I had to say, when I heard about this bit of news I tuned in to the radio-- kinda wondered what happened.
Crowd Kills 2 Clerics at Shiite Shrine
However my brain kinda stopped on a dime when I heard:
Both men were then rushed by the crowd and hacked to death with swords and knives, the witnesses said.
(Before I get jumped by anybody, I just have to say how lucky I feel to live in a country where I don't have to worry about a crowd of radicals carving me up with the contents of their jackets on a moment's notice. Hubby pointed out that these kinds of things are carried for protection over there commonly.))
I have to ask-- can you imagine something like that happening in , oh, I don't know... Chicago? Who in the hell uses a sword anymore? And where does one get a nice sharp, well-balanced, ready-for-desert-combat weapon anyway? And where the hell would you hide the things-- just whip them out from under the kaftan when things got a little heated? ("Hey, psst, Abu-- you take him from behind-- just give me a minute to extricate my scimitar. Here... hold my wallet...")
