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[quote name="Ray of Light"][quote name="I need clarification"]<B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: http://www.womenswallstreet.com/WWS/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articleid=711 <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I gotta read it in a minute or two <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: np <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: take your time <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: it's long <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: ha, she quotes Ann Coulter <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: people are worried about metal utensils in airport restaurants? <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I guess we're basically saying there's nothing we can do once we're in the air and confronted with a metal fork. <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: okay, I finished it <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I do think she had reason to be scared <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: but I also think it's because she's a little nutso <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: yeah, the Anne Coulter thing threw me for a loop too <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: it almost seemed like she just stumbled across that in her research and didn't know who she was <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: but, man, I'd be freaking out <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: I don't care how tolerant I am <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: 14 muslim guys acting weird on a plane is just too much <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: well, yeah <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: but then her crusade about metal utensils and how come the men weren't arrested at the end <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: You could probably steal a butcher knife from the restaurant <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: yeah, I wonder <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: look, I'm no racist <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: you'd think it'd be easy enough to find what they had on the plane <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: but I really hate all muslims <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: a lot <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: me too <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I've even been to Israel a couple of times <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: they could be more sensitive to the feelings of non-muslim travellers <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: which lends me some credibility on this matter <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: and not act all suspicious <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: you've really been to Israel? <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: are you jewish? <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: really, I can't think of a reason all muslins should not be handcuffed as soon as they board <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: yes, and yes <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: I didn't know that <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: me too <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: just half though <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I keep it a secret <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: you went halfway to Israel? <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: but the one half was serious about it <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: did the plane blow up halfway there? <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: no, I wasn't actually going there <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: is canada halfway? <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: pretty much <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: anyway it was about half <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I got stuck in Europe on 9/11 <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: so I consider myself a survivor <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I had to stay in the Netherlands for an extra week <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: I got stuck in canada <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: yeah <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: which is like Europe <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: in Israel once, we were driving through this small town, an Arab town <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: this was in, like, 81 or 83 or so <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: when Israel was kicking ass and taking (Arab) names in Lebanon <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: one of the rare times Israel has been in conflict with its neighbors <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B> (4:57:20 PM): heh <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: so anyway, we are driving through this small town <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: and there is a van parked in the road <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: stopping the bus <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: and our tour guide pulls out a pistol and starts to act a little anxious <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: but then some dude comes out of a building and moves the van and we drive on <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: so, I sort of survived a conflict with muslims <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: whoah <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: then on the last night of our stay there <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: I got up at the dinner and made a long speech about Israel, ending with a pledge to come back and <b>fight</b> for Israel if they needed me <B><FONT color=pink>INC</FONT></B>: but I was only 13, and I think I had my fingers crossed <B><FONT color=khaki>Erik</FONT></B>: good for you! 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