22 Responses to TALIBAN POETRY

  1. Dysgwr_Cymraeg says:
    May 19, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    There was a young man from helmand
    whose clothes were exceedingly bland
    to spice himself bright
    (he) filled his clothes with cordite
    but thank god they shot him first!

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  2. Merlin says:
    May 19, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    I had but to listen to 3 seconds of that radio broadcaster’s upper class snooty accent and I switched off immediately. Sandal-wearing, dinner party-frequenting trendies like this would be serially raped and abused under these neanderthal barbarians and yet she wishes to review their ‘poetry’? My sympathies go out to all of those families who have lost brave servicemen and women to these vile Taliban scum. And I would like to apologise to those who’ve lost loved ones and say that we are not all like those right-on, snooty, self-absorbed BBC trendies who are more interested in the sounds of their own voices and how ‘hip’ they are than those who are risking their lives fighting tyranny.

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  3. Durotrigan says:
    May 19, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    Oh yes! I recall them eulogising this ‘worthy’ and heartfelt art on The Today Programme the other morning. At this rate, it’ll only be a matter of time before they invite some of these noble savages onto the show to perform a live cliterodectomy on a willing Sarah Montague. The sound of her voice turns my stomach enough as it is, but then again . . .

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  4. Teddy Bear says:
    May 19, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    Rana Mitter reads a new collection of poetry from the Taliban in a newly translated volume that attempts to get inside the lives of a people little understood in the West beyond the fact of them being ‘the enemy.’ Controversy has attended the publication of this volume with some saying that it conveniently forgets the fact that the Taliban are thugs who are killing British soldiers as has been the case just this week. But others say that there is no alternative to ‘know thine enemy’ and that includes their primary art form of sung and spoken poetry, often carried on mobile phones as mp3s and listened to every day.

    A wise man once said – by their deeds will you know them. I don’t need to hear their shit poetry to know who they are.

    BBC with their heads up their arses.

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    • johnnythefish says:
      May 20, 2012 at 7:57 pm

      ‘….a people little understood in the West beyond the fact of them being ‘the enemy’. Now let me see, what do I know about them….public beheadings and amputations, no education for women, women stoned to death for ‘adultery’, western music banned, (wonder where they are on Gay rights?)…. Hmm, think that will do for starters. Perhaps at Al-Beeb, they only ever listen to Al-Beeb news and current affairs (and read the Guardian, of course).

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  5. The Highland Rebel says:
    May 19, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    I’m trying to think of words rhyming with semtex, suicide bomber, jihad, beheading, kafir etc. but not having much luck.

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  6. George R says:
    May 19, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    INBBC interested in this Afghan woman poet murdered by Islamic jihadist?

    “Woman poet ‘slain for her verse’”

    ‘Jihadwatch’ (2005)

    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2005/11/woman-poet-slain-for-her-verse.html

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  7. George R says:
    May 19, 2012 at 11:30 pm

    ‘Next week, “Today” is proud to debate issues presented by an exhibition of militant Adolph Hitler’s paintings.’

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    • LondonCalling says:
      May 20, 2012 at 7:25 am

      “…poetry from the Third Reich in a newly translated volume that attempts to get inside the lives of a people little understood by the Allies beyond the fact of them being ‘the enemy.’

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  8. Demon says:
    May 20, 2012 at 2:29 am

    Mohammed who flew just by Jaffa
    Said “We must make the Infidels suffer.
    We’ll get help from the Reds
    To kill children in beds
    So let’s all cut the head off a Kaffir”

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  9. More Upset Than They Were Ment To Be... says:
    May 20, 2012 at 4:39 am

    It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!

    join up, hear the call, keep the horde from the wall!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    To serve and protect and not let the night take them all!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    To Helmand you’ll go, with mates been before to face the horde from the wall!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    But what you’re not told when taking tea with the chief, is Kaffir he calls you all!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    And after you go a call he does make with, more tea he orders not at all!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    But more IED’s to kill Kaffir’s such as these, which will grant him virgins a plenty!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    You see your mates die and you wonder why! Knowing the chief is guilty of it all!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    But the fools in Whitehall will do bugger all, to the chief and his virgins a plenty!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”
    Politicians mislead as your mates bleed to protect murderers and terrorists a plenty!
    Fight them all is the call, but what comes back from Whitehall is; “It’s not a war that you fight, but social work right!”

