tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post8691748863324201203..comments2024-03-28T08:37:58.136+01:00Comments on Limited, Inc.: the true victims of the Iraq war - some of them not wearing underwearRoger Gathmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-57622443224793520242007-02-22T16:02:00.000+01:002007-02-22T16:02:00.000+01:00"Wouldn't you want to compare notes with your grea..."Wouldn't you want to compare notes with your great allies, to get all spirited about your joint journey through the horrors of conflict?"<BR/><BR/>Probably not. The odds, in such circumstances, are that I'd be too busy, what with the funerals, caring for the long-term disabled and trying not to get killed by my ex-neighbors. Besides, the kidnapping ways and enema games of the private military "contractors" tell their whole story. On the other hand, as a youngish second generation exile, perhaps in Europe somewhere, facing the reality that even with a degree I'm still a "raghead" and will always be one, facing the taunts of wingnuts who think goading their victims is an essential component of "Enlightenment Values" . . . I think I'd find Pantaloon's vapid yuppies very interesting.Arkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-50898763193533067472007-02-22T15:03:00.000+01:002007-02-22T15:03:00.000+01:00Mistah Scruggs, I have to agree about Gurley's att...Mistah Scruggs, I have to agree about Gurley's attitudinizing. Nevertheless, it is an interesting sociological example of how people in this country are surviving our long long long war, World War IV and the Cold War combined. I was heartened that - like Londoners in the Blitz - many of them are showing the stiff upper lip. I think sampling many social levels - from hot clubs to bank lines - to see how Americans are surviving has a great deal of interest. Especially, I imagine, if you are Iraqi. Wouldn't you want to compare notes with your great allies, to get all spirited about your joint journey through the horrors of conflict?Roger Gathmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257400843748041639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-91613278219749367362007-02-22T11:23:00.000+01:002007-02-22T11:23:00.000+01:00Put another way, a cleverer Pantaloon snarking at ...Put another way, a cleverer Pantaloon snarking at the antics of the dimbulb Pantaloons is not funny. He can't play the Pierrot -- too unsympathetic -- and he looks like an idiot when he makes a public display of stuffing himself into Harlequin's costume.Arkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3077210.post-8500898397191142492007-02-22T10:38:00.000+01:002007-02-22T10:38:00.000+01:00Gurley's story was funny, for a bit, but turned ma...Gurley's story was funny, for a bit, but turned malodorous pretty quickly. Arch yuppie contempt for contemptible, vapid yuppies has a short shelf life. They'll reliably carve out their own entrails every time, while he plays at being the detached haruspex. He's done for <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Jacqie+Venable&btnG=Google+Search" REL="nofollow">Jacqie Venable</A> what he did for Ann Coulter, made her part of his aggravating, demoralizing freakshow.Arkadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838423612315386095noreply@blogger.com