to be on magpie or something similar?