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Title: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: ghouck on April 28, 2009, 10:39:52 AM
This is stupid on so many levels. I mean, plainly and simply, WTF Israel, are you TRYING to make the rest of the world hate you, or just trying for an award in arrogance?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453557


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Newt on April 28, 2009, 12:46:45 PM
So...they want to change the name from "Swine flu" to "Mexican flu" since swine are unclean and it is forbidden to eat them...does it then follow that Mexicans are considered "clean" and it is 'kosher' to eat them?  :question:


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on April 28, 2009, 05:25:34 PM
You'd think anthing that gives swine a bad name is not a bad thing.
-Ed


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Rev. Powell on April 28, 2009, 07:07:07 PM
Maybe they should get together with PETA and petition to rename "swine" to "unclean kittnes": then we could call it "unclean kitten flu" and avoid offending Mexicans.


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Mr. DS on April 28, 2009, 07:19:29 PM
Perhaps they should concetrate more on keeping their hands clean and avoiding it...no matter what name it has. 


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Susan on April 28, 2009, 08:09:29 PM
crazy

The school in dallas that had kids with swine flu is 2 minutes away from my work.
Scary freaking stuff, the worst part is everyone is so indifferent. I don't think anyone is really educated on pandemics, they think we live in a modern society and we're ok. Because we live in a modern society we're not ok - more air travel, these viruses will spread quicker than ever.

Just to put things into perspective, The Spanish Influenza had a mortality of 2.5%
This swine flu so far has a mortality of 6%

suck on that awhile


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Raffine on April 28, 2009, 09:59:19 PM
I had a little bird,
Its name was Enza.
I opened the window,
And in-flu-enza.
-- Children's Skipping Rhyme, 1918



Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Psycho Circus on April 29, 2009, 02:28:47 PM
I want swine flu.

It's here in the UK now, so come an' get me!  :tongueout:


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: ghouck on April 29, 2009, 02:37:19 PM
Give me some, I want some!. . ANDREW,, , CIRCUS IS HOGGING ALL THE SWINE FLU AND WON'T SHARE. . . :teddyr:


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Psycho Circus on April 29, 2009, 02:37:51 PM
Give me some, I want some!. . ANDREW,, , CIRCUS IS HOGGING ALL THE SWINE FLU AND WON'T SHARE. . . :teddyr:

I wish  :bluesad:


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Doggett on April 29, 2009, 03:57:07 PM
Give me some, I want some!. . ANDREW,, , CIRCUS IS HOGGING ALL THE SWINE FLU AND WON'T SHARE. . . :teddyr:

There's enough swine flu for us all in Mexico  :teddyr:


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Doggett on April 29, 2009, 04:03:28 PM
This is stupid on so many levels. I mean, plainly and simply, WTF Israel, are you TRYING to make the rest of the world hate you, or just trying for an award in arrogance?

[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453557[/url]


Oh, be careful, ghouck.

There are some people out there who think that if you criticise the Israel government then you're some sort of Nazi and you're anti jewish (what's the term for that ?)

Which is nonsense of course.


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Wortcov on April 29, 2009, 06:01:46 PM
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I (don't) feel fine swine...


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: raj on April 29, 2009, 06:37:48 PM
So...they want to change the name from "Swine flu" to "Mexican flu" since swine are unclean and it is forbidden to eat them...does it then follow that Mexicans are considered "clean" and it is 'kosher' to eat them?  :question:

I call dibs on Salma Hayek!


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: flackbait on April 29, 2009, 08:27:07 PM
This is stupid on so many levels. I mean, plainly and simply, WTF Israel, are you TRYING to make the rest of the world hate you, or just trying for an award in arrogance?

[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453557[/url]


Oh, be careful, ghouck.

There are some people out there who think that if you criticise the Israel government then you're some sort of Nazi and you're anti jewish (what's the term for that ?)


Which is nonsense of course.

The term you are looking for would be Anti-semitic


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: ghouck on April 29, 2009, 10:00:52 PM
This is stupid on so many levels. I mean, plainly and simply, WTF Israel, are you TRYING to make the rest of the world hate you, or just trying for an award in arrogance?

[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453557[/url]


Oh, be careful, ghouck.

There are some people out there who think that if you criticise the Israel government then you're some sort of Nazi and you're anti jewish (what's the term for that ?)

Which is nonsense of course.


It's OK, I'm part jooish. .


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: lester1/2jr on April 30, 2009, 10:01:37 AM
I'd like to know the story of how the swine flu or mexican flu got to israel.

I don't understand their issue with the name though.  just because the disease is called swine flu doesn't mean they have to somehow eat the disease or something.


Also, there are lots of russian jews in israel who eat pork. 


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Psycho Circus on April 30, 2009, 11:15:17 AM
Basically, the whole world is aload of touchy feely hypocrites, who now hate Mexico 'cause it's making them sneeze to death.


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Doggett on April 30, 2009, 01:13:28 PM
Everyone loves evolution when it a animal...

However, when a germ evolves everyone behaves like it's the end of the world.

That's germist !
You should be ashamed of yourselves !

Germs have every right to evolve just like everything else.

...

I wonder what Paris Hilton evolved from...???


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: Jack on May 01, 2009, 07:57:06 AM
On our local news it's no longer swine flu, now it's the "H1N1 Virus".  I've been referring to it as "The disease formerly known as swine flu".


Title: Re: Israeli official urges name change for 'swine flu'
Post by: lester1/2jr on May 01, 2009, 10:38:06 AM
that looks like

Heinie virus