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To: Fishtalk
....Bashir went to all the trouble to go into the detail that seemed so unnecessary... all that horrible, tasteless detail....what was that all about?

That bothered me too and really grossed out my wife, so it got me thinking. I don't know if I'm on the right track, but here is a possibility. Martin Bashir is British, but of Pakistani Christian origin. Could there be some real symbolism going on here, related to the Arab customs in the Middle East?

Refer to the Biblical text of 2 Kings 18, the bullying threats by the emissary of Sennicherib, King of Assyria (modern day Syria) against King Hezikaiah and the Hebrew people, specifically...

"26 Then Eliakim... said to the Rabshakeh (Assyrian Commander), “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

27 But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?” - II Kings, 26-27

Apparently it was the custom of the Arabs of the day to make conquered peoples eat their own waste as a part of the humiliation of being conquered. So, this sort of treatment of the vanquished has a long history in the Middle East.

Was Bashir really threatening and symbolizing more (and in a Middle Eastern way) than he appeared to be saying? Or am I reading too much into this and he simply a crass, lying, Liberal bully who just likes to intimidate women in the worst way and knows he can get away with this on MSDNC?

Either way it's bad and inexcusable in a civilized society.

137 posted on 11/24/2013 11:45:16 AM PST by Gritty (You can't fix crazy any more than you can fix stupid. Obamacare was never going to work.-Steve Deace)
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To: Gritty

Bashir is a Britt by birth. His parents are pakis supposedly Christians but then so is zero. You never know about these far left clowns. He got famous by interviewing princess di and michael J than hit the “big time” when he went to the loser channel MSLSD.Hopefully he will be history in another six months.


142 posted on 11/24/2013 12:02:14 PM PST by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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To: Gritty

I agree with you that such coarse, disgusting, vile descriptions talk should not be allowed on the air, especially where it is misapplied to a fine woman like Sarah.

However I do think we should be allowed to be reminded of the threat Islamization is to our way of life and to the the world, and seeing video of the Towers attacked from time to time may keep it in the public conscience.


144 posted on 11/24/2013 12:07:53 PM PST by shalom aleichem
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To: Gritty

Sarah represents the Dems war on married women. They represent the two things Dems hate, loving men and having healthy independent children inside a normal family.

Pray America is Waking


145 posted on 11/24/2013 12:13:38 PM PST by bray (Delay Obamacare)
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