Pat Oliphant for April 16, 2003
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Transcript:
Iraqi scribe: Look at this - I seem to have invented the first known form of writing! It will become a national cultural treasure. Crowd of Iraqi men and women: Why would you do that? It'll probably end up in some museum and be destroyed by looters. Can you write 'Mesopotamia for Mesopotamians'? Write 'Democracy Shemocracy.' Or 'Death to all the Shiites'. Or 'American invaders go home.' Punk: You may be the last Arab to have invented anything. Characters: Except for the concept of zero. And the camel saddle. Ancient Iraqis
