At least forty years ago the kids would come home from school with the news that there was a child in school named “Assaf Lotz. ”  We all would have a good laugh  – because it means “farted.” A little dirty grammar school humor.  

Now we’ve played it on the Iranians.  Their fake news that a Mossad commander had been killed led to a twitter that the real name of the commander was Asa Flotz.  And that led to jokes all over the web, and finally articles like here.  

We sat around at dinner laughing at the name, but I suddenly felt uncomfortable.  They’re not taking this as a joke, are they.  They have been humiliated and I don’t think that’s a good way to treat someone who wants to kill you.