joba
Feb 24, 2004, 17:22
I was reading the papers on the internet and while I was looking at an article about Tampa Bay fans reacting to thier owner Malcom Glazer buying Man U I saw a reference to debates they were having about it on thier forums. I went to have a look at them and searched for 'soccer' to find the relevant threads. When I did this absolute fucking gem of a thread came up. Entitled "Please Read!!! Am I being a Paranoid American!?!?!" it, and the replies to it, are, well, I don't know how to do it justice other than posting the first message here as well as the link itself. Personally I am mulling over joining thier forum myself to point out what absolute dickheads they are being and by behaving as they are they are well on the way to becoming Airstrip One. Anyway without further ado here it is:
http://forums.sptimes.com/Forums/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001851&p=
Author Topic: Please Read!!! Am I being a Paranoid American!?!?!
Lance Uppercut
Member
Member # 639
posted 12-17-2003 12:08 PM
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I was at home last night when a couple of friends stopped by to say hello. There was some commotion outside my door for a while before my friends arrived but my curiosity never got the best of me so I never went to investigate where the noise was coming from. I heard my friends standing outside of my door talking to some people so I got up and opened the door to let them in. They [my friends] were chatting with a couple of people that looked like they were of Middle Eastern descent. Apparently they were locked out of their apartment and were just hanging out in the breezeway waiting for a key. They were young, maybe in their mid 20’s and seemed like nice people and lived right next door to me.
Being the kind people they are, my friends invited them into my apartment to wait for the key since it was cold outside. Two guys and one girl came into my apartment to hang out. I offered them beers and the guys accepted but the girl didn’t. After talking for a short while they informed us that they were Israeli and were only going to be here for a very short time. They have been here for a month and were going to leave on Dec. 25th to head up to Washington D.C. – They never said why they were going to D.C.
All sounds innocent, right? Well here’s where it gets juicy. After a couple beers the fellas start to get loose lips and the way they spoke literally sent chills down my spine. They were saying things like Americans were all crazy and destined to fall. I know Israel is one of our biggest allies and I wouldn’t think there would be so much negative thought towards America. The conversation reeked of the hatred towards America and more so towards American people. After sifting through the hate talk I asked them what they were doing in America and they simply said, “Hanging out”. Then I asked them what they did for a living and the only answer they provided is that they “Were doing Work for Our Country” and would not give us any details as to what it was or what their job duties were.
The guys were getting a bit inebriated at this point and I wanted to get to the bottom of things so I broke out my truth serum and delivery device – my Sativa Penthobong. I figure if they’re giving up this much info and only drunk then some good ole’ fashioned home grown bud will certainly loosen those lips more. The only problem is that the girl (who was more and more looking like the leader of the group) didn’t partake in either the drink or the smoke. I slowly got deeper and deeper with my questions and asked about the Mossad and other terror related questions you would ask someone from that region of the world. Instead of the guys answering my questions, they would pause and look towards the girl. Then the girl would answer their questions for them. That was very odd.
The entire situation was EXTREMELY SHADY at this point and was making me very nervous. I asked them if they were in the Israeli Military doing joint operations or training with our military and they said they were not. When I asked them about MacDill AFB (which is literally ˝ a mile from my apartment) they acted as if they never heard of it. It wasn’t the simple, “Naw, we’ve never heard of it” but instead a short, uncomfortable pause then they answered my question with a question, “No, what is this MacDill you speak of?” - WTF?!!?!?!
After they left my friends and I just looked at each other in amazement! Apparently we were all thinking the exact same thing during the conversations. So here’s a list of why I think this entire thing is shady and I’m not just being a paranoid American, or am I?
Do Israelis look Middle Eastern? These people looked more like Palestinians than Israeli.
There are 5 grown adults living in a two bedroom apartment doing absolutely nothing other than, “Hanging Out”.
Their stay is only for 2 months and they’re leaving on Christmas Day. The way they explained leaving it was as if something was going to happen.
What are they doing for “Their Country” and what is “Their Country”? I can go to the Middle East and tell people I’m from France. With a sufficiently faked accent, I could easily get by with it without no one knowing the better.
Why didn’t the guys answer their own questions? Why was the girl the appointed spokesperson? The one that kept a sober mind did all the speaking.
Why did they speak so badly about Americans after they started to drink? When they first came into my apartment they were extremely friendly.
The places they’ve described visiting just didn’t make any sense. They’ve visited Egypt, Saudi Arabia, England, France, South Florida, Tampa, and then were heading towards D.C.
Why did they play stupid when I asked them about MacDill AFB? You can almost see the base from where I live so they obviously had to know about it but why play dumb?
Shifty eyes – they all had very shifty eyes.
I’ve heard Yiddish spoken many times in my life. When they got stumped on English words they would start to speak in Arabic – NOT YIDDISH. That threw me off a bit.
The tone of their voices when they spoke of America was not a favorable one. If someone were to ask you about something you hated but you were trying to throw up a smoke screen and act like you really didn’t hate it that much is how I perceived the conversation.
