1/7/2006: Robot camel jockey

Undertoad · 01-07-2006, 11:45 AM

This one has sat in my IotD queue for literally months. But it's IotD-worthy so I'm not sure why - I just overlooked it for a while. :P Anyway --

Most countries have horse racing; some have dog racing; and here, in Qatar, they have camel racing.

Like horse racing, the camels bearing lighter jockeys have an advantage, and so they have always used young boys for the job. But there is controversy over the horrible trafficking of such children in Qatar. (Note that Michael Jackson has now moved to Bahrain, not Qatar...)

And so, since they are as rich as rich can be, they are simply switching over to using robots as jockeys.

richlevy · 01-07-2006, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

And so, since they are as rich as rich can be

And yet, I have still not seen the money.

Griff · 01-07-2006, 01:16 PM

That can't touch a Predator with hellfire missles.

wolf · 01-07-2006, 01:18 PM

But if the robot wins, it can't warm the Sultan's bed for the night as well as the boy.

I don't think this will catch on, I really don't.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-07-2006, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

But if the robot wins, it can't warm the Sultan's bed for the night as well as the boy.

I don't think this will catch on, I really don't.

Pshaw, where do you think all those unemployed jockeys will be earning their daily bread, if not in the Sultans boudoir.

Kitsune · 01-09-2006, 11:58 AM

Who knew the racial slur really existed? Next up: automatic cheese-eating frogs.

capnhowdy · 01-09-2006, 12:49 PM

According to this the robots may help free child slaves.

If the robots do replace the children, they will most likely still use child slaves to shovel the camel shit. Maybe they already have robots to do this...... dunno....

Troubleshooter · 01-09-2006, 01:06 PM

And it's no wonder they traffic in little boys...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...stan.honor.ap/

"MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor"..."

capnhowdy · 01-09-2006, 05:28 PM

These people are nuckin futs.
Not the nation as a whole, but THESE PEOPLE...I'm just saying.

01-07-2006, 11:45 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/7/2006: Robot camel jockey This one has sat in my IotD queue for literally months. But it's IotD-worthy so I'm not sure why - I just overlooked it for a while. :P Anyway -- Most countries have horse racing; some have dog racing; and here, in Qatar, they have camel racing. Like horse racing, the camels bearing lighter jockeys have an advantage, and so they have always used young boys for the job. But there is controversy over the horrible trafficking of such children in Qatar. (Note that Michael Jackson has now moved to Bahrain, not Qatar...) And so, since they are as rich as rich can be, they are simply switching over to using robots as jockeys.

01-07-2006, 01:16 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That can't touch a Predator with hellfire missles. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-07-2006, 01:18 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	But if the robot wins, it can't warm the Sultan's bed for the night as well as the boy. I don't think this will catch on, I really don't. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-09-2006, 12:49 PM	#7
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	According to this the robots may help free child slaves. If the robots do replace the children, they will most likely still use child slaves to shovel the camel shit. Maybe they already have robots to do this...... dunno.... __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-09-2006, 01:06 PM	#8
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	And it's no wonder they traffic in little boys... http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapc...stan.honor.ap/ "MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Nazir Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family's "honor"..." __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

01-09-2006, 11:58 AM	#6
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Who knew the racial slur really existed? Next up: automatic cheese-eating frogs.

01-09-2006, 05:28 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	These people are nuckin futs. Not the nation as a whole, but THESE PEOPLE...I'm just saying. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

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