What do you call an eight-year-old Iraqi kid with no arms, surviving family members, or unblackened

I quoted a six-word short story by Alan Moore in the prvious post. Who is Alan Moore? In my humble opinion Alan Moore and David Simon are currently the two greatest living authors on this planet.

Here is a great interview with David Simon, including this quote:

"There's two little pieces of the American myth that get sold a lot. One of them is if you're more clever than the next guy, if you build a better mousetrap, if you're slick, if you're smart, you'll succeed in this country. And I think that's true. That part of the American myth is not myth. The business climate has changed a lot and the economy has changed a lot, but that's always true. That's capitalism. The other part of the myth that I think has been proven a lie in the past 20, 25 years is that if you're not smarter than the next guy, if you're not slick or clever, but if you're willing to get up every day and work your ass off and come home and be a citizen and be committed to your family and your job and whoever you work for, there will be a place for you, and you won't be betrayed. And I think that has been proven to be a lie."

Truer words have never been spoke.

And here is a great piece (written in 2003) by Alan Moore, on the war in Iraq. Moore begins with:

"Here's a joke: What do you call an eight-year-old Iraqi kid with no arms, surviving family members, or unblackened skin below his waist?"

Click here for the punchline...