You just can't make this shit up. Remember,
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A massive airdrop of paper birds to promote peace failed to halt violence in Thailand's restive south, with a spate of new attacks targeting soldiers and local officials erupting on Monday.
The bombings, shootings and arson attacks came hours after Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the airdrop Sunday of nearly 100 million Japanese-style origami cranes over the predominantly Muslim region had achieved an "enormous, positive psychological effect'' toward peace....
Encouraged by the government, Thais across the country -- Cabinet ministers, office workers, schoolchildren and even convicts-- folded more than 130 million birds to promote peace in the south. Approximately 30 million will be delivered by land.
While meant as a morale-boosting measure for victims of violence, Sunday's origami airdrop resembled a festive treasure hunt with prizes offered for some specially marked birds. People who collected large quantities could trade them in for items ranging from cartons of milk to bicycles.
Especially coveted was one bird folded and signed by Thaksin, which offered a scholarship if found by a child, or a job for an adult.
Thaksin said Sunday the paper bird airdrop showed residents of the three southern provinces that they are part of Thai society, and that their countrymen care for them.
Hours after Thaksin spoke, the owner of a tea shop in Pattani was slain by gunmen, grenades were thrown at the homes of two policemen in the same province, and arsonists set fire to a state school in Yala and a teacher's house in Narathiwat.
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See, a simple symbolic gesture is all that's needed. Now if we can only figure out what to drop on the rest of the Islamic terrorists...
Posted by: Dave Schuler at December 06, 2004 09:13 AM (OLr4c)
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But think of the environmental damage of those paper birds, and the ink used to sign names, and the planes burning fuel to drop them! Will someone please think of the children!!
Posted by: Wine-aholic at December 06, 2004 10:06 AM (Wsn+K)
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While the next to last leftist is having his head sawed off with a dirty knife or watching his little girl gang assaulted in front of him .. his brain will be confounded by a search for "root causes" and ideas for a new PR campaign, complete with new PC words to replace the "hatefull" ones in his next edition of his rather thin Orwellian book of news speak. And all the time self congratualting that his anti-self-defense campaign has rendered everyone unable to defend themselves.
Posted by: Raymond at December 06, 2004 11:42 AM (oVK7g)
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I heard this on the radio this morning and immediately channeled Les Nessman and
the Turkey Drop.
Posted by: TC-LeatherPenguin at December 06, 2004 12:08 PM (kiH79)
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The Thais should bomb the fuck out of this minority raghead province.
If the Malays next door then start up shit as they no doubt will
America and and Britain should carpet bomb the cunts.
Its the only thing these fucking Moslem shitbags understand.
There shall be no other time like the present, get rid of these bastards now while we have the power to do so, dont fuck around,just get the job done, it will be a lesson to these evil bastards and their fucking godawefull medieval lot of hocus pocus they call a religion.Most of what they call Islam came from Abraham any fucking way only they call him Ibrahim even their prophet said he has studied the way of Abraham, its all a croq of shit,give them whatis the only thing they understand, crush them,jsut wipe them of the face of the map,now!
Posted by: chris at December 06, 2004 12:20 PM (ibaLB)
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The Thais should bomb the fuck out of this minority raghead province.
If the Malays next door then start up shit as they no doubt will
America and and Britain should carpet bomb the cunts.
Its the only thing these fucking Moslem shitbags understand.
There shall be no other time like the present, get rid of these bastards now while we have the power to do so, dont fuck around,just get the job done, it will be a lesson to these evil bastards and their fucking godawefull medieval lot of hocus pocus they call a religion.Most of what they call Islam came from Abraham any fucking way only they call him Ibrahim even their prophet said he has studied the way of Abraham, its all a croq of shit,give them whatis the only thing they understand, crush them,jsut wipe them of the face of the map,now!
Posted by: chris at December 06, 2004 12:20 PM (ibaLB)
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That plan panned out well! We should let Dennis Kucinich try it in Iraq!
Posted by: rocco dipippo at December 06, 2004 05:22 PM (DEja9)
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In the Corps we learned the best way to bring peace to a troubled land was to stick a bayonette into the terrorists. 61 years of living and traveling the world has convinced me the Marines have it just right. Paper birds indeed! Sounds like Jane Fonda's handiwork!
Posted by: Rod Stanton at December 07, 2004 12:26 PM (tHUgl)
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As a Northern Thai, I ain't surprised that the Thai Gov't went French and did something this stupid. Apparently they learned nothing when the Commies infiltrated the South and tried to break away. They just can't seem to get it to go and frag these punks. The muslims in the South still see themselves as outsiders since the time of the Commies in late 60's to late 80's. They fell for Commie propaganda then, they are falling for Islamofascist propaganda now. The Gubmint best get their balls back, and quick, before the excrement hit the proverbial fan.
What a shame that was.
Posted by: Icepick at December 09, 2004 11:47 PM (Zxd2F)
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