And since 9/11, I've vowed to never again name a horse any kind of "Arabic" name. I don't want to accidentally give a good horse the same name as a past, present, or future terrorist.
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Well, since everything is "terrorism" (we need a new word for actual terrorism soon) these days, you better not use ANY name for anything.
Yes, that includes your "christian" names.
I've got to admit, one thing that changed in me since 9/11, was that before then, I wasn't quite as adamant in my opposition to the harm done by religion, as I am now. I saw some of the harm done by religion mainly in the way they protested abortion clinics and some miseducation, but 9/11 really shone a glaring light on the way religions perpetuate an "us vs them" attitude.
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Yeah, okay... That's a really weird way of expressing your prejudice, dude. But, sure, better name your horse a 'Merican name! Like Bubba Joe Barley Grass.
A white horse called Rudolph goes into a pub and asks for a glass of whisky. The barman says 'We've got a varied selection: Scotch, Irish, Kentucky; blended or single malts. We've even got one named after you '.
And the horse replies 'What... [i]Eric[/i] ?!'
[/Joke taken from the Rosetta Stone]
You mean "Arabic" names like Anders, Scott, Peter, Timothy, Eric or Dylan?
In a world where Sikhs, Hindus and even Latinos end up getting physically attacked simply for sharing the similar skin color with the Muslim stereotype, a horse bearing a Muslim name would be in a dangerous place.
I've vowed to never again name a horse any kind of "Arabic" name
And I've vowed never again to split my infinitives, but I digress.
Really, Whistle Stop, I wish I had your problems. Then again, I'm glad I don't.
I've spent much of my life in rural Minnesota near horses and those who raise them and I am forced to conclude that you have to be a little daft to raise horses. I simply don't get the attraction to horses. They're like tall cows that no one wants to eat and an obsolete mode of travel outside certain parts of a few mountain ranges. But I digress...
I wonder if ol' Whistle Stop will conduct genetic tests on all his horses to make sure they don't have any Arabian blood in them? Then purge the breed and, presumably, their owners?
Then, of course, he'll have to find out if his bloodlines came from anywhere in Socialist Europe or Muslim Eastern Europe or Red China or France and then he will have to start raising Bison or Pronghorns or Moose.
Then, and only then, can he get around to his True Crusade of having ARABIC NUMERALS!!! removed from all federal documents and currency.
This is idiotic! Many words in English are of Arabic origin
algebra
Alcohol
Alhambra, etc.
In Spain the Guadaquivir river is really Al-wadi al-kbir - the great river.
Get real. 9/11 was carried out by extremists, not ordinary Arabs or Muslims. And the were greatly helped by the US not taking heed of information that was already made available that the attack was lined up.
Try not to be so stupid. Or you could call your horses names like Grand Wizard, or KKK, or Tea Party etc.
You might as well not choose any "Christian" names, either. You know, because of the Inquisition, Crusades, and terrorist acts they have permitted and perpetrated.
Or Christian names? OR how about simple names like Eric, Dylan (The columbine shooters), Timothy (bomber), or Adam (Newtown shooter). They were all terrorists/murderers too.
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