"we would rather do business with 1000 alqaeda than with one single american"

[AR182]

"we would rather do business with 1000 alqaeda than with one single american"

an e-mail that i just received.....

This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia.

You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement.

One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business . .

and that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back.

But, perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement . . .

We are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty ....

And after all, it is just a sign.

You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?



Answer: A Funeral Home

(Who said morticians had no sense of humor?)

 

[gardenweasel]

thought it was a michael moore quote....

 

[bjfinste]

(Who said morticians had no sense of humor?

I think they have to to remain sane. At my last job before moving here, one of my secondary duties was proofreading the obits (and believe me, while any printed mistake sucks, there is no area that brings on a wrath of anger like making a mistake in an obit, so it was a job I took very, very seriously). But the guy from one of the main funeral homes in town would come in a few times a week with notices, and I was stunned at just how funny of a guy he was.

GW- no, that doesn't sound at all like something Moore would say.

 

[Chanman]

GW- no, that doesn't sound at all like something Moore would say.

He has just finished a sell-out stand-up tour across the States. The chant that goes up when Moore gets on a roll is: "Impeach Bush." But that's too lenient: "I want him paraded in handcuffs outside a police house as a common criminal because I don't know if there's a greater crime than taking people to war based on a lie. I've never seen anything like Bush and his people. They truly hate our constitution, our rights and liberties. They have no shame in fighting for their corporate sponsors.

"I honestly believe they are putting their toe in the water to see if people will go for martial law. After 9/11 we had hundreds of Arab-Americans rounded up and put in prison with no charges. You know, there's an undercurrent of feeling that we may not even have an election next year. If there is another 9/11 a justification may be used to call it off and instal martial law."

 

[bjfinste]

That's fine and dandy (I'm on record here in an earlier post that I think Moore is a fruitloop), but it has nothing to do with saying he'd rather do business with known terrorists than Americans.

 

[Chanman]

Fair enough bjf. Moore did not say that. Don't think he minds their help w/distributing his 9/11 film either.- I'm too lazy to look up if he said anything about that.

 

[bibby]

Isn't Michael Moore a member of Al Quaida?

 

[bjfinste]

Isn't Michael Moore a member of Al Quaida?

No, he's not.