Comments on: Qaddafi’s Dirty Joke on the NY Times?

By: Hafalish

Hafalish — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:37:31 +0000

NYT owner /editor and his gang are doing exactly like anyone else including the Lockerbie bombing victims’ families …..Money is good even if it belongs to the Libyan people or it is blood money !!!!

By: deguello

deguello — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:56:28 +0000

I always thought the bathroom was an appropiate place for the NYSLIMES,specifically by the toilet paper holder.

By: R Yosif

R Yosif — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:15:19 +0000

You are all including the person who shamefully reported this making much ado about nothing. It is a word coined from Israel/Palestine joined together. If Qaddafi had meant mud they would have used the proper arabic letter to end the word which is the arabic letter dtaa in his White Book where this idea is formulated he uses the letter ta which linguistically changes the meaning in arabic.

People cannot stand to see someone change , or that an actual sensible opinion is coming from someone who has been constantly villanized in the media. Instead of offering a solution to both the Israelis and Palestinians killing eachother this is what you come up with?

No reporter worth thier salt would stoop so low as write something you would normally find in a tabloid …hmm shocking indeed.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:57:29 +0000

You and your friend Yosef Ibrahim really don’t know Arabic. the word Tine (mud)when it is used as derogatory term is more in the Egyptian slang Not Arabic. I’m do fan of Qaddafi the dictator but his point is a combination of the two words (Israel) and (Palestine) Isra-Tine. The first four letters of the word Israel and the last four letters of the word Palestine. Duh. Please let Mr. Ibrahim know that he has to be careful with his comments if he wants us to take him serious.
Mixing jokes and analysis is misleading and that what happen to the writer Ms Rosett.

By: omar

omar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:41:17 +0000

Gaddafi is a primo terrorist and vampire who lives on the blood of the poor Libyans . Since he came to the power ,he employed terror and killing as an instrument of his policy. Thousands of innocent Libyans who refused to bow to him and follow his crazy ideology were killed , both inside and outside Libya. He a criminal fascist dictator who rule a small rich country like his plantation. He and his family stole all the wealth of the country and deposited in foreign banks, and he uses it for his propagand abroad. NewYork Times, is a bankrupt paper, and I wouldn’t doubt it if it got millions from Qaddafi to publish his garbage. It will publish the words of any dictator as long they pay. Qaddafi is the most hated by the Libyans, and can’t wait when his end will be like that of Saddam, Hitler, and Mousilini.

By: BILL

BILL — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:30 +0000

THE WELL KNOWN ” MAD DOG ” HAS GONE MADDER AND MADDER. GADDAFY IS A PERSON WHO IS MENTALY SICK AND ANY ONE EVEN LISTENS TO HIM IS FOR ONE REASON AND ONLY ONE REASON ” MONEY “.

By: Koco

Koco — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:19:37 +0000

Carlos and Gadaffy, you both missed the importance of simplism. You could write a book on how gaddaffy view the world. From democracy as meaning “all people being always setting on chairs” (dema-karasy) to Shakespeare being Shaki-Zobare. If they could not agree on the name how could they even agree to live toghter in peace in one country?

By: M Yousef

M Yousef — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:35:11 +0000

You have been missgided about “tine” the only meaning for it is ” mud ” or in colloqial Arabic ” clay ” ,but nt garbage or refuse as would like your readers to believe >

By: AL Chemist

AL Chemist — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:25:25 +0000

I think that both you and Youssef Ibrahim have missed the boat on this one by miles. I particularly surprised that the Arabic speaking Youssef fell in the same trap of analyzing Ghaddafi’s uttering using Western ideas. You both forgot that Ghaddafi is a certified megalomaniac who for the last forty years has been on an unrelenting quest for some colossal act or pyramid-size accomplishment to immortalize his name. Furthermore puns are not a common feature in Arabic nor do they have the entertainment value as they do in English, particularly American literature. With all that being said, I completely agree that it was wrong of the NY Times to publish Ghaddafi’s piece (of tine) as it was wrong of President Obama to send him a thank you not, encouraging him to seek an official visit to the US. Ghaddafi is still vicious tyrant and has no plans to change.

By: carlos

carlos — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:50:28 +0000

I am a native Arabic Speaker and never heard such none-sense !!
Your comments really reveal a lack of understanding of the main issue. Qadafi said in his article:” call the One State what ever you like”.. it does not have to be “Isratine” .. It just goes to show how ignorant or may be foulish you are. I would not take your friend Youssef’s advice any more if I were you. Or may be you are Jewish and afraid the current apartite racist jewish zionist state will disappear if just one state for both palestineans and jews were to be created ??? next time learn arabic or check your facts.