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[Deluge Of Sound]

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

 

[bassrique]

and no one's listening, man. NO ONE

Some aren't listening, but many are; they just disagree.

 

[bassrique]

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

What would Christopher Hitchens say?

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

What would Christopher Hitchens say?

"The belief in God is unfounded!"

"Go atheism, go!"

"I love cancer!"

 

[Deleted member 92857]

Dr. Cheese, I'm not a Barry fanboy either. But, he's a whole lot better than the alternatives we were presented. That being said, I do agree with a lot of the things he said in the campaign. Could you imagine what would've happened if McCain was elected, and then died in office. Yikes !

That work's both ways. Can you imagine if (God forbid) Obama dies in office?
YIKES!!! Joe the village idiot president.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

That work's both ways. Can you imagine if (God forbid) Obama dies in office?
YIKES!!! Joe the village idiot president.

"Now, there's one thing you might have noticed I don't complain about: politicians. Everybody complains about politicians. Everybody says they suck. Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out. If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. Term limits ain't going to do any good; you're just going to end up with a brand new bunch of selfish, ignorant Americans. So, maybe, maybe, maybe, it's not the politicians who suck. Maybe something else sucks around here... like, the public. Yeah, the public sucks. There's a nice campaign slogan for somebody: 'The Public Sucks. **** Hope

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[Brad Johnson]

I've said it before, but I intend to stick to my intentions this time. This will be the last thread of this sort I will start. I will surely talk about race related issues, but I will post no more threads of black/white conflict or interaction. I am at peace with my reasons for posting, but I am tired of gettingcast as someone who is out to make whites look bad, as if I imagined the incidents that I have talked about.

I'm done. All of you who claim to dislike these threads so much need to put your money where your mouth is and stop posting too.

They could do that whether you start the threads or not.

I'm just sayin'

Instead it's business as usual. Oh look, Dr Cheese has started a new thread. Let's get him!



Now don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge anyone complaining about other's baggage while displaying their own... with at least the same frequency as the person they're complaining about. It's entertaining. You should thank him, he gives you a place to unleash your snide. What other conversations are allowed where you could do that?

 

[Brad Johnson]

It doesn't appear on my iPhone. I am still bot convinced that this is a thread about white people being racist towards black people. I think people are looking to find that angle to support their hypothesis about Cheese. The reality is there is no racism here, just a case of insensitivity at worst and just "oops" at best. My honest first reaction was a knights hat.

I mean would this story change at all if the teacher had been black?

It wouldn't have to... now try to get some of these guys to understand that. It HAS TO BE A BLACK WHITE THING. IT'S ANOTHER DR. CHEESE THREAD... THAT THEY INEXPLICABLY CLICKED ON. AGAIN.

 

[Deleted member 92857]

Blazing Saddles has come up in this thread. I have to comment. This hilarious movie also carries a powerful message of just how ridiculous racism is. I've seen it come on cable TV recently, politically corrected to remove the unmentionable "N word".

Unfortunately, the movie becomes completely unfunny and completely loses the message of the stupidity of racism in this "sanitized" version.

But dammit, it's politically correct. Congratulations PC police and self made victims. You shot yourself in the foot.

"F*** you, I'm working for Mel Brooks!!!"

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Blazing Saddles has come up in this thread. I have to comment. This hilarious movie also carries a powerful message of just how ridiculous racism is. I've seen it come on cable TV recently, politically corrected to remove the unmentionable "N word".

Unfortunately, the movie becomes completely unfunny and completely loses the message of the stupidity of racism in this "sanitized" version.

But dammit, it's politically correct. Congratulations PC police and self made victims. You shot yourself in the foot.

I watched it on basic cable uncensored a few months ago...

But more importantly, I think we can lay the blame at people like Tipper Gore & other PMRC-minded folk for that one.

 

[Brad Johnson]

Gotta blame somebody, right?

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

There's clearly someone responsible for the fact that Blazing Saddles is apparently censored on television.

Whoever that is, we need to string them up by their feet, Mussolini-style.

 

[Brad Johnson]

There's clearly someone responsible for the fact that Blazing Saddles is apparently censored on television.

Whoever that is, we need to string them up by their feet, Mussolini-style.

I actually think it's a good thing for broadcast TV/basic cable. I can understand the angst if that's the only meduim available, otherwise... rent the DVD or stream it.


I've never been one to sit around thinking "I don't want to hear them dub in "mother father", I need the original word to get the point across". Frankly I think this in part lead to the coarsening of our society and I'm not sure why that's necessarily a good thing.

 

[sloasdaylight]

I actually think it's a good thing for broadcast TV/basic cable. I can understand the angst if that's the only meduim available, otherwise... rent the DVD or stream it.


I've never been one to sit around thinking "I don't want to hear them dub in "mother father", I need the original word to get the point across". Frankly I think this in part lead to the coarsening of our society and I'm not sure why that's necessarily a good thing.

One of the things about the language in Blazing Saddles is that the language in it is such a powerful part of the movie. It's not like bleeping out a swear here or there, it's an integral part of that movie.

Either way it doesn't make much of a difference to me cause we have it on DvD and I think bluray, so I can watch it uncut however I want, just like the original Star Wars (HAN ****ING SHOT FIRST!! sorry).

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

I actually think it's a good thing for broadcast TV/basic cable. I can understand the angst if that's the only meduim available, otherwise... rent the DVD or stream it.


I've never been one to sit around thinking "I don't want to hear them dub in "mother father", I need the original word to get the point across". Frankly I think this in part lead to the coarsening of our society and I'm not sure why that's necessarily a good thing.

The coasening of our society seems like a strange concept to me. All words have their place, and I would hope that people have the understanding to use them properly.

In other words, calling someone a "mother father" just won't do!

Sidenote--I own Blazing Saddles on DVD as well.

 

[Brad Johnson]

One of the things about the language in Blazing Saddles is that the language in it is such a powerful part of the movie. It's not like bleeping out a swear here or there, it's an integral part of that movie.

Either way it doesn't make much of a difference to me cause we have it on DvD and I think bluray, so I can watch it uncut however I want, just like the original Star Wars (HAN ****ING SHOT FIRST!! sorry).

Exactly... so why is it important that it be uncut on regular TV?

I don't get it.

 

[Brad Johnson]

The coasening of our society seems like a strange concept to me. All words have their place, and I would hope that people have the understanding to use them properly.

In other words, calling someone a "mother father" just won't do!

Sidenote--I own Blazing Saddles on DVD as well.

It's not at all a strange concept to me. I doubt you think all people should be exposed to all words at any time.

I think the cry of "censorship" rings extremely hollow. The easing of it most assuredly played a part in developing the nation of dicks we now find ourselves surrounded by... or worse, a part of.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

In the specific case of Blazing Saddles, its akin, at least in my mind, to giving someone a CD with half the tracks (as in instrument/vocal tracks) missing.

If someone who hadn't seen it before watched it, they'd totally miss the bigger picture.


You're right that I don't think all people should be exposed to all words all the time, but I also believe that knowledge always trumps ignorance.

 

[sloasdaylight]

Exactly... so why is it important that it be uncut on regular TV?

I don't get it.

Well I mean when it's un-cut on TV if you find it on you're not gonna see a bastardized version of it, so you can see the movie in it's entirety. I love the premium channels and satellite TV cause you usually get to see movies in their entirety, the way they were intended to be viewed. To me cutting out scenes of movies or changing the language to something a little more politically correct is akin to taking bridges and choruses out of songs after changing the lyrics to make them more easily palatable. They were both written and produced a specific way to get a specific message across, and now you take away from that message by changing it to make people happy.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Great minds...?
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