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2004-08-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by tipper 2004-08-04 2:16:28 PM|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...and that future terrorist recruits will be promised not 72 black-eyed virgins, but just a plateful of grapes."

I guess it will come as some shock when they suddenly appear in hell with a bunch of raisins.

Posted by jojo the idiot circus boy 2004-08-04 4:08:35 PM|| 2004-08-04 4:08:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 As a former vintner, there may be a little more to this... I have also seen reference to the finest wines being available in the Islamic paradise. Given some of the European influence in various parts of their world, and with the translation meaning white grapes or raisins, what comes to mind as the finest of wines made from "white raisined grapes" is the German TBA (TrokenBeerenAuslese). These are only produced in certain years when conditions are right, from botrytised ("Noble Rot", kind of a raisined effect) grapes that concentrates the sugars and acids. A TBA is made using individual grapes, and back in the day they may have determined that 72 grapes would make a glass of wine. It is to die for - but only as a figure of speech, not quite literally, and not quite in the same ballpark as 72 virgins for eternity.

soooo.... can we end this Islamic nonsense? I'll send a few cases of TBA and they can get drunk off their asses and feel paradise right here and now. And go to work tomorrow with a headache like the rest of us.

Posted by former winemaker 2004-08-04 7:55:25 PM|| 2004-08-04 7:55:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Grapes! You're giving me grapes!? I blew myself to shit, for friggin' GRAPES!!! Allahu Akabar, MY ASS!!!

Posted by Abdullah Muhammad Jihadi Jihadi 2004-08-04 8:15:29 PM|| 2004-08-04 8:15:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I remember seeing this posted on the site before, but when I searched I couldn't find it. Glad to see it again; means I wasn't just having a dream where I was searching Rantburg and came across this article (I love this place, but I've better things to do in my dreams!).

Funniest thing I've seen in a long time, in a tragically ironic sort of way. Serves the bastards right that all they get is drunk. Although, on the other hand, is it established by Muslim "scholars" that those virgins are young, sexy women, or is it assumed? I might be more in favor of the "virgins" interpretation if it involved guys and old hags being given to these jihadis. The possibilities would literally make it hell . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2004-08-04 8:29:51 PM|| 2004-08-04 8:29:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 There's an off-chance that I ran across this and confused the two; it's been a while.

Posted by The Doctor 2004-08-04 8:34:39 PM|| 2004-08-04 8:34:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I blew up a bus and all I got was 72 raisins and this lousy t-shirt!

Posted by Dar 2004-08-04 9:33:15 PM|| 2004-08-04 9:33:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Speaking of grapes as in rasins ..look at Yassir's face!

Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-08-04 9:48:52 PM|| 2004-08-04 9:48:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Bad premise in the article: if the Islamist terrorist suicidal asshats go anywhere it'll be straight to Hell.

Posted by AzCat 2004-08-04 11:16:54 PM|| 2004-08-04 11:16:54 PM|| Front Page Top

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