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June 23, 2004

The Decapitator Community

If there were a competition for the funniest use of the phrase "the __________ community," who would win? I believe it would be the 9-11 commission, for its reference to "the jihadist community." As in, "Bin Ladin made several remarks [during the summer of 2001] hinting at an upcoming attack, which spawned rumors throughout the jihadist community worldwide."

Ah, the jihadist community, with their barn raisings and quilting bees, their bake sales and 4-H Clubs. Knitting together the luminous strands of human relationships into one glorious jihadist whole.

The only thing that could beat this would be a reference to "the decapitator community." Please let me know if you ever come across such a thing.

By the way, I feel only those using such a phrase non-ironically should be eligible for this hypothetical competition. So references -- as funny as they might be -- to "the Hello Kitty community," "the serial killer community," "the masturbating community," or "the nose picking community" wouldn't count.

Posted at June 23, 2004 07:49 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Does that make our military part of the "stacking-Arab-men-in-naked-human-pyramids" community?

Posted by: Rob at June 23, 2004 02:24 PM

Rob,

I prefer to refer to it as "The stacking-Arab-men-in-naked-human-pyramids-and-being-stacked-in-naked-human-pyramids community." That way everyone's part of the community, both stackers and stackees. As communities go, this one is very ecumenical.

Posted by: Jonathan Schwarz at June 23, 2004 03:14 PM