Even Snopes says it is true....sorta. Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
Oh, my, that's hilarious.
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Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I find that extremely amusing.
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Heh. Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
quote:Access Denied by SmartFilter: Forbidden, this page (http://www.snopes.com/photos/katrina/disaster.asp) is categorized as: Extreme, Tasteless/Gross.
Guess it'll have to wait 'til I get home.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*blink* Wow, your filter doesn't like Snopes?!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
ELJay, I can promise you it is worth the wait..although don't get your hopes up(down)too high(Low), it isn't any of those things.
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
rivka, I was assuming it was something specific to this page, as I've visited snopes from work before. *shrug* Dunno.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Oh, how awesome.
-pH
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Lol amusing...
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
That's awesome!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I laughed really hard at it, more because of...
Crud, I don't want to give it away.
Lets just say it would have been a riot with any number of people as the center of attention...although it is best as is, of course. Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :
A friend of mine showed me that the other day. I then showed him the picture linked to in the Frodo has Failed thread.
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Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Thought you would like it, mack... Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
snickersnort!!!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
That sounds like a gross candy bar.... Posted by VelourMan (Member # 8524) on :
Kwea, Did you say "crud" ?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
hehe....crud....
I had to, it is a family site and all, ya know...
Hell. I sounded almost as old as you saying it though, VM....
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Not on AIM, huh?
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
Oh my!
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Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
I whole heartly agree with the caption. Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Well, I am getting a little dizzy with all this rolling around in this thread. Posted by BotaLadyG (Member # 7053) on :
OH MY!!! *snort* Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
Finally, some ammo which we can use to paint Bush in an unfavorable light. It's about darn time.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
I guess hatred really is a family value, after all.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by Will B: I guess hatred really is a family value, after all.
I would call you ignorant, but I don't want to waste the time necessary to define it for you.
This would be funny no matter who was the target, Will...it could have been Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy, or any number of people...
It is more about sensationalistic TV journalism than Bush.
BTW, I don't hate him...I just have little or no respect for him. There is a difference.
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
quote:There is a difference.
Not much. They are still negative and costly to human compassion.
By the way, this is funny only if you don't know Journalism. As any half-wit journalist would know, the colons represent a type of quotation mark offset.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
So, Kwea, does name-calling serve you well in the rest of life? Or do you only practice it here?
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
That's AMAZING.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by Will B: So, Kwea, does name-calling serve you well in the rest of life? Or do you only practice it here?
Not much IRL, only in the presence of ignorant people.
I imagine you will see me do it quite a bit.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by Occasional:
quote:There is a difference.
Not much. They are still negative and costly to human compassion.
See, to be awarding respect to someone who acts in a manner I don't approve of, like GWB, is false and harmful in and of its self.
I would be fairly respectful of him if I were to meet him, due to the office he holds, but as a man I have little to no respect for him.
If I were to act in the same manner he has, repeatedly, I would be called a liar, a cheat, and I doubt I would be allowed to hold a position of responsibility in most companies...if I were hired in the first place, that is.
The largest difference between me and him, other than the fact that I have never been a drug abuser, is who our parents are...and their respective incomes, of course.
Funny, the same people who were "outraged" at Clinton smoking pot (something I don't approve of myself) voted GWB into power...well, in at least ONE of those elections they did, anyway.
quote: quote:Originally posted by Will B: So, Kwea, does name-calling serve you well in the rest of life? Or do you only practice it here?
Not much IRL, only in the presence of ignorant people.
I imagine you will see me do it quite a bit.
Wow -- I'm responsible for your name-calling! Somehow, remotely, I can turn you into a complaining-and-unpleasant-individual.
I suppose if I were as civility-challenged as you, I'd find someone else to blame it on, as well.
This explains your political philosophy better than any amount of argument could.
I guess you are not only ignorant, you are either blind of unable/unwilling to read what is actually posted.
I said I was rude on occasion to ignorant people...not that you were responsible for my actions at all. I called you ignorant (or I at least implied it)..not stupid, or a cuss word, or any type of slur at all. You do understand the difference between stupid and ignorant, right?I don't think you are particularly informed about me at all, nor do I see any reason in most of your posts to respect the level of your knowledge.
