Letters to the Editor
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Bruce Sterling said this all the way back in the 20th century
In Zeitgeist, pages 220 and thereabouts in the paperback edition:
"I just got back off a pop tour through half of fuckin' Islam. [said Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, the American member of the pop group G-7] I've seen these solemn sons of bitches in their Ayatollah beards. I went eyeball to eyeball with them. I know what they mean. They are fuckin' medieval. They are a bunch of friggin' tribal morons. There's not room enough in the world for me and them. If I'm gonna be all I can be, those fuckin' losers have got to shut up shop and go."
She tossed her cigarette into the Bosphorous [the scene takes place in Istanbul]. "It's not half enough just to nuke 'em--they've got to *lose everything they believe*. I know they hate me. There's nothing they hate worse than an uppity bitch. Bein' an uppity bitch, I got myself one truly effective attack--I strip down to my scanties and *sit on their face*. Just put my butt-naked ass right into their satellite TV screen, man. Just straddle their big, beardy, Koran-quotin' lips. That scares the shit out of them. They're brave, they can give a shit about air strikes from Russia or NATO, but this"--she slapped her left buttock--"this is the one thing they know they can't survive."
"Betsy, you ever heard of a national-security pitch called 'Clash of Civilizations'?" [said Leggy Starlitz, one of G-7's promoters]
"I don't read much." She scowled. "So are you gonna help me out with my culture war here, or am I gonna have to settle your fucking hash too?"