A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Sep 20, 2010 at 4:54am
There are many aspects of this story worthy of note, but I'm really stuck on this part:
A bombing suspect who is accused of blowing up a hotel toilet in Copenhagen, along with himself, is a one-legged amateur boxer who was born in insurgency-racked Chechnya and has shown what one scholar calls "highly professional" tradecraft in concealing his identity and purpose from Danish authorities.
I would just like to say, once again, that it would be against the grain of the American spirit to conclude from this that all one-legged amateur Chechen boxers are terrorists.
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Jun '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
Yes, that would be profiling, and we all know that profiling is wrong. Besides, I have it on good authority that most one-legged, amateur, Chechen boxers are moderates.
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
I think we need to find the other one-legged, amateur Chechen boxer for a quote. I'm sure he's horrified by the disrepute this has caused to the amateur one-legged Chechen boxing scene.
A special bonus, for Francophones: "L'unijambiste." Le mot du jour.
May '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
You guys are getting all squishy. The One-Legged Amateur Boxing Federation of Chechnya has been calling for the destruction of Danish toilets for years. This was inevitable.
Jun '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
This only goes to illustrate the deep divide between East and West. If a one-legged Muslim can't appreciate the convenience of perching on a porcelain bowl over bog-squatting in the eastern fashion, what hope is there?
May '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
One does have to feel for the fellow though. The one-legged amateur boxing leagues of Chechnya are famously brutal. The experience warps their world-view. Such men are bound to take out their frustrations on European porcelain.
And after all, those Danish toilets have been asking for it for years! After all, who among us has not secretly wanted to blow-up some Danish toilets?
May '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
Shame on all of you for mocking the differently-abled like this.
May '10
Re: A One-Legged Amateur Boxer?
I suppose he could have hidden explosives in his vacant pant leg, but I hope this won't discourage female bombers from using implants instead. If James Bond films have taught us anything, it's that women and fire make a sexy combo.