I may be wrong, and that's fine...wouldn't be the first time, won't be the last either, I am sure.
However, when I debate someone it doesn't usually consist of misrepresenting my opponents arguments, misrepresenting their intent, and making false arguments linking abortion to....well, to anything other than abortion, really .
So far that is most of what I have see from you, so pardon me for not respecting your opinion on...well, on anything we have discussed so far, to be honest.
Since you know SOOO much about me and my political views, mostly based on this thread(which once again would have been pretty funny regardless of who it happened to), please enlighten me o wise one about my political choices....since even I am not sure what they will be most of the time until right up to the elections.
Here is a freebie..I didn't vote for Bush, so don't try to blame me for any of the crap over the past 6 years or so, ok? Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Yeah Will, because I think anyone who challenges me, calling this thread hate, and implying I don't care about "family values" because I thought this was funny, is being ignorant, I am the unpleasant one. I am complaining.
Who started calling people things and slurring their value systems?
Family values...would that be snorting coke, barely passing college (where I only got in because of daddy in the first place), getting drunk all the time, skipping out on my National Guard duties (when my high school classmates are dying in Vietnam)...
Or would that be having a mother who thinks (publicly, out loud) poor people didn't have much to lose in Katrina...after all they were poor in the first place, how bad could it be? They are probably better off this way anyway, they should just stop complaining and feeling sorry for themselves....
If this is your brand of Christianity, you can keep it, and your poster child for "family values" too.
Obviously hypocrisy runs in the family as well...is THAT what you meant?
It doesn't even remotely resemble my brand of Christianity....thank God.
Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
Can I just say that I love how Kwea has gotten so completely serious about defending something that he considers to be "funny no matter who was the target". If it was just about the funny and not about the Bush hatred, Kwea clearly wouldn't have gotten so riled up. Can't stand the heat, then get out of the comedic kitchen. It's obviously not about the joke to Kwea, clearly about the vitriol against the President. The intent was malicious, which to me, makes it not so funny as sad. See, this really could have been funny coming from someone just looking at it as an ironic coincidence. What a shame.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear: Can I just say that I love how Kwea has gotten so completely serious about defending something that he considers to be "funny no matter who was the target". If it was just about the funny and not about the Bush hatred, Kwea clearly wouldn't have gotten so riled up. Can't stand the heat, then get out of the comedic kitchen. It's obviously not about the joke to Kwea, clearly about the vitriol against the President. The intent was malicious, which to me, makes it not so funny as sad. See, this really could have been funny coming from someone just looking at it as an ironic coincidence. What a shame.
Gotta love freshmen psychology 101. (I know you aren't a feshman...just makes me sad. )
I just hate people jumping in and accusing other people of crap, and the pretending to take the high road about it....I also don't like people who don't know me at all passing judgement on me...particularily when then usually get it wrong.
Not one bit of what I said was false....but I wouldn't have said any of the stuff about Bush if people had not started throwing the word hate around, and implying things about the character of anynone who DARE to think this was funny.
Grow up. Until he stated in on hate, and "family values", where did I even crack a single joke about Bush? If you start complaining about others "family values" then what makes yours off limits?
It WAS funny, and ironic.. and my original post about this mentioned it...but I deleted it because I didn't want to tip people off about the subject matter.
Lets stop pretending that you would have found this funny regardless who posted it. You would ahve been defensive and then insulted people, even if you didn't have the balls to do it directally, and then tried to take umbridge at the response....
Just like you are doing right now.
Nice try though. :
It only took me 32 posts from you to see that too. Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
If you really think that this is about growing up... I really don't want to make this a flame thing, but I have to say: It may be immature, but your post just begs for it.
Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
And believe it or not, Kwea, I actually would have found this funny coming from someone not so quite overflowing with Bush hatred. Trust me, I have plenty criticisms of the man. Oh yeah, and quit changing your last post to refine your arguments, whatever they may. It's starting to bother me.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote:Originally posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear: And believe it or not, Kwea, I actually would have found this funny coming from someone not so quite overflowing with Bush hatred. Trust me, I have plenty criticisms of the man. Oh yeah, and quit changing your last post to refine your arguments, whatever they may. It's starting to bother me.
