Thread: 'Yom Kippur riot' in Israeli city

Riots have broken out in the mixed city of Acre, reportedly triggered when an Israeli Arab man drove his car during the Yom Kippur religious holiday.

Dozens of cars and shops were damaged as hundreds of people took to the streets, Haaretz newspaper reported.

For Jews, Yom Kippur is a sombre day of fasting, during which it is considered offensive to drive in much of Israel.

The Arab man was reportedly attacked by youths who said he was making noise intentionally, Haaretz said.
The Arab man is reported to have said he was simply driving to a property he owned in the eastern part of the city.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Yom Kippur riot' in Israeli city

So, driving's out - but angry rioting is perfectly in line with the sobriety of the occasion. Religion makes a lot of sense.

I was stoned for walking with a girlfriend in Jerusalem when the sun went down on a Friday. Apparently her tits were too big and she needed to cover up. I didn't help matters. I mooned a few people but man I can run fast and so could she.

I am not sure what the point of such stories is other then any man with a beard usually smells and gets angry over allegedly religious things.

Heaven forbid I should stereotype an entire group of people however.

Originally Posted by roobarb

I was stoned for walking with a girlfriend in Jerusalem when the sun went down on a Friday. Apparently her tits were too big and she needed to cover up. I didn't help matters. I mooned a few people but man I can run fast and so could she.

I am not sure what the point of such stories is other then any man with a beard usually smells and gets angry over allegedly religious things.

Heaven forbid I should stereotype an entire group of people however.

Smelly men with beards geting angry over allegedly religious things doesn't bother me. It's when they get angry and violent that it's a problem.

What's with the preference in the Middle East for throwing stones at other people? The Haredi throw them at secular folk, the extremists amongst the settlers throw them at Palestinians, Palestinian kids throw them at Israeli tanks, and the Iranian govt thinks it's great to stone people as punishment. The only times I've known of that stones get thrown over here is when there's riots and when big rocks get thrown off freeway overpasses onto unsuspecting motorists...

There isn't many groups of people I'm willing to stereotype but religious extremists are one of them, and I don't care what religion they are. I also like spending my spare time stereotyping neo-cons. Both groups just lend themselves so easily to it