We Don’t Need Another Zero
September 16, 2006 at 6:40 am
Radio talk show Michael Savage had another classic angry take the other day on the Arab world:
They gave us the zero. We were using clumsy Roman numerals before them. They gave us the zero. Name one invention they’ve given us since the zero. OK, they gave us the IED.
Not sure I put it that way, but I might point out that the zero has its own troubling history with America.
There’s the Japanese Kamikaze Zero plane that wrecked America’s Navy during World War II.
And the more recent Ground Zero from the current war on terror.
AlexC said,
September 16, 2006 @ 5:22 pm
Algebra too. But the question is “what since?”
The golden age of Islam is long behind us, Western Civilization has far surpassed it.
richarda said,
September 16, 2006 @ 7:09 pm
The Japanese Zero naval aircraft was a fighter, not a bomber as depicted. (The bomb shown slung under the fuselage should be shown as a fuel tank.) Its depredations were limited to our Army, Navy, and Marine airplanesn ot our warships, until late in the conflict when they were used as Kamikazes - suicide bombers (sound familiar?).
Tommy Chong said,
September 17, 2006 @ 12:18 pm
Hey Joe: you so smart, who won Second World War?
I'm Not Emeril said,
September 18, 2006 @ 8:51 am
Well, they did invent the IUD as well. I suppose you have to credit them for that.
Samuel Jackson said,
September 9, 2007 @ 1:17 am
You all are an idiot fucking bitches.
tony said,
September 10, 2008 @ 9:08 pm
you don’t understand what “ground zero” really means.
there are TWO GROUND ZERO’s in Japan which were made by America.