Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Ahkmed's Rights

I don't know if this really happened, but it is interesting.

A lady wrote a lot of letters to the White House complaining about the treatment of a captive insurgent (terrorist) being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

She received back the following reply:
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20016
Dear Concerned Citizen, Thank you for your recent letter roundly criticizing our treatment of the Taliban and Al Qaeda detainees currently being held at Guantanamo bay, Cuba. Our administration takes these matters seriously and your opinion was heard loud and clear here in Washington. You'll be pleased to learn that, thanks to the concerns of citizens like yourself, we are creating a new division of the Terrorist Retraining Program, to be called the "Liberals Accept Responsibility for Killers" program, or LARK for short.
In accordance with the guidelines of this new program, we have decided to place one terrorist under your personal care. Your personal detainee has been selected and scheduled for transportation under heavily armed guard to your residence next Monday.
Ali Mohammed Ahkmed bin Mahmud (you can just call him Ahkmed) is to be cared for pursuant to the standards you personally demanded, in your letter of complaint. It will likely be necessary for you to hire some assistant caretakers. We will conduct weekly inspections to ensure that your standards of care for Ahkmed are commensurate with those you so strongly recommended in your letter.
Although Ahkmed is a sociopath and extremely violent, we hope that your sensitivity to what you described as his "attitudinal problem" will help him overcome these character flaws. Perhaps you are correct in describing these problems as mere cultural differences. We understand that you plan to offer counseling and home schooling.
Your adopted terrorist is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat and can extinguish human life with such simple items as a pencil or nail clippers. We advise that you do not ask him to demonstrate these skills at your next yoga group. He is also expert at making a wide variety of explosive devices from common household products, so you may wish to keep those items locked up, unless (in your opinion this might offend him.
Ahkmed will not wish to interact with you or your daughters (except sexually), since he views females as a subhuman form of property. This is a particularly sensitive subject for him, and he has been known to show violent tendencies around women who fail to comply with the new dress code, that he will recommend as more appropriate attire. I'm sure you will come to enjoy the anonymity offered by the burka -- over time.
Just remember that it is all part of "respecting his culture and his religious beliefs" -- wasn't that how you put it?
Thanks again for your letter. We truly appreciate it when folks like you keep us informed of the proper way to do our job. You take good care of Ahkmed - and remember...We'll be watching. Good luck!
Best wishes to all,
Gary

11 comments:

Fuckkit said...

Genius! And a bloody good idea ;)

NewYorkMoments said...

Well, I guess we all know how I feel about this subject...

badgerbob said...

fuckkit,that's a good handle.

Nym, resisting the impulse to vent and swear, is not good for one's body. You need to unleash that rage and let the rant begin.

badgerbob said...

Wax, I believe it would be a burlap bag/potato sack blend, threaded with the finest camel-intestine string, which Iraq has to offer.

Chris Wilson said...

Oh man, this was choice. Rubber meets the road here baby. Put up or shut up.

morbid misanthrope said...

What an excellent letter.

badgerbob said...

Chris, has anyone ever mentioned to you, that your picture is kind of horsey?

Morb, have you been drinking again?

morbid misanthrope said...

Badgerbob -- Again? I can't remember the last time I stopped.

wax lion -- I've never had enough alcohol to share.

badgerbob said...

Wax, Gary is he who dwells in all of us.

Or the guy I stole this from!
I'll let you decide.

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