Slog - Comments on Oh My God

Comment by the bloop

the bloop — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:34:02 -0800

i guess life doesn't go on

Comment by Emily

Emily — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:37:49 -0800

Wasn't this your leading story when I came in at 8:30 this morning?

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:38:57 -0800

Good thing the surge is working. Jebus H. Christ.

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:43:45 -0800

how is it seemingly more objectionable to use retards to kill a ton of people? the coercive factor? they are already killing people, this shouldnt come as any surprise.

its like being shocked that drug dealers also engage in other illegal activities. really?

Comment by David Schmader

David Schmader — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:46:20 -0800

Self-motivated martyr/murderers are one thing, booby-trapped innocents with Down's syndrome are something else.

Comment by Blacksheep

Blacksheep — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:47:50 -0800

This made me cry this morning.

Comment by michael strangeways

michael strangeways — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:51:49 -0800

So women for militant, extremist Muslim men aren't of much use to society, but women with Down's Syndrome are apparently VERY valuable...

Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty

Fifty-Two-Eighty — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:00:35 -0800

I'm having the "Retards for Allah" T-shirts printed up right now. No cartoons, though, because we wouldn't want to offend anyone.

Comment by Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:02:17 -0800

The "people" who did this are not worth the urine it would take to piss on their graves.

Comment by Non

Non — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:02:27 -0800

The "turrists win" when they do things like this; look how many people are talking about it. Sorta like the story that was pushed of putting the bombs inside of infants to carry on to planes once

Comment by from east of miss

from east of miss — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:10:13 -0800

this is horrible. i'm guessing these individuals did not consent, nor could they (were able to).

if this war is going to continue, at least involve only people who consent.

and @ 1, i would have to agree w/ you, for these two people, life did NOT go on. a mildly funny reference. ;)

Comment by skeptic

skeptic — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:20:19 -0800

If, of course, the story is true. It could be yet another one of those things where a real journalist finds out that it wasn't really retarded people, but no one pays attention to the correction.

Comment by confused

confused — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:25:43 -0800

Wait, David Schmader is posting about actual news, as in real-world events?

Comment by Westside forever

Westside forever — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:26:26 -0800

Pure. Fucking. Evil.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:29:37 -0800

Ignore the three main Internet cables cut in the Middle East.

It's not like Cheney's launching an attack on Iran or anything ...

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:31:22 -0800

Pet bazaar?

I read a story about a baby in Russia with cerebral palsy who was literally tossed in the garbage. Some societies view the mentally disabled as completely disposable. Does Iraqi society generally share that view or are these terrorists particularly fucked up?

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:31:38 -0800

Well, WE have had retards IN CHARGE of the "War on Tair," (esp the Commander in Chief), so maybe this is their way of keeping up, lest there be a Retard Gap?

Comment by confused

confused — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:34:06 -0800

@15, India also lost internet access this week. Are we invading Bollywood?

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:37:39 -0800

im not saying it didnt happen, but this is all the proof ( at least in the article) theyre offering?

"Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, said the female bombers had Down syndrome "

a corrupt govt's general's word?

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:38:04 -0800

Why shouldn't the disabled be afforded equal access to car bombs and suicide vests?

Comment by David Schmader

David Schmader — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:40:10 -0800

Confused @ 13: Yeah, Britney gave me the day off.

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:40:14 -0800

Dude, it was at a PET BAZAAR! Now THAT is fucked.

Comment by cochise.

cochise. — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:03:55 -0800

@4 haven't you been told a million times that the world isn't black and white? jesus man.

you really don't see how it's more objectionable?

really?

Comment by daaaah

daaaah — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:47:55 -0800

am i evil for wondering "hmm..the govt. has lied to us before" couldn't this be propaganda? i'm just sayin'..

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:56:48 -0800

@18 - no, India's only partially affected. If you look at the online web page for Net traffic, you see that only one country has 100 percent reduction in Net traffic - Iran.

It's one of the lead stories on slashdot.

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:39:23 -0800

Pet bazaar? Have we considered that it might have been the work of pit bulls?

Comment by Greg

Greg — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:50:55 -0800

At first I thought that no human could do this, that such a thing could only be the work of beasts. But this capacity for intelligent and purposeful evil is exclusive to humanity.

Comment by crk on bellevue ave

crk on bellevue ave — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:56:47 -0800

This isn't a work of pit bulls or terrorists. This is the work of the PETA branch in Baghdad.

Comment by wet_suit

wet_suit — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:51:42 -0800

Well, wtf to say about this?

Pure. Fucking. Evil. is pretty accurate, but it's been said.

I could say I sure hope there is a special place in Hell for those behind this attrocity, but that's weak in so many ways.

Sad thing is, while this particular attrocity may be unique, or at least somewhat different than the usual attrocities perpetrated by human on other humans, it's rather par for the course.

I sometimes wish that all the evil people (and I mean ALL OF THEM) would just die. However, I suspect that entirely of our species would be killed off would such a wish be granted.

Thankfully, the day will come when such a wish will be fulfilled. I won't be there to see, but the world may well breath a sigh of relief. I'm pretty sure that attrocities like this will no longer occur after said day, but a new source of malevolence may have arisen by then. Hmmm....

Could someone pass me the pizza. It will get cold before I (or anyone else) figures this one out.

Fucking bastards. KILL THEM ALL!!!!