TK421 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 This morning I was thinking about the Dune books.. as I do many times! Emperor Shaddam IV - BushDune - IraqSpice - Oil It was quite funny to see that Frank Herbert could see in the future what was going to happen with the oil, but called it Spice Z'anthr saves the world. Sorry about the mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Nice analogy. Really depends on your opinions on this war as to whether you'd agree with it or not, but nice nonetheless. Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinochick Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Nice. I can kind of see what you mean. Sweet analogy! You think to much http://www.dinochick.com/dc_saber_banner_02.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 *cough* I'm baaack *cough* Well as some of you might've already deducted from the recent boom in the stock-market exchange for handkerchiefs, I had a flu again. Or maybe I just didn't get rid of that last one three weeks ago Well, but as I sat in the waiting room of my doc I read the latest issue of a respectable news mag, I saw that some of Saddam's most loyal toops were called Fedajin or so. Well, I still think, that these will be neither as effective or as loyal as Muaddib's Fedaykin But when I last read the first Dune book on my vacation in Tunesia I found various parallels to the language there. For example market was called suk in Dune and souk in Tunesia. Herbert must've studied this region extensively when he wrote these books, cause he captured so much of it. So I guess it relates more to the language and culture, than the actual strings of fate. Btw, Tk I think oil is missing the awareness-enhancing effects of spice, or did you find some last supply of leaded gas ? http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK421 Posted March 29, 2003 Author Share Posted March 29, 2003 Hehe Hi just recently heard that Fedajin name too. And this Jihad shit.. wow it's all in the mix. But the analogy of Spice and Oil, the most important link is that 'spice/oil is vital to the Spacing Guild and its navigators'. Without the spice, our cars won't move a centimeter! By the way, I heard an Iraq joke on the radio, most of the are not funny but this one was, and I'll try to translate it in english (some jokes from dutch people are not funny to others somehow ) ----- An ambassador from the Middle East living in the States, meets George Bush. They talk some together, and finally the ambassador likes to ask Bush a question. The ambassadors son is a huge fan of Star Trek. But this little boy is always wondering why he sees typical americans, and russians, and asian people, but never, NEVER arabian people. And since the makers of Star Trek are americans, he thinks that Bush can explain this. Bush nods, bows forward to the ambassadors ear, and whispers: 'Star Trek is playing in the future...' Z'anthr saves the world. Sorry about the mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinochick Posted March 29, 2003 Share Posted March 29, 2003 TK421 - thats a really funny joke, not very nice mind you , but funny http://www.dinochick.com/dc_saber_banner_02.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK421 Posted March 30, 2003 Author Share Posted March 30, 2003 Thank you. Well, perhaps we shouldn't be pessimistic because of this war, should we? Everything will be allright Another thing about the Spice, I mean, Oil, is that it is addictive. Take a look at America, where fuel for cars cost only a fraction of what it costs in Europe. So take your big american car and drive arround with it, at a using rate of 1 to 5, compared with european 1 to 14 Z'anthr saves the world. Sorry about the mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I've seen that joke before, although it was about Muslims, not Arabians. I'm not sure which is more distastefull, but i just take it in the spirit its in. Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mask Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Well that wish of stirring up a Jihad will remain .... wishful thinking on Saddam's part. Remeber Bin Laden also called every Muslim to a Jihad against the US and all their allies. Geez, were we busy fighting that holy war now, weren't we ? That's just the thing with tyrants, they try to use religion as a means to an end. Hmmm, actually that relates to Dune as well, also to the use of the dark side (I'm just reading Darth Maul: Shadow hunter again) Also, I'd drive around more with my car as well, if the gas would only cost a fraction of what it does in Germany and if I had the time http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5183/animated9pn.gifhttp://img146.imageshack.us/img146/1778/reloadedbannerdu8.gifhttp://www.swrebellion.com/images/banners/rebellionbanner02or6.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElvisMiggell Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I thought fuel was more expensive here? Elvismiggell. Strike me down and i will become more powerful than you can ever imagine... Nu kyr'adyc, shi taab'echaaj'la Not gone, merely marching far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I don't really know, although it's expensive enough in Europe, allright! Tjough I guess that's comprehensible if you consider that it is fossil fule and that it's a finite supply. With that in mind, I thik we can safely say that prices will continue to go up in the long run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trejiuvanat Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I guess oil is much more expensive here in Costa Rica. We ahve to buy it already refined, and most of it comes from Venezuela(there'e crisis there agasint Chávez) and Mexico. http://www.swrebellion.com/~jahled/Trej/banner.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK421 Posted April 6, 2003 Author Share Posted April 6, 2003 And this has learned us an important lesson: You shouldn't live in Costa Rica Z'anthr saves the world. Sorry about the mess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scathane Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 Nonsense! I'd be glad to spend my holidays there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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