Inside the deluded world of the 'human shields'

The Sunday Telegraph ^ | March 2, 2003 | Charlotte Edwards

[Diddley]

Please. My side is splitting.

"We always understood that human shield meant a shield of humans and that we would be allowed to work with Iraqi civilians. Why it is (sic) being interpreted differently now?"

It’s all in the emphasis:
HUMAN shields (shields made of humans) vs. human SHIELDS (shields for humans).
It helps to find out the exact meaning before you leave. Ha.Ha.Ha.

[L`enn]

This may give some insight to the McVeigh-Iraqi-OKC connection.

[RobFromGa]

It’s all in the emphasis: HUMAN shields (shields made of humans) vs. human SHIELDS (shields for humans).

Except if you are a human, they are both pretty much the same.

Now, if you were a sentient piece of mahogany, it might be harder to understand the difference.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

BUMP.... As soon as I stop laughing.

[toenail]

This is funnier than the Social-Workers-Hunt-For-NYC-Homeless story a few days ago.

[aculeus]

"Sue, I can let you have some of my prunes. If it would help."

Priceless.

[Ichneumon]

It's like the Clinton regime. You simply can't make this sh!t up. No one would believe it.

One of my all-time favorites quotes is by Mark Twain, and it goes, "Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction, after all, has to make sense..."

[Stultis]

Mark Twain, and it goes, "Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction, after all, has to make sense..."

Apt, so apt.

[Free_at_last_-2001]

Thanks for posting this Ivan - tears are running down my face - I haven't laughed as much for ages!

This must be life imitating art! (I believe they had a red bus too - in their last episode)

[smokeyjon]

Fox and Friends is covering this story this morning (Sunday). Bwahahahaha

[alnick]

"Dr Hashimi has explained that we help the population more by staying in the 'strategic sites'," he explained. His friend added: "We play football in the afternoons and the Iraqis bring us cartons of cigarettes. It's just like summer camp."

And just wait till you see the cool fireworks show.

[cardinal4]

He was won over when the Iraqis provided televisions, VCRs, telephones and a Play Station.

Cheapskates. Even I have a PlayStation2!

[cardinal4]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! What a waste! Couldn't they find any good hash?

In the middle east, no less!. This would be good material for HBO's old news comedy show, "Not Neccessarily the News."

[SamAdams76]

Well the numbers speak for themselves. 280,000,000 Americans and only 200 "human shields." And some of those human shields aren't even Americans. That's not a very impressive showing at all for the so-called "anti-war" movement.

As war becomes more inevitable and most of these "human shields" now start to flee, the anti-war movement appears even more pathetic. It appears that practically nobody in the anti-war movement is willing to earn the title "human shield."

[demosthenes the elder]

Saddam to Human Shields: "Quit yer whining. There's five bucks and a kleenex on the dresser. Next!"

[Reagan is King]

What a bunch of goofs! I need a daily report from the field like this about these kooks to start my day off with a laugh.

I hope they brought some Depends because when the lights go off, the air raid sirens start blaring, and the bombs start dropping they're gonna need them!

[LowOiL]

Thanks for the funny this Sunday morning.

[agrace]

This reads like the Onion.

[Amelia]

Too funny! Thanks for the ping.

[RobFromGa]

This article is even funnier the second day!