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Old May 14th 2012, 4:06 am
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http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wor...dom-of-jordan/

check the comments. our hashemite friends seem to have grabbed the wrong end of the stick of satire!!!

unless they are double bluffing
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Originally Posted by saudiflares
http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wor...dom-of-jordan/

check the comments. our hashemite friends seem to have grabbed the wrong end of the stick of satire!!!

unless they are double bluffing
Incredible comments. Do Arabs really not get satire at all?
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Incredible comments. Do Arabs really not get satire at all?
One would automatically call it a case of cultural misunderstanding by non native English speakers but I think it goes further than that. Do any of you get the feeling that Arabs in general aren't good at tolerating humour that involves them because they think of it as an affront?
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Originally Posted by Ronnie Biggs
Incredible comments. Do Arabs really not get satire at all?
They don't get cartoons in Denmark so I imagine satire is lost of them too.

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Originally Posted by saudiflares
http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wor...dom-of-jordan/

check the comments. our hashemite friends seem to have grabbed the wrong end of the stick of satire!!!

unless they are double bluffing

The story is a giant WHOOSH over their heads.

I love the Pan-Arabian Enquirer.
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The story is a giant WHOOSH over their heads.

I love the Pan-Arabian Enquirer.
It strikes me as being pointless if it's readership are as thick as they seem to be.
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One would automatically call it a case of cultural misunderstanding by non native English speakers but I think it goes further than that. Do any of you get the feeling that Arabs in general aren't good at tolerating humour that involves them because they think of it as an affront?
Been in the region 12 years and feel that they take almost everything that doesn't involve being subservient to them, their culture and their religion as an affront. Am generalising of course - a number of exceptions exist, but not many.

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It strikes me as being pointless if it's readership are as thick as they seem to be.

Not everyone here is a moron! Plenty get it.
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There are idiots everywhere, not just some Arabs.
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There are idiots everywhere, not just some Arabs.
Absolutely. There's a whole load of people in England at the moment who actually believe Man City won the Premiership. ****ing unbelievable.
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Not everyone here is a moron! Plenty get it.
Those comments would suggest the moron community is strong on that site. How long have they been reading a satirical online newspaper and thinking it's a serious news site? Would they read "The Onion" and really think it was "America's finest news source."

Being as thick as pigshit must be so relaxing though.
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There are idiots everywhere, not just some Arabs.
Absolutely...but we're talking about Arabs not the stupidity of the whole of humanity.

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Originally Posted by Ronnie Biggs
Those comments would suggest the moron community is strong on that site. How long have they been reading a satirical online newspaper and thinking it's a serious news site? Would they read "The Onion" and really think it was "America's finest news source."

Being as thick as pigshit must be so relaxing though.

You've only got to see the comments on any online media to realise how stupid most people are and how abusive they get, even over trivial issues.
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You've only got to see the comments on any online media to realise how stupid most people are and how abusive they get, even over trivial issues.
So far, my favourite comment was "we got an an army of 160,00 men! What you got lady?" or something like that, anyway. What's Jordan ( Katie Price) got? Ummm....
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So far, my favourite comment was "we got an an army of 160,00 men! What you got lady?" or something like that, anyway. What's Jordan ( Katie Price) got? Ummm....
Whats hilarious is how despite repeated comments pointing to the satirical nature of the website, it doesn't seemed to have much effect as plenty of follow up comments still take it seriously.
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