Do you know who I occasionally catch myself feeling like when arguing with the Occupy Wall Street supporters?  Tim the Enchanter, from Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail.

The scene where Tim leads Arthur and the boys to the cave of Caerbannog is one of the most timeless, classic pieces of comedy ever produced.  For the of pitiful few of you who haven’t memorized the entire movie, and the people too lazy to follow the link and watch the clip, here’s the relevant exchange, provided by IMDB.com :

Tim: There he is!

King Arthur: Where?

Tim: There!

King Arthur: What? Behind the rabbit?

Tim: It *is* the rabbit!

King Arthur: You silly sod!

Tim: What?

King Arthur: You got us all worked up!

Tim: Well, that’s no ordinary rabbit.

King Arthur: Ohh.

Tim: That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!

Sir Robin: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!

Tim: Look, that rabbit’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer!

Sir Galahad: Get stuffed!

Tim: He’ll do you up a treat, mate.

Sir Galahad: Oh, yeah?

Sir Robin: You manky Scots git!

Tim: I’m warning you!

Sir Robin: What’s he do? Nibble your bum?

Tim: He’s got huge, sharp… er… He can leap about. Look at the bones!

King Arthur: Go on, Bors. Chop his head off!

Sir Bors: Right! Silly little bleeder. One rabbit stew comin’ right up!

[after Bors is killed by the killer rabbit]

Tim: I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn’t you? Oh, it’s just a harmless little *bunny*, isn’t it?

Oh man, that’s funny just to read…

Anyway, I was thinking about a conversation I had with a liberal about the left’s vision for America, and how OWS is helping and/or hindering that dream’s fulfillment.  This took place on an Internet message board, where several people chimed in to give us their thoughts on the protests over the course of our conversation.  The whole scene gave me insight into how Tim the Enchanter must have felt…

Conservatives: There it [Marxism] is!

Liberals: Where?

Conservatives: There!

Liberals: What? Behind the innocuous system of government promising peace, happiness, and fairness for every body?

Conservatives: It *is* the innocuous system of government!

Liberals: You silly sod!

Conservatives: What?

Liberals: You got us all worked up!

Conservatives: Well, that’s no ordinary system of government.

Liberals: Ohh.

Conservatives: That’s the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered system of government you ever set eyes on!

Useful Liberal Idiot 1: You tit! I soiled my armor I was so scared!

Conservatives: Look, Marxism’s got a vicious streak a mile wide! It’s a killer!  Read up on the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cuban peasants tying themselves to drift wood before trying to float across 90 miles of shark infested waters to escape it!

Useful Liberal Idiot 2: Get stuffed!

Conservatives: It’ll do you up a treat, mate.  They always get rid of the proven revolutionaries who will upset the system after the revolution is over.

Useful Liberal Idiot 2: Oh, yeah?

Useful Liberal Idiot 1: You manky Scots git!

Conservatives: I’m warning you!

Useful Liberal Idiot 1: What’s it going to do? Nibble your bum?

Conservatives: It’s got huge, sharp… er… It can leap about, nation to nation. Look at the bones!

Liberals: Go on, OWS supporters, you’re supposed to represent the true interests of the American People and would never bring about something like the Holodomor. Chop it’s head off!

The OWS: Right! Silly little conservatives, we’ll show you we’re not really socialist radicals. One Marxist stew comin’ right up!

[after the OWS is killed by their Revolutionary leaders, like the Serednyaks were]

Conservatives: I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn’t you? Oh, it’s just a harmless little *bunny*, isn’t it?

I just really hope it doesn’t come to that.  Lots of people died right after he said the last line.

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