Who the F#ck are you to tell me what to do here?
I could care less what you tell me to do.
I don't type well, so most of what I do is spellcheck, and clear up grammer. Deal...or leave, because it won't stop. It is better than posting a lot of reposts to correct it, and I have not changed the point of a single argument.
I should have ignored the Bush bait, to be honest, I agree with you on that. My actual point got lost...that the people who spend all their time talking about others "family values" should shut up and mind their own families...and business,; they don't seem to be doing a very good job in their won.
I have not psoted all that before, although I have been honest about my dislike for his policies...but a lot of the time, particularily lately, I have not bothered. It is over and done, and no one seems to care anymore, so why not let it die.
I just hate hypocrisy, particularily from those who pretend to be moraly superior.
Still was a funny photo, though. Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
I think he's probably referring to the fact that your previous post ended at "Grow up." and then had a bunch added on afterwards.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I don't care what he was refering to.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I had cut half of it...and then forgot to paste it..so I fixed it.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I was trying to avoid it
Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
Kwea, my whole point was that you should have avoided the Bush bait. I apologize if the misunderstanging was my fault. I was just trying to say let the joke be the joke and leave it at that. That's all. I probably could have said it more politely, but politeness takes all the bite out of a post. Anyways, can't we agree to disagree respectfully in the future, please? Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
looking like this.
No problem, I actually agree with you...I really did think it was funny more because the fact that Snopes reported it true....sorta....than because it was Bush.
And reacting to Will's comments the way I did just makes it look like I had another motive.
Oh well, I have been here long enough to have some sort of unneeded argument at least a few times...I guess this should take care of the next six months or so. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
quote: Anyways, can't we agree to disagree respectfully in the future, please.
Usually that is the way I prefer it.
Hell, I prefer a debate, not a slam fest, and that is what I turned it into, or at least close to that than I meant to.
If everyone agreed with me I wouldn't even come here, I would be bored. That is part of what got me though...I hate it when people try to assign their own motives, even in reverse, to me.....particularly when they don't know me. It would have been different if the scorn had been less obvious, or if I wasn't having such a hard time IRL right nor, to be honest...
All I meant to say is that people in glass houses should not be throwing rocks.
Guess I got a little sidetracked, huh? Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
Hey, I just feel special for getting into some sort of an argument with someone who's been around the 'rack for so long. No hard feelings from me. And good luck with everything IRL.
Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :
quote:Originally posted by Kwea: people in glass houses should not be throwing rocks.
I'm not cliche-savvy and I've seen this saying used more than once on this forum. I'm not familiar with it. Haha, I guess I should understand it in context, but I just wanted to be 100 percent clear on it. I tried googling for it, and I couldn't find the definition. Could someone please clarify it's meaning for me? Thanks! Posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear (Member # 8533) on :
Basically you shouldn't criticize people when you have your own problems. If someone were to throw the "rock" back, you'd be in trouble. At least that's what I think it means. Makes sense.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by ThatGuyfromFreshmanYear: Hey, I just feel special for getting into some sort of an argument with someone who's been around the 'rack for so long. No hard feelings from me. And good luck with everything IRL.
Thanks...it's not that things are going bad, just very hectic. I am moving, having MRI's doe to my back, and trying to find a place to live.....1200 miles away.
And I miss my wife, who is already down there working at Disney.
Not a big deal, but thanks anyway. Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :
Thanks for the definition, I think I understand it better now. The image that kept coming to mind was someone throwing stones from inside the glass house and breaking their own house down, so the analogy wasn't working for me. I guess that's why all my english teachers always told me to never use a cliche in essays, especially argumentative ones, since that could confuse the reader or not help support the argument at all if the reader is not familiar with it.
So it means that a person should not attack other people when they are at a low in their life because there will likely be a counterattack that the person could potentially not handle, right?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Correct. It implies that they are every bit as vuneralble to attack as the people they are complaining about, particularily when they are guilty of teh same sort of behaviors.
Hence my rant about an apparent lack of family values within the Bush family, even though most of that happened years ago.
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Yes, it's funny.
No, you shouldn't have to defend yourself for finding it funny.
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That's awesome!
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It may be immature, but your post just begs for it.
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