Re: European appeasement of Islam leads to French "Intifada"


"Aidan Karley" <doIlookDAFTenoughTOpost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> In article <kYaff.580622$xm3.191803@attbi_s21>, George wrote:
>> He's beyond professional help. He's ready for a straight jacket and a
>> padded room.
>>
> I think you'll find that the term is "strait jacket" (often
> concatenated into one word), because it's used to put the patient into
> straits (same root as "constraint"?) rather than holding them "straight".
> Actually, strait jackets hold one far from straight. Compare a spinal
> splint or Neil Robertson stretcher, which actually does hold one
> straight.
> Someone has far too much time on his hands :
> http://sj.blacksteel.com/media/mental/p11.html
> "Reprobates chains and stripes : strait waistcoat answers every
> purpose ; legs, if violent, may be secured in a bag. Patient may be
> confined on his back by a girth-web across the breast; legs may be
> secured by ligatures to the foot of the bed. Amusements to be suited to
> the patient's disposition."
>
> I rather fear that we're the "amusements suited to the patient's
> disposition".
>
> --
> Aidan Karley,
> Aberdeen, Scotland,
> Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233

In that case, let's just toss him into a burlap bag and drop him off in the
outback where the dingos can be amused with him.

George<staying on the 'strait' and narrow>


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