Ok, I know I may be just a little paranoid but c’mon! Tell me you wouldn’t be if all that I just listed took place in your house! So what is it? Am I just being a paranoid American or is something really going on? Maybe it’s not terrorism; maybe they are working for their country in a affirmative way in collaboration with our own military and just couldn’t talk about it. Were they Mossad? Were they Spies? Were they Terrorists? Or were they just a couple of young people taking a vacation?
Tell me what you think and sorry for the super long post!
http://forums.sptimes.com/Forums/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=001851&p=
Author Topic: Please Read!!! Am I being a Paranoid American!?!?!
Lance Uppercut
Member
Member # 639
posted 12-17-2003 12:08 PM
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I was at home last night when a couple of friends stopped by to say hello. There was some commotion outside my door for a while before my friends arrived but my curiosity never got the best of me so I never went to investigate where the noise was coming from. I heard my friends standing outside of my door talking to some people so I got up and opened the door to let them in. They [my friends] were chatting with a couple of people that looked like they were of Middle Eastern descent. Apparently they were locked out of their apartment and were just hanging out in the breezeway waiting for a key. They were young, maybe in their mid 20’s and seemed like nice people and lived right next door to me.
Being the kind people they are, my friends invited them into my apartment to wait for the key since it was cold outside. Two guys and one girl came into my apartment to hang out. I offered them beers and the guys accepted but the girl didn’t. After talking for a short while they informed us that they were Israeli and were only going to be here for a very short time. They have been here for a month and were going to leave on Dec. 25th to head up to Washington D.C. – They never said why they were going to D.C.
All sounds innocent, right? Well here’s where it gets juicy. After a couple beers the fellas start to get loose lips and the way they spoke literally sent chills down my spine. They were saying things like Americans were all crazy and destined to fall. I know Israel is one of our biggest allies and I wouldn’t think there would be so much negative thought towards America. The conversation reeked of the hatred towards America and more so towards American people. After sifting through the hate talk I asked them what they were doing in America and they simply said, “Hanging out”. Then I asked them what they did for a living and the only answer they provided is that they “Were doing Work for Our Country” and would not give us any details as to what it was or what their job duties were.
The guys were getting a bit inebriated at this point and I wanted to get to the bottom of things so I broke out my truth serum and delivery device – my Sativa Penthobong. I figure if they’re giving up this much info and only drunk then some good ole’ fashioned home grown bud will certainly loosen those lips more. The only problem is that the girl (who was more and more looking like the leader of the group) didn’t partake in either the drink or the smoke. I slowly got deeper and deeper with my questions and asked about the Mossad and other terror related questions you would ask someone from that region of the world. Instead of the guys answering my questions, they would pause and look towards the girl. Then the girl would answer their questions for them. That was very odd.
The entire situation was EXTREMELY SHADY at this point and was making me very nervous. I asked them if they were in the Israeli Military doing joint operations or training with our military and they said they were not. When I asked them about MacDill AFB (which is literally ˝ a mile from my apartment) they acted as if they never heard of it. It wasn’t the simple, “Naw, we’ve never heard of it” but instead a short, uncomfortable pause then they answered my question with a question, “No, what is this MacDill you speak of?” - WTF?!!?!?!
After they left my friends and I just looked at each other in amazement! Apparently we were all thinking the exact same thing during the conversations. So here’s a list of why I think this entire thing is shady and I’m not just being a paranoid American, or am I?
Do Israelis look Middle Eastern? These people looked more like Palestinians than Israeli.
There are 5 grown adults living in a two bedroom apartment doing absolutely nothing other than, “Hanging Out”.
Their stay is only for 2 months and they’re leaving on Christmas Day. The way they explained leaving it was as if something was going to happen.
What are they doing for “Their Country” and what is “Their Country”? I can go to the Middle East and tell people I’m from France. With a sufficiently faked accent, I could easily get by with it without no one knowing the better.
Why didn’t the guys answer their own questions? Why was the girl the appointed spokesperson? The one that kept a sober mind did all the speaking.
Why did they speak so badly about Americans after they started to drink? When they first came into my apartment they were extremely friendly.
The places they’ve described visiting just didn’t make any sense. They’ve visited Egypt, Saudi Arabia, England, France, South Florida, Tampa, and then were heading towards D.C.
Why did they play stupid when I asked them about MacDill AFB? You can almost see the base from where I live so they obviously had to know about it but why play dumb?
Shifty eyes – they all had very shifty eyes.
I’ve heard Yiddish spoken many times in my life. When they got stumped on English words they would start to speak in Arabic – NOT YIDDISH. That threw me off a bit.
The tone of their voices when they spoke of America was not a favorable one. If someone were to ask you about something you hated but you were trying to throw up a smoke screen and act like you really didn’t hate it that much is how I perceived the conversation.
Ok, I know I may be just a little paranoid but c’mon! Tell me you wouldn’t be if all that I just listed took place in your house! So what is it? Am I just being a paranoid American or is something really going on? Maybe it’s not terrorism; maybe they are working for their country in a affirmative way in collaboration with our own military and just couldn’t talk about it. Were they Mossad? Were they Spies? Were they Terrorists? Or were they just a couple of young people taking a vacation?
Tell me what you think and sorry for the super long post!