Comments on: Lamb Pullao http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:07:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hit With Baron Open Letter « Eteraz http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/comment-page-1/#comment-69952 Hit With Baron Open Letter « Eteraz Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:49:51 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/#comment-69952 [...] Second, the issue is of trust. You should consider stepping out of your blog-circuit and seeing the wide world of immigrant Muslims bustling everywhere. You’ll find students at Penn Law whose lives are changed by trips to Namibia. Hijabi girls wondering whether they should tell their parents about the guy they are dating. And random software engineers whose wives cook good food. Your friends Anchoress and Maxed Out Mama understand my point clearly (now if only they would stop with the Bush loving). You should then try and meet people like this in real life. As to the remote possibility that among some of these people someone may or may not be somehow or some way connected to a potential terrorist, you should a) lay off watching suspense flicks and b) do the same thing that the rest of us do with a society full of sexual predators, armed roberers, car-jackers, potential rapists, and murderers — keep an eye out, report problems to the authorities, and if nothing seems awry, stop and smell the roses. [...] [...] Second, the issue is of trust. You should consider stepping out of your blog-circuit and seeing the wide world of immigrant Muslims bustling everywhere. You’ll find students at Penn Law whose lives are changed by trips to Namibia. Hijabi girls wondering whether they should tell their parents about the guy they are dating. And random software engineers whose wives cook good food. Your friends Anchoress and Maxed Out Mama understand my point clearly (now if only they would stop with the Bush loving). You should then try and meet people like this in real life. As to the remote possibility that among some of these people someone may or may not be somehow or some way connected to a potential terrorist, you should a) lay off watching suspense flicks and b) do the same thing that the rest of us do with a society full of sexual predators, armed roberers, car-jackers, potential rapists, and murderers — keep an eye out, report problems to the authorities, and if nothing seems awry, stop and smell the roses. [...]

]]> By: superdestroyer http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/comment-page-1/#comment-64376 superdestroyer Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:15:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/#comment-64376 Before you get to gushy over his "western" ways ask him a couple of questions" 1. How did he meet his wife? It is probably better than 50/50 that his marriage was arranged and that he his married to a cousin. 2. Ask him how many other relatives he has in the US. It is probable that he has a large number of relatives in the US and will be sponsoring more. 3. Does he have a relative living in his home outside of his nuclear family. After working with a large number of Pakistanis and Indians, I was always amazed that they all had mothers or mother-in-laws living with them. I believe that they control their wives and children by having other relatives in their homes. 3. Before you get to gushy over his “western” ways ask him a couple of questions”

1. How did he meet his wife? It is probably better than 50/50 that his marriage was arranged and that he his married to a cousin.

2. Ask him how many other relatives he has in the US. It is probable that he has a large number of relatives in the US and will be sponsoring more.

3. Does he have a relative living in his home outside of his nuclear family. After working with a large number of Pakistanis and Indians, I was always amazed that they all had mothers or mother-in-laws living with them. I believe that they control their wives and children by having other relatives in their homes.

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]]> By: Bob Aman http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/comment-page-1/#comment-64053 Bob Aman Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:35:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/#comment-64053 I feel the same way about the guy who taught me Arabic in college (he wasn't a professor, technically). He was from Baghdad, and his feelings on the Iraq war altered mine fairly significantly. I couldn't ignore the fact that he voted for Bush and viewed the war quite favorably even if I still thought it was a mistake. Plus he made all the Arabic students make Middle Eastern dishes of various sorts and bring them to class once a year. Very tasty. That said, turkish coffee is like trying to drink concentrated sludge. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can successfully down a cup of that stuff, much less enjoy it. I feel the same way about the guy who taught me Arabic in college (he wasn’t a professor, technically). He was from Baghdad, and his feelings on the Iraq war altered mine fairly significantly. I couldn’t ignore the fact that he voted for Bush and viewed the war quite favorably even if I still thought it was a mistake. Plus he made all the Arabic students make Middle Eastern dishes of various sorts and bring them to class once a year. Very tasty.

That said, turkish coffee is like trying to drink concentrated sludge. I have a lot of respect for anyone who can successfully down a cup of that stuff, much less enjoy it.

]]> By: Jimmy the Dhimmi http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/comment-page-1/#comment-64047 Jimmy the Dhimmi Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:06:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/#comment-64047 <blockquote>"I asked him if he was Muslim. "Yes" he said, “but <b>really it doesn’t mean much</b>. I eat pork and drink beer. I never go to the mosque.� </blockquote> If this is what it takes to be a peaceful Muslim, then I fear we are all screwed.

“I asked him if he was Muslim. “Yes” he said, “but really it doesn’t mean much. I eat pork and drink beer. I never go to the mosque.â€Â?

If this is what it takes to be a peaceful Muslim, then I fear we are all screwed.

]]> By: Ezhil http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/comment-page-1/#comment-64003 Ezhil Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:32:31 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2006/08/24/lamb-pullao/#comment-64003 I appreciate the concern you have for your fellow worker aprt from the common paradigm against the community.I do support my friends from pakistan as we share the world for our living leave the politics which separate us.I am a software engineer too working in CT.I wish the future of his kids and other kids will be better in education , health and other living conditions. Take care. Ezhil. I appreciate the concern you have for your fellow worker aprt from the common paradigm against the community.I do support my friends from pakistan as we share the world for our living leave the politics which separate us.I am a software engineer too working in CT.I wish the future of his kids and other kids will be better in education , health and other living conditions.

Take care.
Ezhil.

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