P.S. remember that Steyn article about Fisk et al.? Your comment reminded me of it. I wonder if Steyn is "telegraphing" us something about Fisk and masochism, besides making points about his mental processes.
For those here that don't remember:
...Robert Fisk, foreign correspondent, the Independent, hanging upside down in Madam Fatima's Discipline Parlour, Beirut: I was struck, quite literally - ow! - by the very unIslamic tone of the purported - aargh! - confession. That cowboy imagery about "a strong horse and a weak horse" hit me immediately - aaaai-eeeee!
Thanks - as less Saudi sounding and more Texan. Also that obsession with death, dying, killing all seems entirely foreign to the life-affirming culture of militant Islamism I know so well and smacks more - yarrooooo! a little lower, please - of the Texas penal system. [--ouch! And another for the pun!]
Furthermore, though they appear to say "Allah be praised" continually, if you rewind - aaaaaaaaaaargh! that's too tight - and turn it up, it's clear that they're really saying, "Al'll be Prez"...
Mark Steyn: Screen Test (Dec. 15)
Must concede, these British nuts are much more entertaining than are home grown ones.