    I worked this up in 20min’s and was falling asleep so apologies if it’s crapper that that Taliban dross

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  10. Ian says:
    May 20, 2012 at 6:34 am

    There once was a man from Kabul
    Who thought his children were cool
    But one day he did slaughter
    His blasphemous daughter
    For saying “Daddy, what on Earth’s a school?”

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  11. Jon in Norway says:
    May 20, 2012 at 9:00 am

    The BBC, having been charged with the task of demonising The Taliban for years, creating in the minds of voters a pre-text for the UK to send its troops there (for geopolitical reasons), now it’s clear that mission was never a success, it’s the BBC’s job to get us all to think The Taliban were really OK so we never ask “why the hell did we bankrupt ourselves and send a load of our kids to die in Afghanistan to not even change Afghanistan’s “government”?”

    This is why anyone who works for the BBC is seen as a legitimate target by “terrorists” since they create the appropriate sentiment amongst the population at large to permit the government to do what they wanted.

    If the UK and its allies want control of Syria, it’s the BBC’s job to make sure the public want our troops to go in there “for humanitarian reasons” so we feel all nice and fuzzy about our lads killing people who oppose the agenda of our Foreign Office.

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  12. Guest Who says:
    May 20, 2012 at 9:49 am

    In the spirit of Wilfred Owen:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/vogonpoetry/lettergen.shtml
    I liked this component: A word that describes your mother
    For many in the Taliban, and the BBC, I’d hazard..’disappointed’
    See, it works:

    Here is your Vogon Poem from BBC Cult

    See, see the disappointed sky
    Marvel at its big red depths.
    Tell me, Helen do you
    Wonder why the Terrorist ignores you?
    Why its foobly stare
    makes you feel older.
    I can tell you, it is
    Worried by your gotitaboutright facial growth
    That looks like
    A illumination.
    What’s more, it knows
    Your integrity potting shed
    Smells of Trust.
    Everything under the big disappointed sky
    Asks why, why do you even bother?
    You only charm hypocrisys.

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  13. chrisH says:
    May 20, 2012 at 11:59 am

    White girl boozy.
    Likey likey.
    Sword a gleaming.
    Letter opener to obtain my license fee reminder.
    Talk to Shami
    Allah Akbar!
    Better than anything Tom Paulin has ever managed.
    And thankfully the BBC luvvies , arts awards and prizes can now come from sunny Kabul…well worth a planeload of `em .
    Mother Gaia would put up with the airmiles just this once
    Likey Likey…

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  14. jimbola says:
    May 20, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    What next, the Taliban Shakespeare Company at The Globe?

    I’ve never liked poetry anyway.

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  15. jonuk says:
    May 20, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    i’m sure this will be a topic on The One Show soon

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  16. dez says:
    May 21, 2012 at 12:31 am

    “Oh no! How terrible! The BBC carried a report on; ‘Should Taliban poetry be published?’. So I’m going to write a blog post about; ‘Should the BBC publish a report on whether or not Taliban poetry should be published'”.

    David Dunce strikes again!

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    • LondonCalling says:
      May 21, 2012 at 7:38 am

      A quiz for you Dez. Who is killing our soldiers daily Dez? Is it the Taliban, or is it The Taliban. This is not about balance, it is about right and wrong, something you – and the bBC – seem unsure about. Even handed between us and the enemy, but not evenhanded on matters Green or Labour. Strangely asymetrical, don’t you think?

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  17. chrisH says:
    May 21, 2012 at 9:44 am

    Welcome back Dez.
    Seems those sleep patterns are irregular again, huh?
    I don`t see myself as a David Dunce myself-certainly failing to appreciate Taliban poetry ought not to make me so.
    I resent the BBC actively seeking chamber pots to throw into the faces of the license fee payers…especially when they choose to buy the night soil of the Taliban.
    Those license fee payers will include families that risk the lives of their loved ones. Maybe not being invited to poetry slams in Kandahar is the least of their problems, but the BBC and yourself presumably think we`re not clever enough yet to value their worth.
    Maybe you could set up a poetry reading tour of the Hindu Kush…hang the airmiles just this once.
    Sarah Montague could be the face on the poster-to introduce the acts-and Mark Steel, Tom Paulin, Bonnie Greer, Vanessa Redgrave, Mark Thomas and Sir William Bragg could be the new Gang Show…imagine that!
    And I`d not believe in its veracity unless Dear Dame Polly Toynbee told me it was so…
    Keeping that lot from becoming Mecca-facing Axminster rugs could only help you get that much-needed sleep…and what a legacy for the ages.
    Each will yet be the Big Bopper of this era…you know what I like!

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