Jesse
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
It's sad that they were so stupid, but it *is* pretty funny.
I sense a Darwin Award coming...
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
If this doesn't win a Darwin Award, nothing will...
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
Just because it is wrong does not mean it is not hilarious.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
*imagines a bunch of midgets thinking they can take on a lion*
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
There was absolutely no reason for this exhibition of stupid behavior. It will, no doubt, result in the killing of that lion (now that it's killed human beings, etc. etc.). What exactly is the point? If they'd won, so what? Now that they've lost, the lion is probably going to suffer.
And what numbskull sent them a lion for this dumb thing anyway?
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*sighs at the word "midget", which she was taught not to use*
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I don't find this particularly funny-more like "eyebrow raising stupidity."
[ May 07, 2005, 02:51 PM: Message edited by: Primal Curve ]
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Roger Ebert just had something over at his website about the use of "midget"... letsee... link Posted by Ele (Member # 708) on :
I think it's funny.
But then I also think it didn't really happen.
If it had, someone would certainly have taken pictures or videos. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Thank you, plaid. I thought I was just weird. My mother is a RN/OTR, and has worked with many Little People over the years. My dad, an MD, also respects their right to be referred to by the term of their choice. We were talked to, then expected not to use "midget" the same as the "n-word". So I have a very bad, as that guy puts it, "visceral reaction", when I see it. Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
from the article
quote: The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yes, that irked me.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Wow, I didn't know "midget" was considered offensive or rude. When a lot of people say it, they don't mean it to be offensive. I think a lot of minorities just get offended way too easily.
They like, need to chill, man. It's all good. We ain't hatin'.
[ May 07, 2005, 03:17 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote: I think a lot of minorities just get offended way too easily. They like, need to chill, man. It's all good. We ain't hatin'.
I'm going to assume this is a joke. Right?
Posted by Ele (Member # 708) on :
Nice try. Now why do you think they would ban cameras, huh? Doesn't that sound a little "convenient" to you?
I reinterate: unbelievable...literally. Sorry. If it were true, it would be awful. But I think it's one of those things that someone heard and rushed to get it on the internet without checking it out...
It simply blares, "Oh, come on!" at me. Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
I think the article is fake, it links to BBC.co.uk, but the url is completely different, and then searching the BBC website I found no article on this.
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
Beat you to it Vadon... Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
Indeed you did, by one minute. Oh well, we probably caught it at about the same time, but you posted it first. ^_^
Posted by Eisenoxyde (Member # 7289) on :
Yeah, I guess it looks like a hoax, but it is still funny, regardless. I could seriously see a bunch of idiots trying that though.
Jesse
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
I can't find it at all funny. I am happy it is a hoax, though.
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