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Offline DiscoBerry

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Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« on: March 11, 2012, 11:49:59 am »
In the continuing saga of 2 Trillion dollars down the toilet:

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(Reuters) - At least 14 youths have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a campaign by Shi'ite militants against youths wearing Western-style "emo" clothes and haircuts, security and hospital sources say.

Militants in Shi'ite neighborhoods where the stonings have taken place circulated lists on Saturday naming more youths targeted to be killed if they do not change the way they dress.

The killings have taken place since Iraq's interior ministry drew attention to the "emo" subculture last month, labeling it "Satanism" and ordering a community police force to stamp it out.

"Emo" is a form of punk music developed in the United States. Fans are known for their distinctive dress, often including tight jeans, T-shirts with logos and distinctive long or spiky haircuts.

At least 14 bodies of youths have been brought to three hospitals in eastern Baghdad bearing signs of having been beaten to death with rocks or bricks, security and hospital sources told Reuters under condition they not be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

Nine bodies were brought to hospitals in Sadr City, a vast, poor Shi'ite neighborhood, three were brought to East Baghdad's main al-Kindi hospital and two were brought to the central morgue, medical sources said.

Six other young people, including two girls, were wounded in beatings intended as warnings, the security sources said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/10/us-iraq-emo-killings-idUSBRE8290CY20120310

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 02:12:32 pm »
I am beginning to think that picking on Emos is a bit like being an Anti-Semite. They just go for the easy target that has been picked on since forever. It is just bullying is all that it is.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2012, 02:34:21 pm »
It is even sadder when the thread title would easily be used for an Onion article.


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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 05:51:46 pm »
Maybe a little overboard, but I appreciate the sentiment. Get the hipsters next.

/sarc.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 06:23:31 pm »
Hey, don't act like you all haven't at least thought about doing the same thing.

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2012, 06:51:25 pm »
I hope you're being sarcastic. Thinking a trend is ridiculous =/= thinking about beating someone to death.

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 07:15:53 pm »
Hey, don't act like you all haven't at least thought about doing the same thing.

LOL -- I had the same thought.

But yes, totally sarcastic and definitely through a Western lens where we can make such jokes without ramifications.

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2012, 08:00:00 pm »
Now this is something to cry about.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2012, 09:50:21 pm »
Wow....

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2012, 10:22:41 pm »
Wow....

Ironbite-they really were better off under Saddam.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2012, 10:28:43 pm »
I don't want to live on this fucking black rock anymore.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2012, 10:28:55 pm »
*stones Art*

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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2012, 11:04:18 pm »
Don't get the emo hate.
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Re: Iraqi Milita Stones 14 Emo Kids to Death
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2012, 02:05:33 am »
Poor kids, is there anything more moronic in this world than wanting to kill someone over their haircut?