Pakistan library named 'Bin Laden' in Islamic school

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

An Islamic seminary for women in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has renamed its library after Osama Bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda chief.
SOURCE (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-27078194)

Note: Last updated 18 April 2014 at 10:37 GMT

[Skybird]

Lets think this a bit further. I could imagine a Mengele Healthcare Centre. And a Adolf Hitler Private Academy for Political Studies.

[Oberon]

Stalin had a whole city named after him, can't really top that.

[Wolferz]

They want their new library shot in the eye and dumped in the ocean?:hmmm:

[TarJak]

The US name libraries after dead presidents so whats the difference? Both are responsible for the deaths of thousands and sat in underground bunkers whilst their orders were carried out. :O: :D

[Oberon]

http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj560/Arcanechariot/apply-cold-water-to-the-burned-area.jpg

[Wolferz]

The US name libraries after dead presidents so whats the difference? Both are responsible for the deaths of thousands and sat in underground bunkers whilst their orders were carried out. :O: :D

Some are named after still living criminals.:03::D

[TarJak]

Some are named after still living criminals.:03::D

:haha:

[Nippelspanner]

Lets think this a bit further. I could imagine a Mengele Healthcare Centre. And a Adolf Hitler Private Academy for Political Studies.
Gotta admit, that made me crack! :haha:

[Cybermat47]

Facepalm.

[Jimbuna]

Stalin had a whole city named after him, can't really top that.

Not to forget Lenin.

[Oberon]

Not to forget Lenin.

True, although Lenins kill count is decidedly lower than Stalins, still pretty high though if you attribute the civil war, and the Red Terror to him, although equally you could attribute the latter to Stalin and Dzerzhinsky.
I'm always torn on Lenin, on one hand he had some good intentions, but on the other, as with most revolutionaries, once those intentions hit reality, they became not quite as good. :03:

[Platapus]

Here in DC we have the George Bush Center for Intelligence. :o:o:o:o

But it is named after the older Bush. But every time I pass that sign I get a chuckle.

[STEED]

If Toffboy here that is our PM had his way 50ft statues of him would be every where.

[Skybird]

Rumour says Kim Jong-Un wants the Unesco to declare his haircut a world cultural heritage. :88)

[Oberon]

Rumour says Kim Jong-Un wants the Unesco to declare his haircut a world cultural heritage. :88)

Speaking of which:
http://news.sky.com/story/1243853/n-korea-escalates-kim-jong-un-hair-poster-row

:har:

[Jimbuna]

I'm only sorry the poster has been taken down :nope:

[Dread Knot]

Stalin had a whole city named after him, can't really top that.

Stalin managed to top himself on many occasions. Here's a list of all the cities and towns that were named after him. Some not even in the Soviet Union. I knew dictators were egotistical, but he took the cake.


Imeni Stalina, – Sovkhoz Nomer Shest, Armenia
Oraşul Stalin, 1950–1960 – Braşov, Romania
Qyteti Stalin, 1950–1990 – Kuçovë, Albania
Stalin, 1949–1956 – Varna, Bulgaria
Stalinabad, 1929–1961 – Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Stalingrad, 1925–1961 – Volgograd, Russia
Staliniri, 1934–1961 – Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, Georgia
Stalinisi, 1931–1934 – Khashuri, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Stalino, 1924–1961 – Donetsk, Ukraine
Stalino, – Çaylı, Tartar, Azerbaijan
Stalino, – Stalino, Azerbaijan
Stalinogorsk, 1934–1961 – Novomoskovsk, Russia
Stalinogród, 1953–1956 – Katowice, Poland
Stalinsk, 1932–1961 – Novokuznetsk, Russia
Stalinstadt, 1953–1961 – Eisenhüttenstadt, East Germany
Sztálinváros, 1951–1961 – Dunaújváros, Hungary

[Dread Knot]

Interestingly, there was once a mountain in northern British Columbia named Mount Stalin to honor him as a Second World War ally, but in the 1980s Ukrainian Canadians voiced their objection to honouring a man whom they viewed as a war criminal. In 1987, the B.C. government changed it to Mount Peck, after Don Peck, a widely respected trapper, guide and outfitter from the area.

[Jimbuna]

Looks like common sense eventually sorted out a more appropriate 'pecking' order :hmmm:

[Cybermat47]

Interestingly, there was once a mountain in northern British Columbia named Mount Stalin to honor him as a Second World War ally, but in the 1980s Ukrainian Canadians voiced their objection to honouring a man whom they viewed as a war criminal. In 1987, the B.C. government changed it to Mount Peck, after Don Peck, a widely respected trapper, guide and outfitter from the area.

One would think they'd change it's nam shortly after he started pointing Nukes at them :hmmm: