There are indeed many swine in Pakistan. Happily, some of them (Benazir comes to mind) are now sipping sherbet with Zia. Nawaz Sharif and Musharraf are, unfortunately, still with us. However, their day shall come.

With a nice Super-Tuscan......sorry, what were we discussing?

>"The pig was like a terrorist. We shot him down," said station chief Fayaz Tanooli.

If he was REALLY like a terrorist, they would have covertly encouraged and financed him, gotten tall stacks of green from the US to finance counter-porcine operations (which they would have diverted into their own pockets,) then protested when the pig got smoked by a Hellfire launched from a drone of unknown origin (probably Peruvian or Congolese-you know how they roll.)

Just like terrorism, pig is also home-grown in Pakistan.

Don't tell me swine are dirty animals who shouldn't be eaten.

Pork-avoiding folks: Muslims, Jews and Adventists- put away the chicken, and, in terms of eating habits, there is no nastier creature than a chicken.

I read and heard that back in the day, Iraqi Christians would hunt boar, and use the meat for food, probably during the holidays. Their Muslim neighbors were happy to permit the hunting since the wild pigs got into things and probably ate livestock. Anecdotal, but it rings true.

Ya gotta admit, that guy's cute. Of course, when he grows up . . .

Couldn't help but be reminded of Andrei Codrescu's observation: "Tourists are terrorists with cameras; terroists are tourists with guns . . ."

There is absolutely nothing wrong with criticizing your country. in fact, it's encouraged. to not do so would be submitting to fear, which conservatives want (since they don't really support free speech, just when it agrees with their views).

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