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The promise of 70 virgins in paradise and the equivalent of about $20 was ALL it took to convince a Palestinian teenager to turn himself into a suicide bomber and head for an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank.--CBS (Emphasis mine.)

I'm not defending suicide bombers, but come on.

― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't get out of bed for less than 75 virgins in paradise.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Somehow Huck's line just makes me think of R. Kelly.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(Serious answer = yes, Rockist, but people are morons, and in this case the newswriter is a moron.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Why is it again that liberals swear by the "I can criticize Israel and not be anti-semitic" and yet when it comes to criticizing Muslim Extremists, that division b/n criticizing the policies/actions of some and racism vanishes into the night?

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 25 March 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

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