The Religious Policeman

October 3, 2005 1:25 AM

Conversation between two mothers in a Saudi supermarket: "Oh hello, haven't seen you for ages, how's little Abdullah?" "Little Abdullah? He's really big now. He went off to Iraq to be a suicide bomber. And little Mohammad?" "Same thing. No longer little either. He also went off to be a suicide bomber in Iraq." "There you go. Don't children blow up quickly these days?" After a spooky year-long hiatus, The Religious Policeman blog is back, now sticking it to the Saudi Arabian authorities from the safety of England.
posted by dydecker (13 comments total)

Old joke. Changing "Palestinian" to "Saudi" doesn't actually make it funnier.
posted by Artw at 4:12 AM on October 3, 2005

Well.. three hours without a smart-arse remark would have been a MetaFilter record. We couldn't let that happen, could we?
posted by teppic at 4:26 AM on October 3, 2005

that blog is good--the thing about the specially-picked and very rare Saudi women allowed to meet with Hughes especially.
posted by amberglow at 5:00 AM on October 3, 2005

Unfortunate choice of joke to represent a sharp, courageous site, I think. The post it comes from is interesting, though. As is the rest. What a treasure.
posted by mediareport at 5:54 AM on October 3, 2005

What mediareport said.
posted by exogenous at 6:18 AM on October 3, 2005

Well.. three hours without a smart-arse remark would have been a MetaFilter record. We couldn't let that happen, could we?

The jihadi terrorism & police tactics he mentions, Saudi Arabian or otherwise, imply a racist perspective, and scale-wise, do not come close to the havoc wrought by Eric Rudolph, a terrorist far more dangerous than the imaginary "al-Qaeda" claptrap.

/woke up late
posted by dhoyt at 6:23 AM on October 3, 2005

How true
posted by asok at 7:14 AM on October 3, 2005

huh?
posted by delmoi at 9:17 AM on October 3, 2005

Is there a racist equivalent to Godwin?
posted by Joeforking at 9:22 AM on October 3, 2005

I don't understand. Is my post somehow racist?

I linked to the site because it's one of the best blogs out there. I like it because it's irreverent, well-written, human, and offers an insider's take on the madness of life in Saudi Arabia.
posted by dydecker at 10:20 AM on October 3, 2005

I linked to the site because it's one of the best blogs out there. I like it because it's irreverent, well-written, human, and offers an insider's take on the madness of life in Saudi Arabia.

Well, you didn't pick a very good quote from the page then. The joke is like something they would make on LGF.

dhoyt's comment dosn't make any sense. I think it is supposed to be some kind of dadaesque performance peice.
posted by delmoi at 12:19 PM on October 3, 2005

Thanks for linking to this, dydecker. The guy has a really compelling voice. And he's pissed off, which is always fun....
posted by mr_roboto at 1:08 PM on October 3, 2005

I am really happy to hear this blog is back. It is very well written and provides a lot of the sort of man on the street information that one will never find in traditional news sources. I was nervous something unfortunate happened to this blogger and I am glad that my fears were unwarranted. Thanks dydecker.
posted by Falconetti at 4:54 PM on October 3, 2005