Some of you need to lighten up, here.

highhopes on March 18, 2008 at 10:18 AM

Lighten up = let the opposition win.

All too often, anyway. The cultural field has been surrendered to the left, some people just aren’t comfortable enough with that to “lie back and enjoy it.”

You have to understand the context. The Onion a satire site with a decidedly liberal anti-Iraq and anti-military bias. This wasn’t close to being the worst slam they have done on the military and the war.

With that in mind, this was humorous. Not ROTFLMAO funny but good for a chuckle for any of us that have had to endure take your daughter to work days at the office(complete with outrage that somebody would bring their son to a day set aside to teach little girls that men are pigs and that women can do anything they want without the help of men).

Still-A-Neocon

Or maybe I’m just sick of their crap. Who knows.

Merovign on March 18, 2008 at 1:37 AM

Precisely!

Also it was funny because ours isn’t a culture like some middle east countries who have no qualms about sending their kids to war.

Here’s a story about one of those middles east countries who commemorates a 10 year old as one of its fallen war heroes:

ynet.co.il/english/articles/0,7340,L-3445181,00.html

And a report on child recruitment from that same middle east country:

iansa.org/regions/nafrica/documents/child_recruitment_israel_en2004.pdf

It’s not just children. That middle east country also recruits mentally challenged citizens:

haaretz.com/hasen/spages/962337.html

Middle eastern countries are barbaric.

It’s 10:00 do you know where your parents are?

It was to the effect that in movies, uniforms must be altered else the actor is wearing a uniform of the federal government.Is this true and illegal?

Not true. It’s illegal for civilians to walk around in military uniform. It’s an urban legend that uniforms in movies have to be “out of uniform.”

Just a comment and question. I recently read something about Full Metal Jacket concerning the uniforms not being exactly correct. It was to the effect that in movies, uniforms must be altered else the actor is wearing a uniform of the federal government.

Is this true and illegal? If so, did anyone recognize anything in the uniforms to alter them from official military uniforms?

You actually thought it was funny to put a strike-through through my name and replace it with “Moronic Man.” Now, that’s comedy!

Funny no, however I used it to show the difference in the styles of humor.

I agree it was a cheap shot an not one I would normally have taken except in this case I did it to prove a point.

In short it was a deliberate attempt at tasteless humor.

Going back to the onion article…

Why should I find that funny and not tasteless?

The Onion USED to be funny, but that mostly ended before they went video. They used to be “equal opportunity” and now they have a pronounced slant.

If it wasn’t for that context, this might have been more funny. I did laugh at the “saw a leg” part, but it was a sardonic laugh. I wanted it to be funny, but between the bad FX and the context, it just wasn’t.

Maybe the fact that I don’t watch TV (regularly) makes me more sensitive to the messages that I’d otherwise be bombarded with. I do seem to find constant lefty mock-mock slightly less funny than others do.

Or maybe I’m just sick of their crap. Who knows.

Instead of telling all of us offended to get a sense a humor, perhaps you should review what is tasteful and distasteful humor.

Not that I mean to offend you or anything.

Well, I’m not going to “review what is tasteful and distasteful in humour”. But, I will say that there is room for tastelessness in humour. Plenty of it. Quite often tastelessness is what makes something funny.

That being said, I don’t believe the Onion video is tasteless. It’s using the guise of a real news story to draw humour out of an absurd premise (taking your daughter to war) based on a reference we’re all familiar with (taking your son or daughter to work). We all know Iraq is serious business. That’s what makes the bit funny.

Although I can see how you would miss that. You actually thought it was funny to put a strike-through through my name and replace it with “Moronic Man.” Now, that’s comedy!

What?

I don’t mean to offend, but some of you people need to get a sense of humour. Just because a comedy bit does not re-affirm all of your deepest held political beliefs does not mean it’s not funny.

Humour is to be found everywhere. And the bit is hilarious.

Harmonic Mean Moronic Man on March 18, 2008 at 12:10 AM

Instead of telling all of us offended to get a sense a humor, perhaps you should review what is tasteful and distasteful humor.

Not that I mean to offend you or anything.

/sarc

Humour is to be found everywhere. And the bit is hilarious.

How about a nice knock-knock joke for all you humourless bee-otches. Oofah.

PeteRR on March 17, 2008 at 10:33 PM

Knock-Knock: Who’s there?

PeteRR….

PeteRR who?

PeteRR, As*-Clown, that’s who!

HA, yeah, that works for me……… Thanks!

That is just wrong. Our service men and women fight so that their children and everybody’s children will never have to experience the horrors of war. The Iraqi children who have experienced it I am sure will not find this funny. This is just in poor taste all the way around.

Just A Grunt on March 17, 2008 at 10:07 PM

Exactly,

Was in very poor taste.

If you want funny pictures about little girls in Iraq then just go to Yon’s front page. I hear that one is very funny.

/sarc

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