Priests brawl in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity

[John_fi_Skye]

Since it apparently happens year after year, I wonder if it's become (at least in part) some sort of act for the tourists. The broom swatters I saw didn't connect with anyone (though I didn't see where the one the guy chucked across the room landed), and the police were just waving their batons in the air half-heartedly. It reminds me of the "slap fights" I occasionally had with my sisters when we were little kids - lots of arm-flapping but no actual violence.

Apart from sounding like the name of an old-testament prophet, "Amok" is a brilliant name for a person commenting of the behaviour of these sectionable fucking maniacs.

[Svartalf]

As it says in the Book of Amok 20:11

"Lo, and men will turn on each other as rabid dogs,. And Brothers before Dog will fight and call each other "pagan" and "idolater""

[John_fi_Skye]

As it says in the Book of Amok 20:11

"Lo, and men will turn on each other as rabid dogs,. And Brothers before Dog will fight and call each other "pagan" and "idolater""

I always thought it was quite amusing that in Russian and related languages the word for "god" is "bog". Where I'm from "bog" is a colloquial word for a toilet. When I think about it, this is the ultimate proof of the non-existence of god: if he existed, he'd never allow any language to call him a pisser and a shitter.

[Svartalf]

Yep... never thought on that angle... I think of Bog when I'm on the bog.

[JimC]

Since it apparently happens year after year, I wonder if it's become (at least in part) some sort of act for the tourists. The broom swatters I saw didn't connect with anyone (though I didn't see where the one the guy chucked across the room landed), and the police were just waving their batons in the air half-heartedly. It reminds me of the "slap fights" I occasionally had with my sisters when we were little kids - lots of arm-flapping but no actual violence.

Apart from sounding like the name of an old-testament prophet, "Amok" is a brilliant name for a person commenting of the behaviour of these sectionable fucking maniacs.

I gather that the word "amok" derives from Malay, and was used to designate folk who suddenly become violent and uncontrollable...

[John_fi_Skye]

Since it apparently happens year after year, I wonder if it's become (at least in part) some sort of act for the tourists. The broom swatters I saw didn't connect with anyone (though I didn't see where the one the guy chucked across the room landed), and the police were just waving their batons in the air half-heartedly. It reminds me of the "slap fights" I occasionally had with my sisters when we were little kids - lots of arm-flapping but no actual violence.

Apart from sounding like the name of an old-testament prophet, "Amok" is a brilliant name for a person commenting of the behaviour of these sectionable fucking maniacs.

I gather that the word "amok" derives from Malay, and was used to designate folk who suddenly become violent and uncontrollable...

There you go. So it's a typically unfeeling an unempathetic British Empire response to the perfectly reasonable opposition to imposed hegemony shown by the locals.

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Since it apparently happens year after year, I wonder if it's become (at least in part) some sort of act for the tourists. The broom swatters I saw didn't connect with anyone (though I didn't see where the one the guy chucked across the room landed), and the police were just waving their batons in the air half-heartedly. It reminds me of the "slap fights" I occasionally had with my sisters when we were little kids - lots of arm-flapping but no actual violence.

Apart from sounding like the name of an old-testament prophet, "Amok" is a brilliant name for a person commenting of the behaviour of these sectionable fucking maniacs.

I gather that the word "amok" derives from Malay, and was used to designate folk who suddenly become violent and uncontrollable...

There you go. So it's a typically unfeeling an unempathetic British Empire response to the perfectly reasonable opposition to imposed hegemony shown by the locals.

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore?

[Horwood Beer-Master]

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore?

One port then (albeit an important one).

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore?

One port then (albeit an important one).

Isn't that where they launched a battleship with no bottom.



(Kevin, Ian, ...)

[JimC]

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore?

One port then (albeit an important one).

The whole of Malaya, as it was then, was coloured red on the maps before WW2 - it was definitely part of the old Empire...

[klr]

Did the British Empire ever have much of a presence in the Malay Peninsula?

Singapore?

One port then (albeit an important one).

Isn't that where they launched a battleship with no bottom.



(Kevin, Ian, ...)

I'm not going near that one, not in this sub-forum.