How to lose friends and alienate countries

[dps]

In the shoes of the comedians, i would have said "fuck you, say you are sorry for asking me to say that i am sorry."  Bad publicity helps comedians and hurts politicians.

I think that I would have said, "I'm sorry that you're too stupid to recognize a joke when you hear one, and too thin-skinned, insecure, and petty to take it if you did recognize it".

[crazy canuck]

But "Say you are sorry for implying that the US should invade Canada when its army is on a 'stand-down'" just sounds so retarded.

You must have missed the part where one said "I didnt even know Canada was fighting in Afghanistan" the day after four Canadian troops were killed fighting in Afghanistan.  It is stupid to be offended by the comment you quoted.  It is entirely understandable to be offended by the comment I quoted.

In the shoes of the comedians, i would have said "fuck you, say you are sorry for asking me to say that i am sorry."  Bad publicity helps comedians and hurts politicians.

The only real publicity is in Canada and the comedian in question lost his Canadian gigs over this.  In this case the publicity is helping the politician with his Canadian audience (the only one he cares about) and is hurting the comedian.

[Valmy]

You are from fucking Alberta, you primitive savage.

Alberta has Bioware and is thus at pinnacle of civilization.

[Valmy]

Wow, Canucks are either thin-skinned or can't figure out wtf satire is.

The old tired 'Canada is teh suck' stuff is satire?  Next I will see some brilliantly witty satire about how bad the French Army is.

[garbon]

The old tired 'Canada is teh suck' stuff is satire?  Next I will see some brilliantly witty satire about how bad the French Army is.

Or perhaps some witty commentary about how backward Iran is.

[Valmy]

Or perhaps some witty commentary about how backward Iran is.

That, sir, is the very soul of wit.

[derspiess]

Wow, Canucks are either thin-skinned or can't figure out wtf satire is.

The old tired 'Canada is teh suck' stuff is satire?  Next I will see some brilliantly witty satire about how bad the French Army is.

Eh, not all satire is witty.  This happens to be one of those cases, but it was still obvious satire.

[crazy canuck]

There is a good editorial cartoon about this in today's Globe and Mail.

[Grey Fox]

I don't get it.

[grumbler]

You must have missed the part where one said "I didnt even know Canada was fighting in Afghanistan" the day after four Canadian troops were killed fighting in Afghanistan.  It is stupid to be offended by the comment you quoted.  It is entirely understandable to be offended by the comment I quoted.

I don't understand how that is offensive, either, but then I am not Canadian and so my skin isn't so thin.

The only real publicity is in Canada and the comedian in question lost his Canadian gigs over this.  In this case the publicity is helping the politician with his Canadian audience (the only one he cares about) and is hurting the comedian.

I really didn't understand until this story came out just how crippling the Canadian inferiority complex was, but I understand now.  I'd say it was win-win:  the politician gets creds for being a whiner, and the comedian avoids being killed by canuckleheads for a routine that may not be funny but is sure to incite them to homicidal violence.