Neil MacFarquhar thinks this is funny

"One, from the Damascus suburb of Saqba, said it was an exercise in “Ramacracy” combining the word “democracy” with “rama,” the Arabic verb meaning “to throw things in the trash.”"  I don't get the joke and it sounds even worse in Arabic.  I get it but it is too lame.  Also, "rama" means to throw, and not necessarily to throw "in the trash", Mr.