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# making light of children being gunned down
just isn't funny for me.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:27, archived)
# Oh I see
napalm kids? w.t.c.? they're o.k. then?
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:29, archived)
# I'm here
for the kittens.
(I helped save b3ta! barnesy, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:30, archived)
# no
did i say they were?
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:30, archived)
# we live in a nanny state/culture
where everyone's wrapped up in cotton wool and told what's good/bad for them. Sometimes you need reminding that it's not all flowers and kittens, the world's a nasty place and shit happens
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:32, archived)
# it is indeed
that's why i come here, for a bit of frivolous nonsense as an antidote to all that. if i want to be reminded then i'll watch the news.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:33, archived)
# I actually agree with you a bit
frivilous nonsense is great, so's a shock to the system
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:35, archived)
# was that your intention then?
a shock to the system? or just a cheap laugh?

don't get me wrong, i'm not trying to start an argument (discussion, maybe), but it's just not the sort of thing i'm used to seeing from you.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:36, archived)
# maybes I just sometimes like to test the board's limits
and there's no doubt some folks have grinned inwardly at stuff like this, you're right in that I usually do fluffier stuff, but last week I got a f.p. for a pic showing christ on the old cross being taken down by a guy(me) with a chainsaw, some people thought that in bad taste, so where's the edge?
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:39, archived)
# he's still in U2
(I helped save b3ta! GTA, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:41, archived)
# fuck me! that's original
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:42, archived)
# fair nuff
we all have our own edges, but you can usually make a good guess as to where the majority's lie. personally i just don't see the need though, i wouldn't do a shop like that any more than i would the wtc or the vietnamese kid. just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:42, archived)
# you are a man entitled to his own opinions
and if you choose to live by your sensibilities you should be applauded, it's not my intention to get a cheap laugh or to offend but to get people thinking
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:46, archived)
# Could I get a linky
to the christ pic? I hate that fucker.
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:48, archived)
# check my profile
for J.C. on cross
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:50, archived)
# Of course - an fp.
Trying to work around the mother of all hangovers this morning...
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:57, archived)
# I think you probably have
a fair point - that's not for everybody.

But not everyone has the same radar as you - we can see humour in things that are just not funny to most people.
(I helped save b3ta! Not Pineapple anymore, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:41, archived)
# whatever.......
let's just enjoy free speech on b3ta.
(I helped save b3ta! GTA, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:42, archived)
# we are
aren't we? it's thrown up an interesting little discussion, after all.
(I helped save b3ta! zerolicious, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:44, archived)
# you're right
I grew up in Belfast at the height of the "troubles", within 20 mins of a major disaster somebody would've made a joke about it, maybe it's therapy?
(I helped save b3ta! Dill, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 14:44, archived)
# I was going to
say something about Princess Di jokes etc, which is the same.

I've seen lots of WTC gags on here, and even one or two Belsen / holocaust ones. Those fall into the same category, but we got over it.

If it was all day every day, maybe it would be a bit much. It isn't, obviously we do have enough self restraint to make this place what it is.

(I helped save b3ta! Not Pineapple anymore, Sat 2 Aug 2003, 15:07, archived)