Massive use of chemical weapons in Syria, 1,429 killed including 426 children

Started by jimmy olsen, August 21, 2013, 05:35:55 PM

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DGuller

I like the idea, but the execution suffers from lack of subtlety, as is typical of The Onion.

derspiess

Quote from: DGuller on September 04, 2013, 12:16:25 PM
I like the idea, but the execution suffers from lack of subtlety, as is typical of The Onion.

Yeah-- like a lot of their originally humorous concepts, it goes on a bit long.
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alfred russel

They should have gone in the opposite direction. Rather than spoofing people comparing Syria to Iraq, they should have spoofed people saying it wasn't the same at all.

The first time I started reading it, I didn't pick up on the spoof. It just seemed random and obscure.
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mongers

#708
McCain seems to have taken a page out of the Ed Miliband playbook.  <_<
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derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Ed Anger

Still not an Ed 'millipede' Millibrand yet. More like an old mangy dog not allowed to maul the children down the street.
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garbon

Quote from: Ed Anger on September 04, 2013, 01:13:24 PM
Still not an Ed 'millipede' Millibrand yet. More like an old mangy dog not allowed to maul the children down the street.

Well that / he doesn't want this to just be a token effort.
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derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

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