Posted by
Grampus on Monday, September 25, 2006 5:44:36 PM
This brief blog entry takes you through a series of negotiations over time between peacemakers and terrorists:
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of a line. A terrorist walks
up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker introduces himself.
The terrorist kills him.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker asks, "why did
you kill my friend?" The terrorist kills him and rapes his wife.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker says, "Stop
that!" The terrorist kills him, rapes his daughter and kills his wife.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker says, "I'll pay
you $1000 if you stop attacking us." The terrorist agrees to the deal,
takes the $1000, and kills him.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker appeals to the
United Nations. The United Nations says the peacemaker is at fault. The
terrorist kills him.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker now has a gun,
and threatens to use it. Other peacemakers start chanting the old 60's
whine, "Can't we all just get along?" The peacemaker hesitates. The
terrorist kills him.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker tries to
convince his peacemaker friends that the terrorists aren't going to
respond to negotiations, but they insist that if he kills the
terrorist, it'll just make the other terrorists mad. The peacemaker
reluctantly agrees to try negotiating again. The terrorist kills him,
his entire family and his neighbor's family.
A heated debate now ensues between the peacemakers who want to be
nice to the terrorists and the peacemakers who believe that there can
never be peace until the terrorists are all dead. While they are
debating, the terrorists kill 15 more peacemakers.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker asks himself,
"Which is more important: being liked by everyone, or protecting my
family?" The terrorist pulls a knife to kill the peacemaker, but the
peacemaker pulls a gun and kills the terrorist first. The United
Nations condemns the peacemaker's use of unproportional force. Many of
his peacemaker friends turn against him.
A peacemaker walks up to the left side of the line. A terrorist
walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker apologizes for
what his friend did to the other terrorist. The terrorist kills him,
his entire family and his neighbors, and threatens to destroy the city
as soon as they develop a bigger weapon.
A peacemaker refuses to meet at the line because every time a
peacemaker goes to the line the terrorist kills him. A terrorist walks
up to the right side of the line and fires rockets into the
peacemaker's town. The United Nations condemns the way the peacemaker
provoked the terrorist by refusing to come to the line and meet with
him.
Generations pass and not much changes until one day when the son of
a peacemaker decides that the old strategy simply won't work. He walks
up to the left side of the line a little early. As the terrorist
approaches the right side of the line the peacemaker shoots him.
Another terrorist approaches to replace the first, and the peacemaker
shoots him too. This scene plays out several more times. Then a
terrorist approaches carrying a white flag, but he also has weapons.
The peacemaker shoots him. A terrorist next approaches with a cease
fire resolution from the U.N. The peacemaker shoots him also. A large
group of terrorists approach and the peacemaker shoots them all and
drops a nuclear bomb on the city they came from. The peacemaker
continues killing the terrorists until the terrorists are all dead.
There is finally peace on earth and the United Nations takes the credit.
Grampus