Talk:Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya

I'm almost afraid to ask this, and should probably be banned for doing so, but I must know...Is the name supposed to be a reference to car bomb? -- SFH 22:50, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes.

Continent

How do we know that Carbombya is in Africa? I don't think it has any quality that would preclude it from being part of Asia Minor either. - Jackpot 04:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

In Thief in the Night, a cruise director said that it was the "small African nation of Carbombya". -- SFH 04:50, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Ah, thanks. Man, what kind of a cruise needs to tell its passengers which continent they're at? - Jackpot 05:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

The one wanting to make the jab at the real country even MORE obvious -- Ziyad 19:08, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

Is it even possible to be a "Socialist Democratic Federated Republic"? How would that work? 95.148.8.146 08:14, 20 April 2010 (EDT)

Quite possible. In fact, the United States is a "Democratic Federated Republic" and has many aspects of a socialist economy. Khajidha 10:14, 20 April 2010 (EDT)

Pretty certain it's just a satire of all countries that give themselves "full" names like that in spite of being little more than dictatorships. --Detour 10:20, 20 April 2010 (EDT)

True, but just pointing out the inherent possibility of the name. For some reason many people think that "Democratic" and "Socialist" are antithetical terms. Khajidha 10:22, 20 April 2010 (EDT)

Article name

Just wondering why the article is named Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbomya. Articles of countries are given the short name of the country (United Kingdom in contrast to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Well, except for the Chinas. Hence, the article should be simply Carbombya, with the extended name appearing in the short description in the beginning of the article. (I realize the humor effect the long article name brings, but Article Standards get first priority.) I also remember the article being simply Carbombya at some point in the past... -- Ziyad 19:08, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

In this case if I recall, it's due to Fakkadi's insistence on always using the full name.--Rosicrucian^Talk 19:21, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

And Carbombya still redirects here for those who are looking for or linking to it. -- Dark T Zeratul 21:01, 14 August 2009 (EDT)

Ah, so that's it! Is the fact that he's insitant on using the country's full name mentioned anywhere in the article(s) though? -- Ziyad 18:03, 15 August 2009 (EDT)

A point to note: We're not Wikipedia. Their standards are not binding on us. —Interrobang 02:54, 17 August 2009 (EDT)

Noted! Thank you! :) -- Ziyad 20:04, 18 August 2009 (EDT)

Casey Kasem

One thing I don't understand: Neither he nor his parents were Arabs (they were Druze) and why would a guy of Lebanese origin even give a shit about jokes aimed at Gaddafi (the ethnicity called "Middle Eastern" doesn't exist, btw)? You sure him taking offense in this stereotypical depiction of Arab dictators isn't just a pretext for leaving because of some other reason, such as wages or something else?--Arisboch (talk) 06:11, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

The general public isn't. Really vlear on those differences. Anything that put any middle eastern group up for ridicule was likely to affect all of them. There are even cases of Sikhs being targeted because people thought they were Arab or Muslim. --Khajidha (talk) 06:28, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

So he was apparently OK with being pigeonholed into the Western fictional ethnicity called "Middle Eastern" because of jokes about Gaddafi? How ironic.--Arisboch (talk) 10:40, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

You are not making any sense. Go read the article in the link. Mr. Kasem explained the problem very well there. --Khajidha (talk) 10:56, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

This article isn't about why he left the Transformers.--Arisboch (talk) 11:43, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

Do you not see the link at the bottom of the page? "A few years ago, I was doing one of the voices in the TV cartoon series, Transformers. One week, the script featured an evil character named Abdul, King of Carbombya. He was like all the other cartoon Arabs. I asked the director, 'Are there any good Arabs in this script for balance?' We looked. There was one other — but he was no different than Abdul. So, I told the show’s director that, in good conscience, I couldn't be a part of that show." Escargon (talk) 11:48, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

Still looks too much like grandstanding, just like the rest of the article.--Arisboch (talk) 12:03, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

Closes eyes, rubs temples with fingertips for several minutes --M Sipher (talk) 07:45, 20 June 2018 (EDT)

?--Arisboch (talk) 10:40, 20 June 2018 (EDT)