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(Some Guy) Ironic Joerg Haider, head of Austrian far-right political party, dies in car crash after trying to pass someone on the right   (dw-world.de) divider line 254
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Archie Goodwin [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 05:27:45 AM  
Crikey!

 
slackist [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 06:01:17 AM  
Archie Goodwin: Crikey!

Bravo!


/and good riddance to Haider

 
neglogon [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 06:38:57 AM  
Ok, I laughed so hard I cried
good one subby

 
ElPresidente [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 06:41:12 AM  
www.dw-world.de

Looks like all the damage came from the left.

/hope he's roasting slowly and in agony in Hell right now

 
Slaxl [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 07:06:36 AM  
Sounds suspicious to me, you don't just start worrying your political rivals by gaining more power one day, then die accidentally the next.

But then I am known for my paranoia.

 
Mr_Smartypants 2008-10-11 07:34:53 AM  
Archie Goodwin: Kreike!

(fify)

((bravo!))

 
Cyborg77 2008-10-11 07:37:22 AM  
Sometimes left is right and right is wrong.

 
neohelix 2008-10-11 07:38:19 AM  
na herst, des is ja morbid!

 
HeadbangerSmurf [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 07:39:00 AM  
So you're saying he wanted to go even farther to the right?

 
tom servo bit me 2008-10-11 07:41:26 AM  
Ever thus to fascists.

 
pup.socket 2008-10-11 07:41:40 AM  
not a bad headline.

 
JesterGirl [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 07:42:43 AM  
www.lauraknauth.com

STAY TO THE RIGHT!!

 
Hetfield 2008-10-11 07:43:40 AM  
Good one, subby.

 
TaintAndTentacles 2008-10-11 07:45:44 AM  
good riddance to bad rubbish

 
Caesar1313 2008-10-11 07:45:50 AM  
Meh

 
Loki-L 2008-10-11 07:47:40 AM  
Slaxl: Sounds suspicious to me, you don't just start worrying your political rivals by gaining more power one day, then die accidentally the next.

But then I am known for my paranoia.


I am sure that by now there must already exist dozens of conspiracy theories involving Mossad assasinations and even more out there stuff in the 'right' internet fora.

 
at80eighty [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 07:48:54 AM  
Caesar1313: Meh

s'matter? submitted this with a better headline?

 
gothelder 2008-10-11 07:50:10 AM  
So which side of the road do they drive on down there anyway?

\aside from the topside.

 
RandomExcess 2008-10-11 07:50:49 AM  
Freepers mourn the loss of one of their own.

 
specialk111 2008-10-11 07:56:10 AM  
JesterGirl: STAY TO THE RIGHT!!

Kids suck.

 
drivingsouth [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 07:56:17 AM  
Yes, a man with an opposing political viewpoint is dead. Eternal damnation is wished upon him.

/It's not human decency
//It's fark

 
atheist1295 2008-10-11 07:58:48 AM  
Slaxl: Sounds suspicious to me, you don't just start worrying your political rivals by gaining more power one day, then die accidentally the next.

But then I am known for my paranoia.


This guy was at his peak politically in the 90s...If that wasn't the case, I'd agree with you and put on my tinfoil hat.

 
PokeyMon 2008-10-11 08:01:58 AM  
If the left is right, I wanna be wrong. I need a new irony board to do my greensleeves...

 
Kazuya 2008-10-11 08:05:47 AM  
drivingsouth: Yes, a man with an opposing political viewpoint Nazi is dead. Eternal damnation is wished upon him.

/It's not human decency
//It's fark


Fixed.

 
Pinko_Commie 2008-10-11 08:13:31 AM  
gothelder: So which side of the road do they drive on down there anyway?

\aside from the topside.


On the (far) right. i.e. the wrong side, like all of you chumps outside of the Commonwealth.

 
Hetfield 2008-10-11 08:14:08 AM  
drivingsouth: Yes, a man with an opposing political viewpoint is dead. Eternal damnation is wished upon him.

/It's not human decency
//It's fark



Well said. It's always a sad thing when an avowed Holocaust denier dies.

 
JesterGirl [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 08:16:25 AM  
thumbnails.truveo.com

It's amazing, I just cannot get left! Look kids - Big Ben, Parliament.

 
WhatTheFoobies 2008-10-11 08:27:44 AM  
gothelder: So which side of the road do they drive on down there anyway?

\aside from the topside.


You know...it really isn't that hard to remember. Only the UK and Ireland drive on the left, the rest of Europe drives on the right.

Yet somehow it very common on fark to see people making claims such as most of Europe driving on the left and even confusion regarding which side Canada uses.

As for the accident...I'm going to guess he was driving recklessly. Losing control of your car while passing isn't exactly easy to do. Sabotage would more likely involve things like cutting brake lines or planting a bomb. In any case I'm sure they'll investigate the accident quite thoroughly.

 
marius2 2008-10-11 08:27:47 AM  
He was probably rushing home to put some shrimp on the barbie

/amiright?

 
coco ebert [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 08:36:08 AM  
WhatTheFoobies: gothelder: So which side of the road do they drive on down there anyway?

\aside from the topside.

You know...it really isn't that hard to remember. Only the UK and Ireland drive on the left, the rest of Europe drives on the right.

Yet somehow it very common on fark to see people making claims such as most of Europe driving on the left and even confusion regarding which side Canada uses.

As for the accident...I'm going to guess he was driving recklessly. Losing control of your car while passing isn't exactly easy to do. Sabotage would more likely involve things like cutting brake lines or planting a bomb. In any case I'm sure they'll investigate the accident quite thoroughly.


In my experience driving in Europe, people who try to pass are often reckless.

 
Greek [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 08:44:42 AM  
To all you guys who are saying we're "happy that a person with an opposing political viewpoint" is dead... this is NOT an ordinary right- winger here. Haider was a Nazi sympathizer, a historical revisionist, and a holocaust denier. He made Dick Cheney look like a hippie. It really is not a bad thing that he's gone from this world. Austrian right- wingers seem to be able to do a LOT of damage in the world.

/Hitler was Austrian
//Godwin?
///Nah... it's on topic

 
Lord Summerisle 2008-10-11 08:45:14 AM  
It would have been much funnier if he'd been severely injured and was in intensive care fot months. Imagine - he'd have to rely on all sorts of brown people and immigrants from all over the world to feed him and wipe his arse.

 
Bri_Bri_Gooch 2008-10-11 08:48:01 AM  
Pinko_Commie: On the (far) right. i.e. the wrong side, like all of you chumps outside of the Commonwealth.

What about Canada?

 
Loucifer 2008-10-11 08:49:07 AM  
Damn Austrians with their nazis and kangaroos and such.

 
Cornwell [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 08:49:44 AM  
+1 subby, I lol'd

One nazi scum less to worry about...

 
thelordofcheese 2008-10-11 08:53:51 AM  
Lord Summerisle: It would have been much funnier if he'd been severely injured and was in intensive care fot months. Imagine - he'd have to rely on all sorts of brown people and immigrants from all over the world to feed him and wipe his arse.

poplicks.com
I thought I heard negro!

 
dwalder 2008-10-11 08:58:12 AM  
I'd miss him if I thought the world needed more Nazi sympathizers.

Since I don't think that way... I'm glad he took no-one with him. The last Charismatic Austrian in Europe nearly took all of Europe.

/Fun Fun Fun on the Autobahn...

 
epoc_tnac 2008-10-11 09:00:03 AM  
Hetfield: drivingsouth: Yes, a man with an opposing political viewpoint is dead. Eternal damnation is wished upon him.

/It's not human decency
//It's fark


Well said. It's always a sad thing when an avowed Holocaust denier dies.


I chortled when I heard that he'd snuffed it, but do you have any sources that he was a holocaust denier, or did you just pull that out of your ass?

 
opiumpoopy 2008-10-11 09:01:26 AM  
Lord Summerisle: Imagine - he'd have to rely on all sorts of brown people and immigrants from all over the world to feed him and wipe his arse.

Not so much in Austria. Brown people looking for work in Europe tend to avoid Austria if they can.

Can't think why.

 
flsammyfm 2008-10-11 09:01:36 AM  
Wanna know another right-winger from Austria?

It's California's kookie Kennedy-marrying Nazi-parented freak of a Governor

(hell bent on world domination; didn't you see Terminator?)

 
opiumpoopy 2008-10-11 09:03:06 AM  
coco ebert: In my experience driving in Europe, people who try to pass are often reckless.

Depends where you go. Spain is the worst.

On the other hand, I believe they don't have a shortage of organ donors.

 
theinsultabot9000 2008-10-11 09:04:30 AM  
images.funadvice.com

that's not ironic it's just coincidental

 
TommyDeuce 2008-10-11 09:05:36 AM  
Bri_Bri_Gooch: Pinko_Commie: On the (far) right. i.e. the wrong side, like all of you chumps outside of the Commonwealth.

What about Canada?


I thought they drove down the middle?

/jk
//they're much saner then MN drivers

 
BuzzBoy 2008-10-11 09:23:14 AM  
I've driven that stretch of road. It's a pretty hairy road for a sober person in the daytime, can you imagine a drunk at 2 AM.

 
The Voice of Doom 2008-10-11 09:26:18 AM  
dwalder
The last Charismatic Austrian in Europe nearly took all of Europe.

You know who else was a charismatic Austrian and died in a car crash?
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img58.imageshack.us

 
phalaeo [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 09:28:43 AM  
Wide right?

/It was Scott Norwood, I just know it...

 
JimmyCarter'sSecondTerm 2008-10-11 09:30:43 AM  
I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand this was basically the only right wing politician in Europe who had a chance to turn the tides against a far left majority that has turned Europe into politically correct socialists.

On the other hand, I read a story the other day about these "camps" that were being setup for assylum seekers to stop them from breaking the law. When they had not been charged. When they had not even been accused of a crime. You know who else was from Austria and liked to put minorities into camps?

Oh, and Austrians drive crazy. I was staying in a little village called Mutters a few miles outside of Innsbruck. My friends and I took the train into the city but the train stops running at night so we took a cab home. The cabby floored it straight through a red light on the way out of town. When we commented that people usually stop at red ligts in America, he laughed and sped up as we raced up two lane mountain roads. Yes, he passed in the wrong lane around curves. I could not figure out if that is how they drive all the time or if he was just messing with us.

 
JesterGirl [TotalFark] 2008-10-11 09:37:54 AM  
farm3.static.flickr.com

 
sorhed 2008-10-11 09:39:13 AM  
G'night, mate!

 
thedarksyde 2008-10-11 09:39:27 AM  
Weird an Austrian citizen said I looked like him just 2 days ago. See what happens. I don't want anyone looking like me!

 
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