30 August 2005
Read the Iraqi Constitution / License Plates
here:
We the sons of Mesopotamia, land of the (messengers), prophets, resting place of the holy imams, the leaders of civilization and the creators of the alphabet, the cradle of arithmetic: on our land, the first law put in place by mankind was written; in our nation, the most noble era of justice in the politics of nations was laid down; on our soil, the followers of the prophet and the saints prayed, the philosophers and the scientists theorized and the writers and poets created.
Sounds kinda like they're bragging, no? I was thinking, when they go looking for something to put on their new license plates, they should look no further than the paragraph above. My choice would be "Iraq: The Cradle of Arithmetic", with maybe a sort of faded background picture of an abacus? Or maybe, and abacus and a calculator, to kind of show that link between the past and present?
Definitely beats "Iraq: This Car Will Explode in 20 Seconds"
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