Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Ummmm. Bacon Double Cheeseburger. Agggggghh.

Penalizing the Cops
 

I sometimes hesitate to speak on matters of which I know nothing (believe it or not) -- but I have to ask --

Are you suggesting that the $500 per year (or some similar small amount) that Microsoft pays to the State of Delware as a fee is fair compensation for the benefits they have accrued by incorporating -- and thus no need for any corporate taxation? I though tyhose fees were suppsoed to cover admin. costs.

Hell, I'd think that given its anticompetitive behavior, MS should arguably have to pay double. Those shareholders have assuredly gained plenty of benefits from the separate entity status.

Penalizing the Cops
 

Delaware has NO sales tax for some reason.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Just for laughs, I'll take a contrarian position.

Burger King made an intelligent business decision here, and should have considered how its product label might be perceived. You don't dip fries in beef tallow in India, because it pisses people off. You don't use certain number combinations in China because of superstitions (or when you have Chinese investors -- a major restaurant in SF had to petition for an address change just before opening for this reason). You don't film an SNL skit with Guido Sarducci in Vatican City because, while other people realize it's a joke they take offense.

IMHO, it's all stupid, but other people on this board have argued that calling religious people stupid is wrong.

The guy leading this charge is not calling for bombing of Burger King restaurants. He's calling for a boycott by Muslims because of a product they marketted. This is capitalism, plain and simple -- and hardly the dumbest example of a consumer boycott I've seen (how many right-wing figures in the US have called for boycotts based on where companies advertise, or who TV networks let speak?)

When you do business in or with a variety of cultures, you risk fucking up like this. Somehow, I am not moved to care. (Again -- if the religious nut calls for bombing BK, that's an obviously different issue.)

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

I think calling religious stupid in the context of serious political discussions is wrongly dismissive of a large segment of the electorate and generally off. The IQ of religious people is probably on the same bell curve as that of aetheists. Making fun of religion for comedic purposes is fine, i.e. Guido Sarducci in the Vatican or analyzing a pizza for a papal image is funny.

I agree with this. I have not been to BK in at least 15 years but I think I will lunch there today in a counter boycott effourt.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

He used the word "jihad" - whihc I'm sure means a lot of other things to a lot of other people.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

To mean it means that this is one battle in the larger holy world war going on between the West and radical Islam. The crusade as Bush referred to it. Or did he mean another jihad?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Do you know of any BKs with covered parking?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Agreed. It was bad business strategy to make an ice cream cone that looked like the symbol for Allah. If they'd made it so it looked like the Virgin Mary, they'd have pilgrims from all over the world lining up for a fucking ice cream cone.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/webl...Cones-pbuh.jpg

The more I look at these - they aren't even close. The one has 5 connected points - the other has 4 and 1.

If anything, to even suggest these are similar is MORE culturally insensitive.

I mean, is all squiggly writing suggestive of Arabic? Is all Arabic writing the same?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

If it looks like the Virgin Mary, can I as a Christian lick it?

In that case, I guess the only morally appropriate action for you to take would be to enlist and offer to pay your own way to Iraq. That would reduce the federal tax burden.

tired and dumb
 

Yes. I forget what the formula is, but they are effectively taxed at a 20% rate if the recipient is in the top bracket.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Which denomination?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Dang, I thought this was universal among Christians. The nuns never told me about the schism between the Virgin Mary Mother of Our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ Ice Cream Cone Lickers and the Virgin Mary Mother of Our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ Ice Cream Cone Non-Lickers. Was this one of those medieval things, or was it more recent - say, a Jim Jones or David Koresh thing?

I am worried that there is so much about my faith that I don't know, and that I will be condemned to everlasting hellfire for it.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

This is true, but the word has various meanings, not all of which involve blowing things up. I think that literally it means "struggle", or maybe "fight" (you'll have to confirm this with Atticus). He is calling for a boycott, and those terms would apply.

Leaving aside, obviously, that if your struggle is over the cap on a fast-food ice cream container, you are in desperate need of a life.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Depends where.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

You'd better lick, just in case. She's a Virgin, she needs some pleasure.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

I bet his jihad would change course if BK could figure out a way ($$$$$) to compensate him for his mental anguish over seeing Allah's name on a non-dairy ice cream product.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Doesn't Coca-Cola mean "fuck mohammed and islam"?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

This just in - Schlomo Leibowitz files suit after seeing the Star of David on his 6 Dollar Western Burger



http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...;s_Jr_logo.jpg http://www.gatewaylinks.com/AHOE/tf-933.gif

Developing....

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

The more I look at these - they aren't even close. The one has 5 connected points - the other has 5 and 1.

If anything, to even suggest these are similar is MORE culturally insensitive.

I mean, is all squiggly writing suggestive of Hebrew? Is all Hewbrew writing the same?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Update - Zhon Zhou crossclaims after seeing a McDonald's commercial which "desecrates the image of the Holy Buddha"

http://www.mariononline.com/saturday/grimace.jpg

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

You monitor some interesting websites.

How many times do we have to discuss this. I talked to enlistment. I am too old. And that was several years ago. I am mostly certain I have gotten older since that point in time.

You could lie about your age. It's not like it's never been done. I'll bet you look young for your age!

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

That's actually on his website, "SundaysInTheParkWithSlave.com" He's the one in the suit.

Have you checked lately? They raised the maximum age.

http://www.military.com/MilitaryRepo...050328,00.html

You're not over 40, are you? bilmore?

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Why is that dog licking the Virgin Mary's vagina?

He's 49. He told us last week to kill the Penske@50 knock-off.

Well, that explains the pentagenarian crankiness.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

It's okay - he's of the correct denomination.

JAG is still 35. I recently checked.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

Yeah, but then some other guy will claim that he found Allah's finger in the McSalad.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

If Carl's Junior put a golden arch on their burger, they'd have a real jihad on their hands.

Islam- a Religion With Important Work to Do
 

OTOH, if some radical Jew really did take offense at the Carl's Jr. star, and call for a boycott, I'm sure Slave would be the first to advocate legislation prohibiting the boycott and requiring Jews to eat there. After all, what's free market capitalism if people are allowed to make consumer choices based on views that Slave (and most other sane people) considers stupid?

BK learned -- you sell to stupid people, you end up doing stupid things.

Just Keep Bradshaw Out of the West Wing
 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/column...reg&id=2159013

[Lynn Swann contemplating run for PA Governor]

I bet they'd let you go if you were paying your own way.

All that would do is get him over the "too old" barrier, and to be considered. He would still have to pass the mental health component of the medical test.