[quote]stockzy wrote:
Being insensitive does not make you humerous.
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ding! ding! We have a winner!
The way I see it, it’s a question of decency. Can you dress up like Steve Urwin? Sure. You’ll get a few laughs. Is it humerous to make a mockery of people that are killed in tragic circumstances? You be the judge. Hey, whatever gets you a few laughs.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
I know a few people that were Steve Irwin. Another person was the stingray. Being offensive is humorous…get a fuckin sense of humor.
I’ve been watching Bill Maher as long as I can remember, both on ABC and now HBO, and he always struck me as one of the most intelligent pundits out there, and the only one that is really willing to be “politically incorrect”. I say more power to him in whatever he does.[/quote]
You all know I love offensive humor, however there is a difference between some idiot dressing up at the local bar and Maher who is on a national stage, not satiring anything but irony, and where Steve’s family would be witness to it. Tasteless.
I think he is funny not that I agree with all the stuff he says… then again Im a bad person
I would probably laugh if someone I knew did it at a small party or something. But to do it from Bill’s position on TV and all is really bad cause you know his family will see it.
I would laugh at a small private halloween party but I would not want to remind or rub it in to his family if that makes any sense.
I’ve never found him to be particularly intelligent. He confuses being a smartass with being smart.
I still remember when Ted Nugent made him look like a dumbass. It was priceless.
[quote]tom63 wrote:
I’ve never found him to be particularly intelligent. He confuses being a smartass with being smart.
I still remember when Ted Nugent made him look like a dumbass. It was priceless.[/quote]
Ted Nugent is the most bullshit full fucktarded hypocrite around. I doubt he made Maher look like a dumbass.
[quote]Scrappy wrote:
I would probably laugh if someone I knew did it at a small party or something. But to do it from Bill’s position on TV and all is really bad cause you know his family will see it.
I would laugh at a small private halloween party but I would not want to remind or rub it in to his family if that makes any sense.[/quote]
I can hear that.
[quote]tom63 wrote:
I’ve never found him to be particularly intelligent. He confuses being a smartass with being smart.
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Agree.
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I still remember when Ted Nugent made him look like a dumbass. It was priceless.[/quote]
I wish I saw it. Nugent is awesome.
i like bill maher.
i liked steve irwin.
i thought maher looked like a freaking cocksmack wearing that costume and if he did that at my party i would’ve headlocked him and stuck that stingray barb up his nose all the while doing the worst crocodile hunter impression you can imagine. " croiky ! look at this beauty! "
whatever, i still like maher’s show.
and ted nugent rules. i’d like nothing better than to sit around a fire with him and enjoy some sacred flesh from the renewable herbivores of god’s pantry.
[quote]Scrappy wrote:
I would probably laugh if someone I knew did it at a small party or something. But to do it from Bill’s position on TV and all is really bad cause you know his family will see it.
I would laugh at a small private halloween party but I would not want to remind or rub it in to his family if that makes any sense.[/quote]
How does that make it any better?
I am seeing a lot of people who find this tasteless and horrible, are saying they would get a laugh out of it at a party or some where, where the family of Irwin potentially would not see it.
I guess its ok to through around sexist or racial comments, as long as said persons are not there, then it’s completely ok, seems cowardly to me.
I have been a big fan of Maher, I think he is extremely intelligent and his views come from a place or realism, that I have yet to see in other people. The only things I disagree with him on are animal rights et cetera. But I have to say I don’t see the point of teasing someone like Irwin who by most accounts was a great guy anyhow.
I also don’t understand the “too soon” argument, what a fallacy. It’s ok to tease it once the people that said tragic event effected are either dead or too old to remember correctly, then it’s ok, hahaha we humans are masters of self-propagated bullshit.
So in ten years when most people have “forgotten”, it will then be not as bad to make a pun…yeah…Hmmm been 5 years since 9/11 I guess its safe to start with light hearted jokes, in 5 more years we can get raunchy.
By the way I am not against free expression, everyone will do it regardless of any law or morality/ethics. I just don’t understand why people can’t be honest, if you find it funny ok if not ok.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
solarflame wrote:
Being offensive is humorous…That’s Fecking stupid! So was his choice of costume. Fecking stupid. Those other people you saw wearing those costumes…Fecking stupid too!
