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Funniest Terri Schiavo page I've seen thus far
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Ninja Scooter
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:lol
WTF?
WTF?
xabre said:
That's funny, I don't see anywhere in his post where Oli says 'You people have no class and decency for letting TS die'. Save your diatribe for someone who actually thinks that. I'm not religious, and I don't care, but it is classless and base to poke fun at the dead and dying.
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olimario said:
The funny thing is, the same people who think its sick and twisted to starve her to death are the same people who would be raising a shitstorm if she was euthanized via injection a la Kevorkian etc.
No, obviously you do not understand. This is meant to satirize, albeit not so tastefully, almost exactly what it is you claim to have a problem with-- the exploitation of Schiavo. Only instead of for the sake of comedy, for political gain. No, it's not classy. But Maddox's stuff is the antithesis of classiness. If you have a problem with a lack of class or decency people have over this issue and a lack of respect for it being a personal, family matter, did you ever complain about how right-wingers were disgustingly exploiting the matter?olimario said:
This Maddox page is "poking fun at" the way people were exploiting Terri Schiavo much more than Terri Schiavo's death itself. Hell, he could have made this even if she hadn't died.
Ned Flanders
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What about it Oli? You agreed that it was inhumane to starve her to death..does that equate to support for some form of euthanizing PVS patients who chose not to remain on a feeding tube? Which is it?
demon said:
Hell, dude, I don't need to pull out the Webster's to have an opinion that satirization of pain, political aggrandizement and expolitation, and the general media frenzy on slow death is classless and just really low. I'd like to think that the majority of you guys wouldn't find something like this funny. I guess it's just comedy gold. I don7t happen to like that brand of comedy.
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olimario said:
Fuck yeah cause you know about class right? how's that psp that you pimped your girlfriend for working out? That shiavo shit should be mocked it was a horrible joke that should have been left to run it's course when she originally died.
I give the maddox thing a great big :lol
If you notice on that page most of the mocking was directed at the retard supporters of the Organ cube that idiots like to call Terri. And who gives a shit if she died by dynamite, her mind had been braindead for ages anyway.
I was just raised to question why I do things. I've analyzed it and realized a few things. I don't pull punches when I'm saying things about living people who get offended, so why should I worry about it in regards to the dead? Are my words hurting HER, or are they hurting the people who think that they're hurting her? Because if I found out that my words were hurting her, I'd cease and desist immediately. But if they hurt the people who think they're offensive... well... I don't really care. It may seem cold but at least I'm consistent, in life AND death.
I also think a problem is that people think that those who say an off-color joke are inherently disrespectful of the person/group they make it about. If I think a racial joke is funny, I'm going to laugh. If I think a joke about the dead is funny, I'm going to laugh. This doesn't mean I disrespect these people. As a matter of fact, I think that Terri Schiavo accomplished more to effect society in her PVS than in 'life', as she's acting as a catalyst to hopefully get all of society to question how they feel about issues: something that is done hardly ever in this day and age where there's always a million tv personalities who have no problem telling you exactly what to think about everything else.
I also think a problem is that people think that those who say an off-color joke are inherently disrespectful of the person/group they make it about. If I think a racial joke is funny, I'm going to laugh. If I think a joke about the dead is funny, I'm going to laugh. This doesn't mean I disrespect these people. As a matter of fact, I think that Terri Schiavo accomplished more to effect society in her PVS than in 'life', as she's acting as a catalyst to hopefully get all of society to question how they feel about issues: something that is done hardly ever in this day and age where there's always a million tv personalities who have no problem telling you exactly what to think about everything else.
Olimario are you a fucking idiot?
I say this because I TOTALLY agree with your first statement...but then you say "Maddox has it terribly wrong."
The maddox page wasn't making fun of her, but rather the people who invested so much time and energy into her.
The other site I find disgusting, and I agree with you. Of course, they aren't hurting anyone, but IMO they are hurting themselves.
I say this because I TOTALLY agree with your first statement...but then you say "Maddox has it terribly wrong."
The maddox page wasn't making fun of her, but rather the people who invested so much time and energy into her.
The other site I find disgusting, and I agree with you. Of course, they aren't hurting anyone, but IMO they are hurting themselves.
Yeah, pretty much. Just because South Park was more politically correct about it doesn't make it funnier. This was IMO a much funnier parody of the way people exploited her problem and pretended to sympathize with her.olimario said:
Like I said, this really had little to do with her death--with a little bit of tweaking it could have been made before her death or not mention her death at all and it still would have worked.
And by the way, what is so inhumane about starving a braindead vegetable? Starvation is generally considered inhumane because it causes suffering. Did she suffer? I mean, really, I'm asking. Did she? If she did not suffer, then it wouldn't matter if she died by needle, starvation, or being burned alive, really.
Again, not about her death. To me, the way she was exploited is a much bigger issue--hell, THE issue--than her situation and her death. There's really no way around using Terri Schiavo herself in making fun of the people who "invested so much emotion" into her.
well, I'm sure you don't know, as I didn't.. but to inform you, starvation is far and away the most humane way to go. you feel no pain. you don't get sick. your body doesn't even shut down while you are still conscious. and for the record, she more than likely died of dehydration, not starvation. the feeding tube was the media darling, but your body will dehydrate long before it starves.olimario said:
essentially what happens is that your you slowly lose consciousness from dehydration. after you lose consciousness your body slips into a coma. after you are in a coma, your organs start to shut down and you pass.
truthfully, dying from dehydration is about the most peaceful way you can die. you essentially die in your sleep and never feel a thing. it is actually how most terminal and ederly patients commit suicide.
robertsan21
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i think it was wrong to kill her by starvation, that torture!
kill her by an injection!
i cant stop laughing at these people on these sites, they pull of some amazing schiavo faces, but i feel so bad after i have laughed
they should not make fun of people who are braindead.
kill her by an injection!
i cant stop laughing at these people on these sites, they pull of some amazing schiavo faces, but i feel so bad after i have laughed
they should not make fun of people who are braindead.
1) Humor is one way in which people deal with serious situations. Yes, some of it can be quite tasteless, and in particular, I think Maddox is a fucking jackass. But humor is subjective...so how can you make a blanket statement about ALL jokes about dead/dying people being a bad thing?
2) As far as the Schiavo case goes, there were obviously some serious issues on the table. However, there was just as much sheer ridiculousness surrounding the case and its media coverage, and frankly, there are a lot of people who DESERVE to have fun poked at them.
3) For the last fucking time, since some of you just don't get it: TERRI SCHIAVO DID NOT SUFFER. She had NO higher brain function, so all of this nonsense about how awful it was for her to dehydrate to death is just stupid. She "felt" about as much panic as a houseplant would if you stopped watering it. It was her wish, as affirmed by multiple courts, and projecting your own feelings onto her -- "if I were starving to death, I'd be so scared and miserable!" -- is ridiculous.
2) As far as the Schiavo case goes, there were obviously some serious issues on the table. However, there was just as much sheer ridiculousness surrounding the case and its media coverage, and frankly, there are a lot of people who DESERVE to have fun poked at them.
3) For the last fucking time, since some of you just don't get it: TERRI SCHIAVO DID NOT SUFFER. She had NO higher brain function, so all of this nonsense about how awful it was for her to dehydrate to death is just stupid. She "felt" about as much panic as a houseplant would if you stopped watering it. It was her wish, as affirmed by multiple courts, and projecting your own feelings onto her -- "if I were starving to death, I'd be so scared and miserable!" -- is ridiculous.
As conservatives like to rag on liberals for being too touchy-feely, why don't you stop being such a pussy. Ms. Schiavo has been dead for over a decade. Her feelings can't be hurt anymore. The notion of reverance for the dead is an arcane one. It's why we still reserve plots of land for dead people. It's very confusing. If you can't laugh at the complete absurdity of the situation, then you're already dead to me, and ripe for the mocking. :lol PEACE.olimario said:
Escape Goat
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SolidSnakex
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olimario said:
The entire Schiavo case was completely classless, so it shouldn't be surprising when stuff like this pops up.
olimario said:
The thing was, it wasn't decent nor classy to throw this to the top of the media heap, making weeks of news about a relative non-event; she has wished to die under such circumstances, while she was still lucid; her husband tried to honor those wishes. The courts agreed.
Then the government steps in and grandstands about this as if it was some kind of critical issue; meanwhile, passing through legislation that would reduce funding for medical research into people suffering from the same kind of problems as schiavo...
In that sense, those people are the ones lacking any class or decency at all...
and although on the surface, it may seem less classy to satire something like this; ultimately they're only a few channels of communication through which issues like this can be advanced to the ADD public; with humour been a very effective medium.
olimario said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
This is funny coming from the guy who makes racist comments at other forums and then "claims" he just does it for fun and that he doesn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings.
Your also the person who cheered when Christopher Reeve died so you can shove it up your ass about people who shouldn't be making fun of people who are braindead and celebrate when they die because if she was some liberal you'd be throwing some party now that she's dead.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
olimario said:
Like whoring out your gf for PSP? Now that's decency :lol
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Bill Mahr had a great segment about this on Real time last week.
Bill Mahr had a great segment about this on Real time last week.
Foreign Jackass
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Says the guy who's posting naked pictures of himself on gaming forums.olimario said:
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