Know what’s stupid? Saying, “fecking”. It’s “fucking”.[/quote]
Nothing gets by you does it? You know what’s “Fecking”? You being stupid!
Bill Maher is funny as shit but he used to be a lot funnier than he is now. I loved Steve Irwin so I can go either way on this one. To display this on a national stage, a bit too soon for me.
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How many of these people say this shit is funny who berated phatshady with that crippled kid in that ridin’ dirty pic?
[quote]allNatural wrote:
How many of these people say this shit is funny who berated phatshady with that crippled kid in that ridin’ dirty pic?[/quote]
Quite ironic, eh.
I think I joined the bandgwagon on that also.
[quote]allNatural wrote:
How many of these people say this shit is funny who berated phatshady with that crippled kid in that ridin’ dirty pic?[/quote]
This is far more obnoxious than what phatshady did.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
tom63 wrote:
I’ve never found him to be particularly intelligent. He confuses being a smartass with being smart.
I still remember when Ted Nugent made him look like a dumbass. It was priceless.
Ted Nugent is the most bullshit full fucktarded hypocrite around. I doubt he made Maher look like a dumbass.
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Oh yes he did. Shortly after the Killien, Texas shooting, politically incorrect was debating on the concealed carry permit idea. Maher went on and on abouthow would you know who the bad guy was.
Nugent pointed out that when someone drives a truck through the window and comes out shooting is a good sign, Bill.
He didn’t know what to say.
I stand on him being a dumbass.
Now that I think about phadyshady’s thread he actually invited us to flame him and we took him up on it.
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
allNatural wrote:
How many of these people say this shit is funny who berated phatshady with that crippled kid in that ridin’ dirty pic?
This is far more obnoxious than what phatshady did.[/quote]
No, it isn’t.
Phat-whatever was making fun of a crippled kid.
Bill Maher was making fun of a guy who spent his life bothering wild animals for the camera and then got killed by one.
No comparison.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
PGA wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
I know a few people that were Steve Irwin. Another person was the stingray. Being offensive is humorous…get a fuckin sense of humor.
I’ve been watching Bill Maher as long as I can remember, both on ABC and now HBO, and he always struck me as one of the most intelligent pundits out there, and the only one that is really willing to be “politically incorrect”. I say more power to him in whatever he does.
He’s a douche that craves publicity more than Paris Hilton.
That being said, have you seen the women this douche dates? Christ, I guess it pays to be an attention craving whorebag.
He’s a celebrity. Of course he craves attention. Everybody craves attention.
But he’s fucking smart, whether you like him or not. Aside from his agreing with the Iraq War initially, I’ve agreed with nearly everything he says.
Women dig ballsy guys. He’s a ballsy guy[/quote]
BALLSY? Bill Maher is your definition of BALLSY? He’s a whining little pussy who does nothing but carp about everything that HE personally does not agree with: Religion. War. Republicans. Good Entertainment.
He is the LEAST ballsy guy out there. He’s surrounded by an adoring audience that would boo Mother Teresa if she dared disagree with Bill. He’s surrounds himself with guests who agree with his point of view so they can all gang up on whatever right-wing FOOL agreed to go on his show.
BALLSY?
Bill Maher is not smart and he’s not edgy and he’s definately NOT politcially astute. He’s not real bright and he’s offensive and he’s jumping on the safest, most profitable bandwagon out there: The Hate Bush Bandwagon. They Bush Haters are consumers, man. And they’ll consume all the anti-Bush shit like manna.
One thing I got from his show is that he does - in fact - hate America. It’s laughable to hear him try to tell he doesn’t hate America while at the same time tell you that we had it (9/11) coming.
He’s out there leading the ‘Why do they hate us?’ charge. Instead of asking the obvious question: “Why do these crazy Arab fucks kill everyone who doesn’t agree with them?” He subscribes - 100% - to the Howard Zinn school of American History.
Yeah. He’s real fucking BRIGHT! Fucking BRILLIANT!